How Britain’s ‘accidental savers’ have squirreled away £170bn after a year of lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 Households squirreled away another £18.5billion in January – taking the war chest built up by ‘accidental savers’ to £170billion. Workers who have … Read more
The economy has endured its worst peacetime shock in living memory. And almost a year on from the first lockdown, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tomorrow unveil a Budget that attempts to wean the country off emergency support measures and set a course towards recovery. He will also want to reassure voters – and financial markets … Read more
Get workers back in the office to save struggling town and city centres, PM urged By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 23 February 2021 Boris Johnson has come under pressure to get workers back to the office and save struggling town and city centres. … Read more
Hi Rosie, I can see you’re thinking of leaving us,’ a customer services adviser called Ann wrote via the live chat service on my broadband provider’s website. ‘Yes, I’ve been trying to speak to the call centre but I’ve been on hold for 42 minutes.’ ‘I understand that,’ came the message back. But did she? … Read more
Lloyd’s of London has pledged to publish a catalogue of its 3,000 treasures to root out any connections with the slave trade. The world’s oldest insurance market is seeking an archivist to examine its vast trove of goods obtained over more than three centuries, including paintings, furniture, swords and silverware. Lloyd’s has posted an advert … Read more
Woodford may be a witness FOR investors as law firm prepares class action against Link Financial Services Woodford could be asked by Harcus Parker to stand as a witness against Link Harcus Parker has amassed more than 6,000 investors to sue Link Link shuttered Woodford’s £3.7billion Equity Income fund in 2019 By Jeff Prestridge for … Read more
Last weekend, I treated my wife to a rose for Valentine’s Day. Nope, not the flower, but a bottle of rosé wine as part of a free course we decided to partake in. While this lockdown has been extremely tough through a long, cold winter, and many parents are at the nadir of homeschooling, we … Read more
There used to a tradition that when you hit retirement age, you’d get a gold watch from the company and head off to relax full-time. However, money advisers now say more and more pensioners are happy to keep on working – especially as they can do so from home. Experts say the virus crisis means … Read more
British businesses are facing thousands of pounds in extra costs and consumers the prospect of higher prices as a global shortage of containers continues to cause chaos. The average cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Asia to Northern Europe, including the UK, has skyrocketed from $1,752 last February to more than $8,000 at the … Read more
The price of a detached house shot up three times faster than that of a flat in 2020, as lockdown drove buyers to seek out bigger homes with gardens. Detached homes saw their value increase by 10 per cent or £43,364 last year, with the average cost reaching £486,595 by December. This was according to … Read more