BT pays staff £1,500 bonus… but firm faces nationwide strike

BT pays staff £1,500 bonus… but firm faces first nationwide strike for almost four decades By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 BT has offered a £1,500 bonus to thousands of staff as it battles to prevent the first national strikes at … Read more

Best savings rates: Nationwide pays 1% on a cash Isa

How to bag an Isa paying more than 1%: Nationwide launches new deal which comes with a £50 bonus for those transferring in more than £10k Nationwide’s new 18-month fixed-rate Isa will pay savers 0.75%  It is open to existing customers but bonus bumps the rate up Isa rates have collapsed in the last year … Read more

House prices hit another record high says Nationwide Building Society

The average house price hit a new record high of £231,068 in February, according to a monthly index from Britain’s biggest building society.  Property values climbed 6.9 per cent annually, up from 6.4 per cent in January, in what was described by Nationwide as a ‘surprise’ acceleration. A stamp duty holiday is due to end … Read more

Parkrun organisers announce nationwide running events to return in England on June 5

Parkrun’s coming back! Organisers reveal the Saturday morning 5ks will resume on June 5 if the government’s roadmap out of lockdown goes to plan… with 200,000 joggers ready to return Parkrun organisers want the nationwide running event to return on June 5  The weekly events attract more than 200,000 joggers each week in parks  Parkrun … Read more

Conservative MP calls for nationwide rollout of vitamin D tablets

Pictured, David Davis, MP for Haltemprice and Howden Conservative backbencher David Davis MP has called for the UK Government to distribute vitamin D supplementation to society’s most at-risk of Covid-19.   Mr Davis says Britain should follow the lead of the Spanish region of Andalusia in the south of Spain, which distributed calcifediol, a vitamin D supplement, … Read more

Britain CAN bounce back after Covid, says Nationwide boss

Joe Garner has disappeared. We’ve arranged to speak over Microsoft Teams – a lifeline for many firms whose staff are working from home – but I can’t see or hear the Nationwide boss on my screen.  When we finally give up on video conferencing and revert to an old-fashioned telephone call, I get the feeling … Read more

France announces 8pm nationwide curfew will start on Tuesday will NOT be lifted on New Year’s Eve

France announces 8pm nationwide curfew will start on Tuesday – and will NOT be lifted on New Year’s Eve France’s Prime Minister said today Paris will be under curfew on New Year’s Eve Jean Castex announced the measures as part of strict nationwide 8pm curfew City of Light will be in darkness on night associated … Read more

Nationwide mortgage holiday mix-up left our home move at risk

A couple were denied a new loan when they tried to move home to downsize, after they did not realise Nationwide had put a gap in their mortgage holiday.  Steve Allcroft and wife Irena, from Poynton, Cheshire, had their home purchase put at risk after they were left with a damaged credit file following a mix-up … Read more

Nationwide: House prices rise at fastest pace for six years

House prices rose at the fastest pace for nearly six years last month, as the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline continued to drive up the market. The average price of a home increased by 6.5 per cent to £229,721 in the year to November, according to Nationwide, adding almost £14,000 to the … Read more