Bunga Bunga owners in £3m court fight over Covid claim

Owners of London nightclub Bunga Bunga in £3m court fight over Covid claim Bunga Bunga, once frequented by Prince Harry, is owned by Inception Group It paid £130,000 for comprehensive annual insurance cover for 11 bars and clubs The group filed a claim in March last year after the first lockdown By Harriet Dennys For Financial … Read more

Bunga Bunga owners in £3m court fight over Covid claim

Owners of London nightclub Bunga Bunga in £3m court fight over Covid claim Bunga Bunga, once frequented by Prince Harry, is owned by Inception Group It paid £130,000 for comprehensive annual insurance cover for 11 bars and clubs The group filed a claim in March last year after the first lockdown By Harriet Dennys For Financial … Read more

Dog owners turn their door handles upside down after he is caught escaping from kitchen

Houdini hound! Dog owners turn their door handles upside down after he is caught on camera unlocking a baby gate and escaping from kitchen Arnie, seven-month-old Doberman, found out how to open kitchen door handle   Sarah Cleavy and Dillon Worthington, both 23, turned the handles upside down  CCTV captured moment the dog escaped their kitchen … Read more

Italian restaurant owners scream ‘Freedom!’ as they clash with police over lockdown rules

Italian restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown clashed with police on Tuesday during a protest outside Parliament in Rome. Protests also took part in southern Italy, where demonstrators blocked a major highway.  One officer was injured in the scuffling, the Italian news agency LaPresse … Read more

Business owners in England counting days until re-opening

Business owners in England counting down the days until they can re-open on April 12: Karen Hall is expecting to be busy in her boutique By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 Business owners in England are counting down the days until … Read more

Jump in chain-free house listings: Owners sell up and rent to make themselves more attractive buyers

Jump in chain-free house listings: Owners sell up and rent in bid to make themselves more attractive buyers One in five properties listed for sale on Rightmove are now chain-free Not having an onward chain can give buyers an advantage in a bidding war  Buyers leaving cities for the sticks are also using renting to … Read more

Car owners saved on average £670 on motoring bills in the last 12 months, says insurer

Motorists have collectively saved £25.6billion on vehicle expenses since the start of lockdown in March 2020, according to a new report.  With the public told for most of the previous 12 months to stay home to stay safe, car usage has plummeted over the course of the year. The average owner has spent £670 less … Read more

The £9bn cladding black hole: Property owners left facing shock bills

Four leading developers have made almost £10 billion in profits since the Grenfell disaster and have pledged just over £400 million to fix unsafe homes. Here, the Mail dissects their offers… Persimmon (value: £9.25 billion) OFFER: £75 million for 26 buildings with potentially dangerous cladding and other safety defects. Nine of these are over 18 … Read more

Owners of a second property who claim benefits by classing it as a holiday home face clampdown 

Second homes tax break blitz: Owners of a second property who claim benefits by classing it as a holiday home face clampdown Second home owners benefiting from tax breaks face clampdown from taxman  At present they are able to declare they are renting out properties as holiday lets  Means they are charged business rates instead … Read more

Third of owners will pay HIGHER mortgage rates to avoid lender scrutiny

Mortgage borrowers hit hardest by the pandemic may find themselves paying out thousands more each year, because they believe the financial fallout has affected their ability to remortgage.   Almost one third of borrowers who have seen their incomes fall due to Covid-19 expect to move onto their lender’s standard variable rate once their initial deal … Read more