Shell hikes dividend payout for shareholders by 50% and returns £1.4bn in share buyback as oil prices an profits soar Oil group Royal Dutch Shell will pay 11p a share dividend to shareholders Group also announced bumper share buyback scheme this morning Firm’s share price up 4% as oil prices and group’s profits rise By … Read more
Big banks warn one in 10 workers will lose their jobs in Sydney’s lockdown as skyrocketing food and petrol prices add to their misery Bank analysts predict up to 300,000 jobs lost in Sydney extended lockdown ANZ’s initial predicted job loss total of 60,000 workers to be stretched further Price of food and beverages also … Read more
Petrol prices shoot up 49c overnight across Melbourne to astronomical heights just hours after Dan Andrews announced an end to lockdown Unleaded petrol prices surge 49 cents in the last 24 hours in Melbourne High prices come hours after Victorian Premier announces an end to lockdown Experts believe more service stations could continue to increase … Read more
Household electricity bills will rise if Government lowers energy prices for industry, warns business secretary By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 Households could see their electricity bills rise if the Government lowers energy prices for heavy industry. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns food prices at its pubs will rise if VAT goes up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin said prices for pub food will rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin … Read more
Supermarket share prices set to rocket: Morrisons bid battle to boost ‘bargain’ UK grocers By Lucy White And Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 Supermarket shares were set to rise on the London Stock Exchange today as a full-scale bidding war for … Read more
Borrowers who used Help to Buy loans to purchase their homes and are now selling up are finding rising house prices have bumped up their debt and created a nice litle earner for the Government. The number of home buyers using Help to Buy Equity Loans has surged by 40 per cent in a year, … Read more
Property prices are rising at their fastest rate for 14 years as demand is fuelled by families seeking bigger homes with gardens after months stuck indoors during lockdown House prices saw their biggest percentage rise in value since 2007 in March Rapid growth is being led by regions of Yorkshire, North East and the North … Read more
Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more
Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more