Record day for property sales and Rightmove traffic has surged

Home sales hit their highest daily level in a decade this week, as the housing market boom continued apace. The number of property sales agreed on Tuesday 23 March was the highest for ten years, according to analysis by the UK’s biggest home listings website Rightmove. In total, just under 8,000 properties listed on the … Read more

The small businesses breaking sales records thanks to ‘WFH renovating’ and the stamp duty cut

Along with Zoom quizzes, baking banana bread and a constant loop of TikTok videos, home improvements have been on the rise during the course of the pandemic. This is largely a result of more people working from home and having more time to redecorate while being keen to improve their new work spaces. Meanwhile, some … Read more

UK home sales surge 48.5% in February 2021 compared to in 2020

The number of home sales recorded in February surged by nearly 50 per cent compared with a year ago as people rushed to beat a stamp duty holiday deadline which has since been extended.  Some 147,050 transactions took place in February 2021, marking a 48.5 per cent increase compared with 99,000 transactions recorded in February 2020, … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delays decision on online sales tax until autumn amid hope of global tax reform By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delayed a decision on an online sales tax until the autumn amid hope of … Read more

Designer Grace Han says sales DOUBLED after Kate Middleton was seen carrying her bag

A Taiwanese born British designer has revealed that sales doubled after Kate Middleton was seen carrying one of her bags on three separate royal engagements.  Grace Han, the founder and designer of luxury, handcrafted leather goods brand of the same name, has told how she was ‘thrilled’ to see the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, carrying … Read more

Stevie Nicks BLOCKS TikTok star from using Dreams to sell viral clip as NFT despite TRIPLING sales

Stevie Nicks has blocked TikTok star Nathan Apodaca AKA 420doggface208 from using Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams to sell his viral video clip as a non-fungible token (NFT). The 38-year-old internet personality had originally expected bidding to start at $500,000 but the 72-year-old singer and songwriter shot the idea down according to a new report. Apodaca’s representative told TMZ … Read more

Jane Austen takes Pride of place for book sales in lockdown as sales of her famous novel soar 

Jane Austen takes Pride of place for book sales in lockdown as sales of her famous novel soar Sales of the Penguin edition of Pride and Prejudice rose 22 per cent last year Life in lockdown has been compared to that depicted in Jane Austen’s novels Since 2001, more than a million copies of the … Read more

Sharon Stone and singer-songwriter Hayley Sales are set to debut their first single Never Before

Sharon Stone and singer-songwriter Hayley Sales are set to debut their first single Never Before By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 19:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 19:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 Sharon Stone and Hayley Sales have announced their debut single. The Basic Instinct actress has joined up with the singer-songwriter for the romantic ballad … Read more

Ocado shoppers spend an average of £147 on each order as sales surge

Online grocery group Ocado saw sales surge nearly 40 per cent to £559million in the 13 weeks to 28 February, a new trading update shows. On average, Ocado customers spent £147-a-time on their shop, with Marks & Spencer products ‘consistently’ accounting for over a quarter of the basket. With plans to open further warehouses and … Read more

Plum Play: The family-run business which has seen sales rocket

Active garden sets such as climbing frames and trampolines have surged in popularity as parents have been forced to find ways to keep children active at home thanks to lockdown restrictions and limited access to outdoor and indoor play areas. One Lincolnshire-based family company says that the new-found popularity garden play sets has seen sales … Read more