Retail sales surged by 9.2 per cent in April as lockdown eased and shops reopened in latest signs of strong UK recovery after pandemic By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 07:12 BST, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 07:12 BST, 21 May 2021 Retail sales surged by 9.2 per cent in April as lockdown … Read more
Agreed house sales surged in March as the extension of the stamp duty holiday had an immediate impact on the housing market. Half of property professionals reported an increase in agreed sales during the month. This marked the strongest rise in agreed sales since August 2020, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Cardigan in … Read more
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
Spending on holidays surged by 109 per cent in the week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his roadmap out of lockdown, new research has revealed. Bookings soared with spending rising by 102 per cent at travel agencies and 122 per cent at airlines, compared to the week of spending prior, according to card data … Read more
Accidental damage claims have risen substantially over the past year with the pandemic meaning millions of workers are doing so from home. Some saw large increases, including Halifax Home Insurance, which reported a 35 per cent rise in claims in September in 2020 when compared to the same month in 2019. Although lockdown measures had … Read more
Public sector debt has surged by more than £300billion since the start of April last year as ministers continue to scramble to borrow cash to keep the UK afloat during the coronavirus crisis. Office for National Statistics data released this morning showed that some £316.4billion has been added to the UK’s debt mountain since the … Read more
Public sector debt has surged by more than £300billion since the start of April last year as ministers continue to scramble to borrow cash to keep the UK afloat during the coronavirus crisis. Office for National Statistics data released this morning showed that some £316.4billion has been added to the UK’s debt mountain since the … Read more
Young people now care much more about pensions, with interest often sparked after they save a £5,000 pot, new research claims. Over the past three years, there has been a 58 per cent rise in 18 to 34-year-olds who feel confident that they will be able to afford retirement. What that requires varies according to … Read more
UK economy surged by 16 per cent between July and September – the highest rise ever recorded – but still not enough to offset an even bigger fall between April and June with GDP almost NINE PER CENT below where it was at the end of 2019 UK GDP increased by an estimated 16 per … Read more
New weekly coronavirus infections in US nursing homes surged by 44% last month compared to September and deaths rose by 10% in seven days in mid-October, report reveals Over the course of the week ending in October 18, there were 8,575 new COVDI-19 cases in US nursing homes, an American Health Care Association report finds … Read more