Out with the old and in with the red, white and new! Boris Johnson backed by the Union Jack as he hosts his first press conference in Downing Street’s new £2.6million press briefing room to welcome the latest stage of lockdown lifting Boris Johnson made his first appearance in Downing Street briefing room today came … Read more
France ‘won’t be added’ to UK’s ‘red list’ of countries subject to travel bans and quarantine hotel rules after lorry drivers were ordered to take compulsory Covid tests France is not expected to be added to the UK’s ‘red list’ of travel ban countries Lorry drivers coming to England must get tested for Covid-19 within … Read more
Grant Shapps says lorry drivers entering England for more than two days WILL face compulsory Covid tests to fight threat of new coronavirus variants – despite fears it could disrupt food supplies Lorry drivers coming to England must get tested for Covid-19 within 48 hours France has dropped requirement for lorry drivers arriving from UK … Read more
Argos will refund more than £500,000 to 114,000 customers in e-card vouchers after breaking rules over extended warranty Argos will refund £570,010 in total to 114,002 customers in £5 e-card vouchers Retailer broke rules on extended warranty deals for more than a year, CMA found Sainsbury’s owned chain failed to remind shoppers of options to … Read more
Boris Johnson will unveil new ‘take the next step safely’ slogan to replace ‘stay at home’ order in first appearance at Downing Street’s new £2.6m press briefing room on Monday Boris Johnson will make his debut appearance in Downing Street briefing room PM will use the new press room in Number Nine Downing Street on … Read more
John Lewis to shut eight more stores Store closures announced yesterday: Aberdeen Ashford (At Home) Basingstoke (At Home) Chester (At Home) Peterborough Sheffield Tunbridge Wells (At Home) York Store closures announced last July Birmingham Croydon Watford Newbury Swindon Tamworth St Pancras Heathrow MPs today called the permanent closure of eight John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for … Read more
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
Return of the ‘money back bottle’? Shoppers could be handed 20p for every plastic bottle or can they recycle as Government mulls bringing back popular 1960s deposit scheme The Government has long been planning to introduce a deposit return scheme Scheme would see a small deposit added to the cost of drinks in plastic bottles … Read more
A Royal Navy warship will be deployed off the coast of Gibraltar for the first time under Britain’s defence review – but an Army Colonel has warned it is a ‘huge mistake’ to cut 10,000 troops amid warnings that China’s forces are growing at a ‘frightening rate’. The Government is due to outline to Parliament … Read more
First-time buyers need average deposit of nearly £59,000, which is £12,000 more than a year ago, study finds First time buyers need £12,000 more for a deposit than this time last year Halifax study found deposit requirement increased in every region of the UK Wales was found to have most significant increase with average amount increasing … Read more