Rishi Sunak examining plans for a £3billion scheme to help a MILLION small business owners including plumbers, electricians and musicians unable to get furlough cash or company loans The Chancellor is looking at proposals for a Directors Income Support Scheme Would pay sole directors up to 80 per cent of lost profits for three months … Read more
Travellers arriving in the UK will be able to present negative PCR or lateral flow Covid tests as proof that they do not have coronavirus. Grant Shapps has said nobody will be able to depart for Britain by plane, train or ferry unless they present a ‘recognised’ test result at check-in along with a valid … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Arsenal take out a £120m loan through Bank of England’s Covid scheme to help them cope with the impact of the pandemic – despite splashing out £45m on one player in October and paying Mesut Ozil £350k-a-week but not playing him Arsenal announced they have borrowed £120million from the Bank of England … Read more
The London Resort, which has been dubbed ‘Britain’s Disneyland’, has claimed that it will generate £50billion for the UK economy during its first 25 years of operation. The park, which will be based in Kent between Gravesend and Dartford on the Swanscombe Peninsula, is set to open in 2024. The area on which the resort … 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
Heathrow passenger numbers were 88 per cent down during second lockdown with SIX MILLION less flyers using the airport than last November Last month Heathrow airport saw an 88% drop in passenger numbers from 2019 Six million fewer passengers travelled through the airport, said chief executive He warned the British economy was suffering as a result … Read more
UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October but remains 7.9% below pre-pandemic levels, latest figures show, as industry bosses warn it won’t fully recover until the END of 2022 UK economy has grown for six months running according to official statistics Office for National Statistics says it has grown by 23.4% since spring recession … Read more
Boris Johnson is now on his way to Brussels to hold make or break Brexit trade talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen this evening. The Prime Minister was spotted leaving 10 Downing Street late this afternoon and he is now flying to the Belgian capital for a crunch dinner with the President of … Read more
Rental prices in the countryside are continuing to surge as more city-dwellers flee to rural areas across the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a survey carried out by Zoopla, the real estate company found that interest for rental properties in Mole Valley in Surrey had increased by 74 per cent while Elmbridge, also in … Read more
Mike Ashley is in rescue talks with Debenhams: Sports Direct boss begins negotiations to buy 242-year-old chain and save up to 12,000 jobs Mike Ashley’s company Frasers confirmed talks in a statement to stock market But a Frasers Group statement said sale of the retail giant was far from certain Sport Direct boss said ‘time … Read more