B&M announce more store closures: Check to see if your local branch is hit – and whether a new one will open in its place Sites in Belfast, Kilmarnock and Bristol are to be affected by closures B&M has 700 stores across Britain and is set to open more in […]
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Four savings providers have announced they are upping easy-access savings rates following the Bank of England’s base rate hike. Monzo, Atom Bank, Chase and Yorkshire Building Society are all upping rates in response to the Bank of England adding 0.25 per cent onto base rate to take it to 4.25 per […]
It’s got its Sparks back! Shoppers return to M&S as the high street stalwart is voted most improved fashion brand Major survey of 5,000 women found M&S is beating Next, Primark and Boohoo Shoppers raved about pricing, quality and style much more than previous years Products including wide leg denim […]
Hello yellow brick road! Motorists are baffled as council replaces wiggly lines and ‘alien landing pad’ road markings with wonky path that ‘looks like something out of the Wizard of Oz’ By Ffion Haf Published: 12:10 GMT, 23 March 2023 | Updated: 13:48 GMT, 23 March 2023 Motorists in a […]
Britain’s electric car revolution will run out of gas if there aren’t more charging points, warns Ford boss By Leah Montebello For The Daily Mail Published: 22:31 GMT, 22 March 2023 | Updated: 08:22 GMT, 23 March 2023 The boss of Ford has warned that the switch to electric cars […]
BUSINESS LIVE: BoE expected to hike base rate to 4.25%; Lloyd’s of London slumps to a loss; Investment banks Cenkos and finnCap to merge By Live Commentary Published: 07:37 GMT, 23 March 2023 | Updated: 09:47 GMT, 23 March 2023 At midday today the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee […]
Powell pulls his punches: The Fed and the US Treasury have ridden roughshod over post 2008 crisis rules, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:36 GMT, 22 March 2023 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 22 March 2023 Federal Reserve decision-making has become more complicated. Last night’s […]
Marks and Spencer found itself back in fashion with investors after a hat-trick of upgrades from City brokers. Amid fresh signs of a recovery at the High Street favourite, BNP Paribas declared ‘management has put the spark back into M&S’. Its analysts raised the target price to 160p from 140p and […]
House prices fall for second month in a row as higher mortgage costs pile pressure on buyers By Archie Mitchell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:35 GMT, 22 March 2023 | Updated: 22:37 GMT, 22 March 2023 House prices have fallen for two months in a row as higher mortgage […]
Carmakers ‘still use cheat devices on dirty diesels’ – eight years after Volkswagen scandal where engines produced less air pollution in tests Eight years ago, Volkswagen were accused of using devices to cheat emissions New analysis suggests emissions-cheating devices are still widespread today By Colin Fernandez, Environment Editor Published: 00:24 […]
The Bank of England is almost certain to hike interest rates on Thursday to combat a surge in inflation driven by food prices rocketing by 18 percent. The increase, caused largely by vegetable shortages, was the worst in 45 years. It reversed a falling Consumer Prices Index, driving it to […]
Shepherd Neame toasts record sales as return of workers to London pubs offsets loss of trade from rail strikes Britain’s oldest brewer saw its half-year revenue increase by 8.4% to £85.3m Shepherd Neame’s pubs in the City of London received a much-need boost Good summer and autumn weather benefited the […]
A Junior Isa taught my son about saving… and gave him £8,000: How to engage your children with money and tap into rising rates or invest By Ruth Jackson-kirby, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 07:00 GMT, 21 March 2023 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 22 March 2023 Parents and grandparents looking to […]
Hostelworld’s bottom line bolstered as travel demand recovers – but there’s still no new dividend for shareholders Hostelworld saw revenues rise in 2022 and average booking values increased The group’s net bookings reached 4.8m in 2022, new preliminary results show By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 15:14 GMT, 22 March […]
There is little more disconcerting than news of bank runs, government bailouts and plunging bank share prices – all of which we saw last week. Silicon Valley Bank in the US collapsed and HSBC had to bail out its UK arm. Then troubled banking giant Credit Suisse announced it had […]
BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation unexpectedly rises to 10.4%; Vistry eyes housing market improvement; Fevertree plans price hikes By Live Commentary Published: 07:26 GMT, 22 March 2023 | Updated: 11:41 GMT, 22 March 2023 Share or comment on this article: Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click […]
Second-hand car prices are rising yet again – despite speedier new car delivery times and Britons cutting back on expensive purchases during the cost-of-living squeeze. The combination of high demand and low stock of used vehicles has seen the average price of a second-hand motor increase by 2.3 per cent […]
Martin Beck, chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club, believes the rise is a one-off. He said: “There’s still good reason to think that inflation will fall substantially this year, and that February’s pickup will prove be a one-off. “The EY ITEM Club expects the CPI measure to fall […]
Wall Street banking shares bounce back as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledges to support US lenders By John-Paul Ford Rojas For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 21 March 2023 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 21 March 2023 Wall Street banking shares bounced back yesterday as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signalled […]
Raymond Edgell and his wife Sandra decided to get a smart meter fitted last August. Their old gas and electricity meters in their home in Harefield, near Uxbridge, were in a cupboard under the stairs. And the couple — who are both in their 70s — were increasingly finding it […]