Banks have so far managed to avoid making themselves major villains in the pandemic. Unlike some insurers, which have tried to wriggle their way out of paying valid claims to small firms, they have been working with the Government to support business and families. Covid-19 has presented our High Street lenders with an opportunity to … Read more
Rate cuts come thick and fast after brutal NS&I blow: Goldman Sachs Marcus and TSB axe top deals By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 29 September 2020 NS&I has announced savage cuts to its Income Bonds, Direct Saver and Direct Isa deals due in … Read more
Steph McGovern’s day-time TV show Packed Lunch has been hit by a ratings blow just weeks after it relaunched. The British journalist, 38, returned to screens on September 14 after she had been presenting The Steph Show for Channel 4 from her home during lockdown. However Barb viewing figures from Tuesday revealed that at 12.56pm … Read more
JP Morgan in No Deal Brexit blow to London: U.S. bank set to move £183bn from the UK to Frankfurt By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 23 September 2020 Pessimistic: JP Morgan Boss Jamie Dimon Banking giant JP Morgan is shifting £183billion out of … Read more
The devastating impact of the lockdown on the nation’s health is laid bare tonight. Shocking figures reveal that admissions for seven deadly non-coronavirus conditions between March and June fell by more than 173,000 on the previous year. The NHS Digital data for England shows there were nearly 6,000 fewer admissions for heart attacks in March … Read more
Neighbours in the tranquil Oxfordshire village of Great Rollright knew housewife Mrs Burton for the scrumptious taste of her scones in the summer of 1945. But they had no idea she was actually top Soviet spy Ursula Kuczynski, who came close to blowing up Adolf Hitler before Joseph Stalin got cold feet. Kuczynski, code-named Sonya, nearly averted the … Read more
BBC comes under fire over plans to blow £1m on staff surveys asking workers how it can get better The BBC has earmarked the sum to get feedback on ‘culture and engagement’ Price of software for staff surveys could pay 6,300 licence fees at £157.50 each MPs and campaigners branded the contract a ‘colossal waste … Read more
Mortgage borrowers dealt another blow as two major banks heavily restrict how much they will lend to homebuyers Barclays has limited loans to just 4.49 times someone’s income – down from five-and-a-half times previously NatWest also quietly reduced the amount some customers can borrow By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s push to get Britons back to the office suffered another blow today with a poll showing that three-quarters want to keep working from home. Research for MailOnline found 74 per cent who had been doing their job at home during lockdown would prefer to continue to do so, at least some of the … Read more
One of the UK’s biggest employers is planning to close nearly 100 offices permanently in a crushing blow to the Prime Minister’s campaign to get Britain back to work. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Capita – the giant Government contractor that collects the BBC licence fee, runs the London congestion charge and provides … Read more