First-time buyers DENIED amid the housing market boom: Lack of mortgages forces HALF would-be homeowners to shelve purchase plans Nearly half of first-time buyers say their home buying plans have been delayed One in five says they had to pull out of buying a property due to lockdown This comes as the property market booms … Read more
Shares in Whitbread slammed into reverse as the staycation boom and Eat Out to Help Out scheme failed to stop a slump in bookings during the pandemic. Its chief executive Alison Brittain plans to lay off up to 6,000 staff from its 35,000-strong workforce as it battles to survive the crisis. Many employees will have … Read more
B&Q owner Kingfisher’s results were given a boost from home an improvement boom as well as its new ‘click and collect’ model as it reported 62 per cent rise in pre-tax profits today. For its half year results ending 31 July, Kingfisher has reported only a small hit from the Covid-19 pandemic while other companies … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Computacenter rallies to record high after demand for its products and services soared under lockdown By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 2 September 2020 The vital importance of Britain’s usually reclusive IT geeks during the Covid crisis has been underlined once again … Read more
Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom viewers were left outraged after watching a local property developer insist he felt ‘no obligation’ to make his new homes ‘available to people on low incomes.’ Tim Heatley appeared on the third episode of the documentary series on BBC2 last night, where he said he felt ‘a sense of responsibility … Read more
A growing number of experts in the property industry fear the ‘mini boom’ in house prices will not last into the latter stages of next year as unemployment and the recession eats into the sector. Lender Nationwide today published a slew of upbeat data in its latest house price index, suggesting property prices have reached … Read more
As investors shrug off bleak OECD warning, tech boom drives stocks to new highs By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 26 August 2020 Global stocks set records last night as investors shrugged off coronavirus pandemic fears. Booming demand for tech stocks and fresh hopes … Read more
The super portable and highly-rated Ultimate Ears BOOM 3 Bluetooth Speaker is currently 20% off in the Amazon End of Summer Sale By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 11:38 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 11:38 BST, 24 August 2020 A wireless Bluetooth speaker is a great way of bringing your music with you wherever … Read more
While many small businesses continue to suffer at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic, those in the cycling industry have never been busier. A fear of catching the virus on public transport has seen a big rise in the number of people cycling, while sales of new bikes have exploded. Meanwhile, much quieter roads and … Read more
Summer getaways abroad have been all but cancelled. Ministers’ decision to pull Spain off the quarantine-free list with just a few hours’ notice prompted many Britons to set their sights on escapes closer to home. Boris Johnson last week told the nation 2020 ‘is a great, great year for people to have a staycation’. Life’s … Read more