Shops to stay open until 10pm six days a week to boost high street

Shops will be able to stay open until 10pm six days a week to turbocharge the high street and help the economy recover. Robert Jenrick announced that from April 12, extended daily opening hours will be introduced when non-essential retail reopens its doors. The Communities Secretary said this would help ensure the safe reopening of … Read more

Car makers call on the Government to boost consumer uptake of EVs

Car makers today demanded much greater support from the Government to help consumers buy electric vehicles if ministers’ ambitious ‘electric dreams’ are to become a reality. Rule makers must ‘put ordinary drivers at the heart of policy and planning’ if they are to win consumers’ ‘hearts and minds’, they said. Electric cars are still too … Read more

Eating a cup of leafy green vegetables like lettuce or spinach a day can boost muscle function

Popeye was right! Eating just one cup of leafy green vegetables including spinach and lettuce every day can boost muscle function, study finds Leafy green vegetables are known to contain high levels of nitrates  Scientists examined the diets and lower limb strength of 3,759 participants  Those who ate most nitrates had 11% stronger limbs than … Read more

Popeye was right! Eating one cup of leafy green vegetables a day can boost muscle function

Popeye was right! Eating just one cup of leafy green vegetables including spinach and lettuce every day can boost muscle function, study finds Leafy green vegetables are known to contain high levels of nitrates  Scientists examined the diets and lower limb strength of 3,759 participants  Those who ate most nitrates had 11% stronger limbs than … Read more

Drinking coffee 30 minutes before exercising can boost fat-burning, study finds 

There has been a stark rise in Britons’ thirst for caffeinated drinks – at least 600 million litres are drunk every year, 200 million more than ten years ago. Figures from the British Soft Drinks Association reveal that the volume of energy drinks consumed in the UK increased from 463 million litres in 2010 to … Read more

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda for £6.8bn get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque in Blackburn as plans are approved Project put forward by billionaire siblings Zubar and Mohsin in Blackburn, Lancs  It had faced objections over the height of the building as well as potential noise  The siblings recently completed £6.8billion … Read more

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda for £6.8bn get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque in Blackburn as plans are approved Project put forward by billionaire siblings Zubar and Mohsin in Blackburn, Lancs  It had faced objections over the height of the building as well as potential noise  The siblings recently completed £6.8billion … Read more

Every pub and restaurant will be allowed to erect a MARQUEE to boost trade after lockdown 

Get ready for an ale fresco summer! Every pub and restaurant will be allowed to erect a MARQUEE to boost trade after lockdown Robert Jenrick will announce the move as a £56 million ‘welcome back’ initiative  Ministers announced £100 million support for reopening of local authority gyms It is hoped move will help hospitality sector … Read more

Boost for North as BP plans hydrogen plant on Teesside

BP plans UK’s largest hydrogen plant on Teesside: Boost for North as FTSE 100 oil supermajor steps up its green revolution By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 18 March 2021 BP is planning to build the UK’s largest hydrogen plant as it ramps up … Read more

Portugal tells Britons they will be welcome from May in boost for summer holidays

Portugal will allow UK tourists into the country from May, the country’s tourism minister has said in the latest boost for hopes of a holiday this summer.  Rita Marques said British visitors who can prove they have been vaccinated or show a negative Covid test result will be welcome from May 17. But those hoping … Read more