MARK PALMER: The joy of a flight to the sun… but red tape cost me a cool £197! 

There wasn’t a single spare seat on the first flight out from Heathrow to Lisbon on Monday.  But it didn’t feel like a stampede as some 140 passengers quietly, and a little nervously, boarded BA flight 500. They were clutching their hand luggage, cradling coffees – and praying they had not only the right paperwork to … Read more

No financial services deal at any cost, new FCA boss warns Brussels

Britain will not sign a financial services deal with the EU at any cost, new FCA boss warns Brussels By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 22:33 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 22:33 BST, 6 May 2021 The boss of the City watchdog has fired a warning shot at Brussels, saying Britain will not … Read more

Full-scale radio control car you can drive will cost £7,200 and is ROAD LEGAL

A British company is set to offer big kids across the country the chance to live out their childhood dreams of driving a life-size remote control car on the road. The Little Car Company will hand-build electric, driveable versions of the Tamiya Wild One radio control car – and buyers can get a road legal … Read more

Full-scale radio control car you can drive will cost £7,200 and is ROAD LEGAL

A British company is set to offer big kids across the country the chance to live out their childhood dreams of driving a life-size remote control car on the road. The Little Car Company will hand-build electric, driveable versions of the Tamiya Wild One radio control car – and buyers can get a road legal … Read more

Full-scale radio control car you can drive will cost £6,000 and is ROAD LEGAL

A British company is set to offer big kids across the country the chance to live out their childhood dreams of driving a life-size remote control car on the road. The Little Car Company will hand-build electric, driveable versions of the Tamiya Wild One radio control car – and buyers can get a road legal … Read more

Key ways to challenge the spiralling cost of council tax bills

Local authorities increase council tax bills by up to 5%, but some households can mitigate impact by challenging them or applying for discounts By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 Cash-strapped local authorities have just increased council tax bills for the year … Read more

The Lord of the Rings series is set to cost Amazon $465M for just ONE season

The upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series is set to be the largest television series ever made. It was reported on Friday that Amazon Studios is spending around NZ$650 million – $465 million in U.S. dollars, on just one season of the fantasy series – far more than previous record-breaking estimates.  Previous estimates had … Read more

Grant Shapps orders firms to slash cost of foreign travel testing

Grant Shapps has ordered ‘profiteering’ private testing companies to slash the cost of laboratory-based PCR checks to make international travel more affordable as he said people can now ‘start to think’ about booking a summer holiday abroad.  The Transport Secretary today set out more details of the Government’s new traffic light scheme which will see … Read more

Boohoo: Cost differences between clothes are ‘mistakes’ due to ‘mix up with suppliers’

Identical items of clothing on sale for different prices across Boohoo’s brands is down to a ‘genuine mistake’ and not ‘business practice’, the fast fashion giant has said.   The multi-billion pound brand, which owns Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse, Oasis, and Karen Millen among others, faced questions this week after an identical mushroom coat was found … Read more

Calls for inquiry as cost of union’s hotel and conference centre spirals to £98MILLION 

Calls for inquiry as cost of ‘Red Len’ McCluskey’s luxury new Unite union hotel and conference centre spirals to £98MILLION Birmingham hotel and conference complex cost has risen to almost £100m  Original estimate of £35million, with some reports it was as low as £7million  McCluskey has blamed cost increase on paying top rate wages to workers  … Read more