Primark will repay £121m in furlough cash and hand shareholders £49m in dividends after ‘record sales’ since reopening this month Primark will hand back £121 million from government’s job retention scheme Comes despite 17% slump in sales and drop in operating profits to £319 million Company’s 188 stores across UK have been closed for months due to lockdown … Read more
Embattled steel mogul Sanjeev Gupta was paying £100,000 a month for a luxury Belgravia residence during the pandemic at the same time as issuing a public plea to the Prime Minister for cash. Gupta was not even inhabiting the extraordinary property, which has a basement swimming pool, as he was asking for more public money, … Read more
As high streets across the UK came back to life yesterday, footfall failed to reach pre-pandemic levels, the latest figures have revealed. The data shows total customer footfall on the day non-essential retail reopened in England was down 15 per cent on two years ago. However that is a significant improvement on March, when total … Read more
Boris Johnson puts his Grade II-listed, four-bedroom Oxfordshire cottage on the rental market for £4,250 a month Boris Johnsonis to put his cottage on the rental market for £4,250 per month It is thought Mr Johnson and his family have been unable to stay at property Prime Minister has waived the rule adopted by many … Read more
Boris Johnson puts his Grade II-listed, four-bedroom Oxfordshire cottage on the rental market for £4,250 a month Boris Johnsonis to put his cottage on the rental market for £4,250 per month It is thought Mr Johnson and his family have been unable to stay at property Prime Minister has waived the rule adopted by many … Read more
Big Brother’s Nikki Grahame dies aged 38 one month after friends started a GoFundMe page for anorexia treatment when her eating disorder returned By Matt Drake For Mailonline Published: 17:52 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 17:52 BST, 10 April 2021 Big Brother star Nikki Grahame has died at the age 38 just one month … Read more
Tokyo placed under tighter coronavirus restrictions for at least a month – almost 100 days before the Olympics are set to begin – with host city experiencing surge in new cases Tokyo, the host city of the Olympics, has seen a surge of new cases and variants The Japanese government have now taken action by … Read more
Elon Musk has now said he does support COVID-19 vaccines because the ‘science is unequivocal’, just one month after he stoked fears about ‘negative reactions’ to second shots. The Tesla boss sought to clarify his views to his over 50 million Twitter followers Wednesday insisting ‘I do support vaccines in general & covid vaccines specifically’ … Read more
House sales surge after stamp duty extension: Property market soared last month following Rishi Sunak’s decision to extend the tax break Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday was due to end on March 31 but will end in June The extension meant last month house sales saw the biggest surge since August Tax holiday means buyers pay … Read more
Coronavirus cases have more than halved in a month and fallen in every age group a major surveillance study revealed last night – as experts said reopening schools has had little impact on the epidemic. Imperial College London epidemiologists estimated 0.2 per cent of England’s population, or one in 500, were infected between March 11 … Read more