Buying and selling properties has been near impossible during lockdown, with around 450,000 transactions suspended. But with restrictions now partly lifted, estate agents are seeing a huge rise in enquiries. Yet the impact of coronavirus is still being felt in the property market – from nervous sellers to buyers trying to scoop a possible bargain. … Read more
First-time buyers looking to get on the property ladder following the coronavirus crisis may face a £12,000 gap in their finances as banks offer only high-deposit mortgages. The Government reopened the housing market last week after it was effectively shut down in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But because of fears of a … Read more
Greece has offered to waive its 14-day coronavirus quarantine for British tourists and holiday firms are planning to restart flights from mid June in what could be a welcome boost for beleaguered lockdown Britain. With the Mediterranean nation’s under-pressure economy heavily dependent on holidaymakers it has been making plans to refill deserted beaches and hotels. … Read more
Greece has offered to waive its 14-day coronavirus quarantine for British tourists and holiday firms are planning to restart flights from mid June in what could be a welcome boost for beleaguered lockdown Britain. With the Mediterranean nation’s under-pressure economy heavily dependent on holidaymakers it has been making plans to refill deserted beaches and hotels. … Read more
Barclays £100 compensation offer to small business owners left waiting for Bounce Back loans branded ‘insulting’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Barclays has begun to offer compensation to customers who were left waiting over a week for their lifeline Bounce … Read more
There are few pleasures to rival pedalling off in the general direction of nowhere in particular, without a care in the world. Especially if your route is dotted with sites of great beauty and punctuated with places to stop off. And you don’t need to be a 10st strip of Lycra-clad muscle and lungs to … Read more
Homeware store boss Liz Lawson has furloughed half of her 65 staff ‘Fund will save firms’ Liz Lawson is the fourth generation to run 116-year-old Lawsons, which has four Devon homeware stores. It usually has an annual turnover of £2.8 million, but has had to close its Totnes and Plymouth shops to the public. Liz, 52, … Read more
Sir Stelios offers a £5m reward to anyone who can help him stop Easyjet’s £4.5bn deal with Airbus By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:36 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:20 BST, 13 May 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants the budget airline to cancel an order with Airbus for 107 … Read more
On the heels of an early announcement that coronavirus patients given Gilead’s Ebola drug remdesivir fared better than those who didn’t get the treatment, the company’s CEO, Daniel O’Day, deemed the results a cause for ‘hope at a time when it is badly needed,’ in an open letter obtained by Fox News. ‘Positive data’ from … Read more
Harrods set to dispatch team of staff into Knightsbridge store to carry out personal shopping for prized customers By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 2 May 2020 Harrods is set to dispatch a team of staff into its giant Knightsbridge store to carry out … Read more