Britain’s manufacturers growing at fastest pace for 30 years as economy bounces back from pandemic By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:25 BST, 1 June 2021 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 1 June 2021 Britain’s manufacturers are growing at the fastest pace for 30 years as the economy bounces back from the pandemic. Research … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive should drastically pick up pace from March 15 because supplies will ‘increase substantially’, NHS bosses have revealed. The programme, which is crucial to Britain’s hopes of seeing lockdown eased over the next few months, slowed down in February due to manufacturing issues. Ministers promised March would be a ‘bumper’ month for … Read more
No10 has been urged to pick up the pace of its Covid vaccination drive because the number of doses dished out each day has dipped to below 400,000 for the first time since January. Department of Health statistics show 371,052 jabs were administered each day, on average, last week. For comparison, it almost reached 450,000 … Read more
England and Scotland gave out 285,000 Covid vaccines on Tuesday, official figures show, which marks the third consecutive day the UK has missed the 400,000-a-day target needed to reach 15million people by mid-February. Figures published today by NHS England revealed of the 260,307 jabs administered across the country yesterday, 259,306 were given to people receiving their … Read more
House prices rose at the fastest pace for nearly six years last month, as the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline continued to drive up the market. The average price of a home increased by 6.5 per cent to £229,721 in the year to November, according to Nationwide, adding almost £14,000 to the … Read more
The introduction of a new pension dashboard scheme enabling retirement savers to view details of all their pots from current and previous employers in one place is being delayed until 2023. The dashboard was originally supposed to be launched in 2019 with the aim of helping millions of people rediscover lost pension pots in an … Read more
SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace in its bid to create a diversified UK mining royalty company By Alastair Ford, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 What a few weeks it’s been for Trident Resources. The company listed on … Read more
Marine species are edging closer to Earth’s poles at an average pace of 3.7 miles per year as climate change causes global ocean temperatures to rise Experts reviewed 258 studies into shifting habitat ranges with climate change They used this to make a database, BioShifts, that covers some 12,000 species Marine species are moving poleward six times faster … Read more
Average mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level on record as the property market officially reopened for business this week, but banks have not cut costs by as much as the Bank of England rate cut. Finance experts at Moneyfacts say the average two-year fixed rate is now at a record low of just 2.09 … Read more