Mortgage borrowers hit hardest by the pandemic may find themselves paying out thousands more each year, because they believe the financial fallout has affected their ability to remortgage. Almost one third of borrowers who have seen their incomes fall due to Covid-19 expect to move onto their lender’s standard variable rate once their initial deal … Read more
He rose to fame as one fifth of One Direction. And Zayn Malik revealed Niall Horan was his favourite after he was asked who he thought had made the best music since the band disbanded and launched their careers as solo artists. The singer, 28, appeared on SiriusXM on Thursday and was asked out of … Read more
How to bag an Isa paying more than 1%: Nationwide launches new deal which comes with a £50 bonus for those transferring in more than £10k Nationwide’s new 18-month fixed-rate Isa will pay savers 0.75% It is open to existing customers but bonus bumps the rate up Isa rates have collapsed in the last year … Read more
More misery for half-a-million savers as Marcus Bank cuts its rate to 0.4% weeks after reopening its doors The bank reopened its doors in February paying 0.5% after closing them in June It shut after it was inundated by savers and risked breaching banking rules Move is a disappointment for those hoping its reintroduction would … Read more
Savings rates hit record low one year after first Covid lockdown sparking fears of apathy among account holders Savings rates continue to fall to record low since the start of UK’s first lockdown Average easy access savings rate is less than a third of what it was a year ago There are 383 fewer deals … Read more
Britain a nation of ‘sunny savers’: Bank of England survey reveals more than one in five believe savings rates have gone UP since last year Just 33% of a survey of nearly 4,600 people correctly said rates had fallen 19% didn’t know and 27% felt rates on mortgages and savings had not changed This is … Read more
Easy-access savings rates have fallen by seven tenths, but many mortgage borrowers have barely benefited since the Bank of England cut its base rate to an all-time low last year, data suggests. Savings rates have plummeted but some of Britain’s biggest lenders have failed to pass on the full 0.65 percentage point cut since last … Read more
When the pandemic began, COVID-19 death rate soared in Democrat-led liberal states – but the trend reversed sharply by July 4, a new study reveals. At the widest gap between death rates for Republican- versus Democrat-led states, 1.8-times more Americans were dying in red states than blue ones, according to the new Johns Hopkins University … Read more
Superdry boss’s fury at Chancellor for failing to reform business rates in his budget By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2021 Superdry’s boss has lashed out at the Chancellor for failing to reform business rates. Julian Dunkerton said he was ‘disappointed’ by … Read more
Alcohol withdrawal rates have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers found a 34 percent increase in hospitalized patients experiencing symptoms such as headaches, nausea, tremors and seizures due to not using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking. What’s more, the rates from March to September in 2020 were consistently higher compared … Read more