Now TfL says it wants to KEEP £15-a-day London congestion charge to ‘support capital’s culture, hospitality and night-time businesses’ months after Sadiq Khan pledged to SCRAP the temporary rise TfL had claimed the rise in Congestion Charge from £11.50 to £15 was temporary Sadiq Khan previously said he would ‘negotiate with Government’ to reduce cost … Read more
Household electricity bills will rise if Government lowers energy prices for industry, warns business secretary By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 Households could see their electricity bills rise if the Government lowers energy prices for heavy industry. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng … Read more
Savers must act fast to cash in on rate rises as experts say they are unlikely to go any higher soon By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 13 July 2021 Savings rate rises are coming thick and fast, with 300 recorded in little over … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns food prices at its pubs will rise if VAT goes up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin said prices for pub food will rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin … Read more
Dividend payouts by FTSE 100 firms are forecast to rise for the first time in three years to nearly £77billion as companies start to recover from the pandemic. Many of the biggest UK-listed companies were forced to suspend or cut their dividend payments to conserve cash in the wake of the pandemic last year, including … Read more
Trainline on track for recovery: Ticket bookings bounce back strongly after lockdown easing – but sales are still only half pre-pandemic levels UK net ticket sales of £334m in quarter to end of May, half of £481m in Q1 2019 At the end of May, UK sales were at around 70% of the levels of 2019 … Read more
Litter claw firm hires 50 more staff to meet demand as picking up rubbish becomes more popular as a result of lockdown Ledbury-based Helping Hand hired more staff as war on litter ramped up in UK The firm produces litter ‘claws’ – and saw a boom in business during lockdowns Company is supporting Mail-backed Great … Read more
Cher reveals Universal ‘is doing a biopic’ film about her meteoric rise to superstardom with her ‘dear friend’ Eric Roth penning the script By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 00:16 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 20 May 2021 A biographical film on Cher’s meteoric rise to fame is currently in the works. … Read more
Spark of hope at last for savers as rates have risen from the rock-bottom levels of earlier this year By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 18 May 2021 Atom Bank now pays 0.85 per cent on its one-year fixed-rate bond Savings rates have risen … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: If ever we wanted a reminder that what happens in the US affects rest of us, fallout from Biden’s tax plan was as good a lesson as any By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 April 2021 Joe Biden certainly spoilt the … Read more