Rishi Sunak unveils mini-Budget to avert coronavirus meltdown

Sunak’s ‘mini-Budget’ package at a glance  Stamp duty threshold will increase from £125,000 to between £300,000 and £500,000 for six months to boost housing market; A radical plan to pay the wages of up to 300,000 young people on Universal Credit if businesses agree to take them on for at least six months;  A £2billion … Read more

Boris Johnson vows Roosevelt-style ‘New Deal’ to avert Great Depression

Boris Johnson’s list of big ticket projects  Confirmation of a £12billion scheme for 150,000 affordable homes over the next eight years, including a pilot for 1,500 that will be offered to first-time buyers at a 30 per cent discount; An extra £1.5billion for hospital maintenance this year, enabling the scrapping of mental health dormitories, improving … Read more

Boris Johnson vows Roosevelt-style ‘New Deal’ to avert Great Depression

Boris Johnson’s list of big ticket projects  Confirmation of a £12billion scheme for 150,000 affordable homes over the next eight years, including a pilot for 1,500 that will be offered to first-time buyers at a 30 per cent discount; An extra £1.5billion for hospital maintenance this year, enabling the scrapping of mental health dormitories, improving … Read more

Former Hewlett Packard boss denies trying to avert blame for the disastrous takeover of Autonomy

Former Hewlett Packard boss denies trying to avert blame for the disastrous takeover of Autonomy By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2019 Former HP boss Meg Whitman was accused of trying to blame the bosses of software firm Autonomy when the … Read more

More than 25 major high street chains hold crunch talks with landlords to avert stores axe

More than 25 major high street chains hold crunch talks with landlords to avert stores axe By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 More than 25 major high street chains are in crunch talks with landlords over a massive rent bill … Read more