Collins English Dictionary has named ‘lockdown’ as the word of the year, which may come as no surprise to Britons who have swapped the Red Lion pub for Red Dead Redemption. Video games have soared in popularity in 2020 due to people spending more time staying at home, sometimes under ‘quarantine’ – the Cambridge Dictionary’s … Read more
Savers pile into America: Investors flock to funds with heavy exposure to the booming US stock market By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 22 October 2020 Investors are flocking to global funds with heavy exposure to US stocks Savers looking to take advantage of … Read more
How galling it is to see China bouncing back from the global pandemic that it unleashed. While the rest of the world wrestles with fear, mistrust, unemployment, recession, stagnation, non-Covid health catastrophes, countless blighted lives and a ‘second wave’ of the virus, China is set to enter 2021 stronger than it was in January 2020. … Read more
Garden centres and nurseries cheering booming sales as coronavirus pandemic prompts families to spruce up their homes By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 5 October 2020 Garden centres and nurseries are cheering booming sales as the coronavirus pandemic prompts families to spruce up their … Read more
Private jets have long been considered to be reserved just for the rich and famous – a luxury many of us could only dream of. But that is all changing, partly thanks to the coronavirus, according to claims from the 26 year-old chief executive of start-up private charter firm TailHail. Prices are also down, meaning … Read more
The Bank of England says on Thursday that this will be the deepest dip in the economy for a hundred years. Then on Friday, the Halifax reports that house prices hit an all-time record in July. It is certainly a strange juxtaposition – so what’s going on? The UK is not alone in this contrast … Read more
Byron Bay real estate agent reveals sales are booming as Hollywood stars including Chris Hemsworth and Zac Efron flock to the beachside town By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:39 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 17:00 BST, 7 July 2020 Byron Bay has become a thriving A-list hot spot for both Australian … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Yew Grove cashing in on Ireland’s booming medical technology sector By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 18 April 2020 Medical technology is big business. Annual sales topped £350 billion even before the coronavirus pandemic, and Ireland is one of the foremost … Read more
Booming electric bike sales over Christmas keep Halfords on track to meet its annual profit prediction By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 Booming sales of electric bikes in the run-up to Christmas have helped Halfords stick to its full-year profit guidance. … Read more
British boat-builders make waves amid booming demand for yachts at home and abroad By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 19:35 BST, 11 February 2020 Booming demand for yachts at home and abroad helped British boat-builders increase their annual revenues by 10 per cent. The sector notched … Read more