England make it two wins on the bounce as Harry Kane and Mason Mount net in Albania

Sometimes in football, the simple things will take you where you need to go. Passes over the heads of full-backs into space. Distribution that uses the full width of the field. Accurate crosses in to good areas towards centre forwards willing to make runs across the front of technically inferior defenders. None of it is … Read more

England make it two wins on the bounce as Harry Kane and Mason Mount net in Albania

Sometimes in football, the simple things will take you where you need to go. Passes over the heads of full-backs into space. Distribution that uses the full width of the field. Accurate crosses in to good areas towards centre forwards willing to make runs across the front of technically inferior defenders. None of it is … Read more

KIRSTIE ALLSOPP urges you to take up your litter pickers and help the country bounce back

I believe the number one reason not to litter is to safeguard our oceans. There’s no filter — if you drop a cigarette butt in a gutter, it will end up in the sea. If we do not protect our oceans, we will die, writes Kirstie Allsopp (pictured) One afternoon we were walking near our home … Read more

KIRSTIE ALLSOPP urges you to take up your litter pickers and help the country bounce back

I believe the number one reason not to litter is to safeguard our oceans. There’s no filter — if you drop a cigarette butt in a gutter, it will end up in the sea. If we do not protect our oceans, we will die, writes Kirstie Allsopp (pictured) One afternoon we were walking near our home … Read more

Burglary bounce predicted for 2021: Here are 14 ways to turn your home into a fortress

Britons are being urged to secure their homes against a potential surge of burglaries when lockdown ends. There was a 20 per cent drop in house burglaries last year compared to 2019, according to analysis of government crime figures by the home insurance company Hiro. Criminals’ overall takings were down by £103million in 2020 as … Read more

Nearly £1.6bn in fraudulent claims against Government’s bounce back loan schemes are blocked

Nearly £1.6bn in fraudulent claims against Government’s bounce back loan schemes have been prevented by lenders, stats show The British Business Bank has been administering the bounce back loan scheme Scheme was launched in May to help businesses restart after the first lockdown So far, nearly £46billion has been lent to firms under bounce back … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Shares in travel and leisure bounce

Shares in hard-hit travel and leisure stocks bounced after Boris Johnson delivered his outline for lifting lockdown, stage by stage, across the whole of England.  Under the plans, there will be little respite for non-essential businesses in March.  And at every stage the dates that have been given are the very earliest re-openings and could … Read more

Caught red handed, the smirking Bounce Back Loan bandit

Crooked businessmen have been caught offering to sell dormant companies in the full knowledge that they will be used to make fraudulent claims for coronavirus loans. The Mail on Sunday today exposes the scam, which allows con artists to use the companies as a front to claim money under the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme, then … Read more

More than 1.4m firms are given more time to repay Covid ‘bounce back’ loans over default fears 

More than 1.4million businesses are given more time to repay Covid ‘bounce back’ loans over fears of economic catastrophe Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a ‘pay as you grow’ scheme Almost £4.5billion has been loaned under the Government scheme so far New measures will allow businesses to extend loan terms from six to … Read more