It was meant to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people who had been hit hardest by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. But nine months since it was launched only 16,500 people have been hired through the Kickstart Scheme. The government’s target was to create 250,000 jobs through Kickstart and think-tank … Read more
Does Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £2bn jobs scheme Kickstart need a little kickstart itself? By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 1 May 2021 When the £2billion Kickstart Scheme was launched by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last autumn, it was seen as a lifeline by many small … Read more
Rishi Sunak launches new loan scheme with £10m business grants to kickstart economy after lockdown Firms will access loans of between £25,000 and £10million to get back on track Recovery Loan replaces a string of earlier ones including the Bounce Back loans Ministers were under pressure to reform the Bounce Back scheme after review By … Read more
Why we MUST keep teaching children about money, says industry-backed group KickStart By Laura Shannon For The Mail On Sunday Published: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 Allowing children to enter adult life with no financial education is like abandoning them at sea without swimming lessons. That is the … Read more
Why we MUST keep teaching children about money, says industry-backed group KickStart By Laura Shannon For The Mail On Sunday Published: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 Allowing children to enter adult life with no financial education is like abandoning them at sea without swimming lessons. That is the … Read more
I’ll get you fit without you even leaving home! Top fitness trainer JOANNA HALL’S 30-day exercise plan to kickstart your New Year By Joanna Hall For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 1 January 2021 One of the best New Year resolutions you could make for 2021 is … Read more
One of the best New Year resolutions you could make for 2021 is to be more active. But I’d be the first to urge you not to throw yourself into a rigorous running programme or brutal high-intensity workouts One of the best New Year resolutions you could make for 2021 is to be more active. … Read more
For Raymond Blanc, the distinguished chef and restaurateur, the end of lockdown had better bring good news. ‘We make about 25 per cent of our profit around Christmas,’ he said. ‘No Christmas, big trouble.’ He speaks for the entire British hospitality business. Because unless pubs, hotels and restaurants are allowed to reopen straight away and … Read more
For Raymond Blanc, the distinguished chef and restaurateur, the end of lockdown had better bring good news. ‘We make about 25 per cent of our profit around Christmas,’ he said. ‘No Christmas, big trouble.’ He speaks for the entire British hospitality business. Because unless pubs, hotels and restaurants are allowed to reopen straight away and … Read more
Concerned by the impact of weight gain on our health, the Mail’s new columnist Dr MICHAEL MOSLEY has devised a Shape Up Britain series to reduce our waistlines and improve our wellbeing. Continuing today and all this week, we follow the progress of 30 volunteers who’ve road-tested the plan and reveal the delicious recipes that worked … Read more