Households have been promised up to £10,000 in government cash to make their homes more energy-efficient. The Green Home Grants are expected to save 600,000 households £300 on annual energy bills. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is yet to announce details of the initiative, but experts say work could include loft and wall insulation, double and triple … Read more
Fears that pandemic slump will wipe more than £30K off the value of a typical home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 More than £30,000 could be wiped off the value of a typical home as the pandemic hits the property … Read more
Branson stumps up £200m to secure a £1.2billion rescue package for Virgin Atlantic By Tom Payne For The Daily Mail Published: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 14 July 2020 Virgin Atlantic has secured a £1.2billion rescue package in a boost for Britain’s beleaguered aviation industry. The airline was at risk of … Read more
Taxpayer faces £34bn coronavirus bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency schemes turn sour By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:28 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 14 July 2020 The taxpayer could be saddled with a £34billion bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency Covid schemes … Read more
Covid victims being denied life insurance cover and told to reapply three months after symptoms cease By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 Legal & General and Royal London are both turning away would-be customers who have signs of the virus … Read more
Callers were forced to wait 15 minutes to talk taxes with HMRC in May- more than double the average waiting time for March By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 Callers to HMRC customer services were put on hold for an … Read more
Fears are mounting that the Bounce Back loan scheme designed to prop up struggling companies during the coronavirus crisis is being abused. A minority of the 1m small-business owners who have borrowed so far, purportedly to help their firm survive the pandemic, are using the money to buy Ferraris, property or even premium bonds, according … Read more
Natwest faces legal battle after Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont falls victim to £4m banking scam By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 Natwest is facing a legal battle with Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont after the firm fell victim to a … Read more
Fury over delays to accounting shake-up: MPs hit out a year after Thomas Cook collapse By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 MPs have slammed the Government for ‘dragging its feet’ on audit reforms and bringing in a new accounting industry regulator. … Read more
Gym group loses 178,000 customers during lockdown – even though it froze their payments By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 The Gym Group lost 178,000 customers during lockdown. Around one in five of one of Britain’s biggest fitness chains’ members quit … Read more