Supermarket share prices set to rocket on Morrisons bid battle

Supermarket share prices set to rocket: Morrisons bid battle to boost ‘bargain’ UK grocers By Lucy White And Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 Supermarket shares were set to rise on the London Stock Exchange today as a full-scale bidding war for … Read more

Help to Buy owners find rising house prices have bumped up their debts

Borrowers who used Help to Buy loans to purchase their homes and are now selling up are finding rising house prices have bumped up their debt and created a nice litle earner for the Government. The number of home buyers using Help to Buy Equity Loans has surged by 40 per cent in a year, … Read more

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

UK inflation rate doubles in April to 1.5% as energy bills and clothes prices push up cost of living

Inflation rate DOUBLES in a month to 1.5%: Higher energy bills and clothes prices push up the cost of living, new figures show Annual rate of inflation leapt to 1.5 per cent in April, up from March’s 0.7 per cent  Rising energy bills and clothing prices key factors in the UK’s surging cost to live … Read more

Shortage of listed homes pushes house prices up further

House prices jumped sharply again in April as a slowdown in the number of homes coming up for sale continued to hit the market. Estate agents are lapping up strong sales and a spike in buyer interest, but new listings remain woefully low, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors said. Chris Stonock, an estate agent … Read more

US consumer prices rose 4.2% in April – fastest since 2008 crash – as economy recovers from COVID

Inflation has set in across America and is on the up, with consumer prices rising by 4.2 percent since April last year, the highest since the months preceding the 2008 global crash, as the economy dives into recovery mode after a COVID-19 catastrophe.  The Consumer Price Index – which surveys the prices of every day … Read more