Prostate cancer death rates predicted to fall this year by 9.5% on the 2015 figure, research shows

Prostate cancer death rates are predicted to fall this year by 9.5% because of better diagnosis and treatment Scientists predict prostate cancer deaths to be 9.5 per cent lower than in 2015 Researchers say improved diagnosis and interventions are behind the shift Around one in eight men in the UK alone will get the disease in … Read more

Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system

Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system and ease turmoil on the High Street By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 Mike Ashley’s retail group has urged the Government to reform the business rates system Mike Ashley’s retail group has … Read more

Prostate cancer death rates predicted to fall this year by 9.5% on the 2015 figure, research shows

Prostate cancer death rates are predicted to fall this year by 9.5% on the 2015 figure because of better diagnosis and treatment, research shows Scientists predict prostate cancer deaths to be 9.5 per cent lower than in 2015 Researchers say improved diagnosis and interventions are behind the shift Around one in eight men in the UK … Read more

Best savings rates: Marcus makes a cut but new top easy-access deals are launched

Savers have been handed a double blow as two market-leading easy-access deals have both disappeared within a week of each other.   Marcus Bank cut its rate from 1.3 per cent to 1.2 per cent today, just a week after Virgin Money cut its then-market-leading 1.31 per cent Double Take E-Saver to 1.01 per cent. Although … Read more

Rural America is facing higher coronavirus death rates than major US cities largely due to age

Rural America is seeing higher death rates from the novel coronavirus than its urban counterparts because of an aging population, a new report suggests. The research examined the impact of age on the potential death rate in each US county. A demographer found that more than half of the country’s rural counties would have significantly … Read more

Parents struggle to put money aside for kids as rates face hefty cuts

Parents struggling in the coronavirus chaos find it hard to put money aside for kids as savings rates face hefty cuts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 April 2020 Children’s savings rates are facing hefty cuts but there are still some generous Junior … Read more

Best cash Isa rates – Paragon Bank launches new best buy one-year Isa

Is a cash Isa battle heating up? Paragon Bank launches top short-term fixed tax-free deal with 1.6% rate Paragon boosts its one-year fixed rate cash Isa to 1.6% This puts it above Charter Savings Bank and Oaknorth, both on 1.57% The bank’s other fixed rate cash Isa deals remain unchanged  By Will Kirkman For Thisismoney.co.uk … Read more

They’ll slash your savings rates… but how many building society fat cats will cut THEIR pay?

For nearly 250 years, building societies have played an important part in maintaining the financial fabric of communities up and down the country. Providing loans for home buyers and a safe place for savers to squirrel away their hard-earned cash. Although their numbers have shrunk dramatically over the years, the stoic 43 that remain continue … Read more

The best mortgage rates after the coronavirus crisis cull

Banks and building societies have cut a staggering 47 per cent of all mortgage deals from sale over the past three weeks in a move not seen since the credit crunch, as fears over the health of the housing market loom.   This month the Government urged buyers and sellers not to move home as the pandemic continues to … Read more

Banks warned as they hike cost of mortgages but slash savings rates 

Watchdog warns banks to treat their customers fairly as they hike the cost of mortgages but slash savings rates By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 9 April 2020 Interim FCA boss Chris Woolard said he is looking into concerns that banks are not passing … Read more