A revolutionary new ‘click-and-collect’ cash pilot scheme has just launched in the Staffordshire town of Burslem. It’s an initiative that if successful could be rolled out nationally and prove a financial lifeline for the eight million people still dependent on cash to manage their household finances. Using a phone app, the service – provided by … Read more
Complaints about travel insurance have tripled over the past year as thousands of fed-up holidaymakers had claims declined or delayed during the Covid-19 crisis. Exclusive data from the Financial Ombudsman Service, which resolves disputes between customers and businesses, shows that more than 6,000 complaints were filed between April and December 2020, a 208 per cent … Read more
The UK could miss out on millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine if the European Union suspends deliveries to countries outside the bloc. Britain is expecting to receive another 9million doses by mid-February from Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech. But if Eurocrats blockade jab exports across the channel, American drugs company Pfizer – which manufactures vaccines … Read more
What would happen if the EU forced Pfizer to stop delivering Covid vaccines? UK could miss out on 3.5m doses between now and February and rely totally on AstraZeneca’s plan to hit 2m per week by Monday Eurocrats proposed plans to stop vaccine exports could cut Britain’s supplies Pfizer – which manufactures doses in Belgium … Read more
The temporary purpose-built NHS Nightingale hospitals constructed for £220million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic cannot open because there are not enough staff to adequately service them, doctors have warned. The enormous structures were hailed at the start of the pandemic as a solution to the growing crisis in hospital capacity up and down the … Read more
The temporary purpose-built NHS Nightingale hospitals constructed for £220million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic cannot open because there are not enough staff to adequately service them, doctors have warned. The enormous structures were hailed at the start of the pandemic as a solution to the growing crisis in hospital capacity up and down the … Read more
Should you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be listed on? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 24 October 2020 Warning: Checkatrade and Rated People charge traders to be on their websites Consumers groups are warning householders to be wary of a flurry … Read more
1) University of Glasgow 31% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £70million estimated income from Chinese students 10% of students from China 2) University of Liverpool 29% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £89million estimated income from Chinese students 19% of students from China 3) University of Sheffield 26% of total … Read more
Key points in the OBR’s grim economic assessment of the UK GDP will fall by at least 10 per cent this year, the worst recession in 300 years, with national debt bigger than the whole economy in all but the most optimistic scenario. Output might not return to last year’s level until the end of … Read more
The UK faces the biggest peacetime deficit in history with the risk of four million people out of work by next year – and the economy might not recover until 2025. In a bleak new assessment, the government’s OBR watchdog warned tax rises and spending cuts are inevitable as it poured cold water on hopes of … Read more