Shell hikes dividend payout for shareholders by 50% and returns £1.4bn in share buyback as oil prices an profits soar Oil group Royal Dutch Shell will pay 11p a share dividend to shareholders Group also announced bumper share buyback scheme this morning Firm’s share price up 4% as oil prices and group’s profits rise By … Read more
SIMON LAMBERT: My 80p bag of crisps shows how inflation creeps up on us, so make sure your money is fighting the spike By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:02 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 09:02 BST, 15 July 2021 My mind long ago anchored the price of an ordinary-sized bag of crisps at … Read more
Think-tank warns that sudden spike in inflation is set to cost the average family as much as £700 By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 19 June 2021 A sudden spike in inflation is set to cost the average family as much as £700, a … Read more
The UK has recorded more than 3,000 Covid cases for the first time in a month as fears grow around the spread of the Indian variant. Infections spiked by 18 per cent on last Wednesday’s figure.
Another 380,000 vaccines were also dished out as the NHS inoculation drive continues to pick up pace. Around 38.1m Brits, or 72.3 per cent of adults, have now had their first dose.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey predicts inflation will spike ‘in the next month or so’ before calming down as UK bounces back from Covid as he reveals he spoke to Rishi Sunak EVERY DAY during worst days of the pandemic Andrew Bailey told peers he expects inflation to increase ‘in next month or so’ … Read more
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey predicts inflation will spike ‘in the next month or so’ before calming down as UK bounces back from Covid as he reveals he spoke to Rishi Sunak EVERY DAY during worst days of the pandemic Andrew Bailey told peers he expects inflation to increase ‘in next month or so’ … Read more
First-time buyers are more likely to be rejected for a mortgage than they were before the pandemic, a new study has found. Only one in five first-time buyers were able to get a mortgage on their first attempt, according to Aldermore Bank’s annual survey of people who are trying to get on the housing ladder. … Read more
First-time buyers are more likely to be rejected for a mortgage than they were before the pandemic, a new study has found. Only one in five prospective first-time buyers were able to get a mortgage on their first attempt, according to Aldermore Bank’s annual survey of people who have got on the housing ladder. This … Read more
Lateral flow tests are only accurate at diagnosing coronavirus when administered by trained professionals, studies have repeatedly shown. The tests, which give results in as little as 15 minutes, use swabs of the nose or throat. Samples are then mixed in a testing liquid and put into a plastic cassette which can detect the presence … Read more