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Italian markets falter but US-China trade WAR truce sends FTSE to new HIGH
THE FTSE index of the UK’s top 100 firms hit another record high on Monday as markets responded well to news that the much-feared US-Chinese trade war was now, according to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, “on hold”. -
Virgin Money launches new Cash ISA paying 'excellent' 5.05% interest rate
via express.co.ukVirgin Money's new account might appeal to savers happy to lock their cash away for one year. -
Surge in supply of homes for sale in some seaside locations, Zoopla finds
via express.co.ukSupply has increased particularly strongly in locations including Cornwall; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in Dorset; and North Kesteven in Lincolnshire, Zoopla said. -
Fears rising school prices will force parents to pull children out of private education
via express.co.ukJust over one in five parents will have to remove their child from private school and one in four will have to take on additional borrowing to be able to afford rising school fees. -
Inheritance tax receipts reach a record-breaking £7.5bn - three ways to slash your bill
via express.co.ukHMRC raked in £400million more between March 2023 and April 2024, compared to the same period a year prior. -
Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to anyone with curtains in their home
via express.co.ukThe Money Saving Expert has issued a warning to anyone who has curtains in their home or are planning on buying the home essential. -
State Pensioners given 'act now' warning to claim £1,319 a month boost - check eligibility
via express.co.ukThe Department for Work and Pensions has applied the annual uprating to both the State Pension and the disability benefit, which will see more than 1.5million older people. -
House prices warning as now is 'worst time to be first-time buyer in 70 years'
via express.co.ukRadical action is needed to turn around a slump in the number of people able realise their home owning dream, according to the Building Societies Association. -
TV licence fee petition launched that demands levy increase by £14 for more BBC funding
via express.co.ukBBC TV licence petitioners argue any reduction in the BBC's capability to produce its "best" is against the nation's interests. -
Garry Menzel joins GHO Capital as Operating Partner
Garry Menzel joins GHO Capital as Operating PartnerFormer CEO of TCR² Therapeutics with significant investment and operating experience to support deal origination and provide best in class services to pioneering healthcare companiesLondon, UK – 23 April 2024: Global Healthcare Opportunities, or GHO Capital Partners LLP (“GHO”), the European specialist investor in global healthcare, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Garry Menzel as Operating Partner.Garry bring -
Pensions expert says it's 'bad news' for millions who will 'wait longer' to retire
via express.co.ukThe State Pension age is set to rise to 67 between 2026 and 2028, with another rise to 68 planned for between 2044 and 2046. -
FTSE 100 nears record high amid rate cut hopes; Asking prices for UK homes rise – business live
via theguardian.comRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsFootsie turns 40: FTSE 100’s rise, rise and stagnation over four decadesThe City money markets are brought forward their forecast for the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut to August.City investors are pricing in a more rapid easing from the BoE this morning, after its deputy governor Sir Dave Ramsden predicted on Friday that UK inflation could be lower than expected over the next few years. Continue reading... -
Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming
via theguardian.comAbout 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says reportFlights in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been affected by suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.More than 2,300 Ryanair flights have reported incidents of GPS interference since last August, according to a report, as well as almost 1,400 at Wizz Air, 82 at British Airways and four from easyJet. Continue reading... -
Royal Mail owner’s chair seeks to charm investors after Czech billionaire’s bid
via theguardian.comKeith Williams says £3.1bn offer from Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group is opportunistic and undervalues IDSBusiness live – latest updatesThe chair of Royal Mail’s owner is to conduct a charm offensive with investors in an attempt to convince them of its strategy, in the face of a potential £3.1bn hostile takeover by a Czech billionaire.Last week, it emerged that the postal firm’s parent company, International Distributions Services, had received -
Bank of England rate-setter issues new UK inflation update before interest rates decision
via express.co.ukDave Ramsden said the UK is moving from being an "outlier" to a "laggard" in terms of inflation, suggesting a gradual convergence with global trends seen in the US and eurozone economies -
Aslef drivers to hold more train strikes in early May
via theguardian.comRolling 24-hour walkouts to halt many services on c2c, Thameslink, Southeastern, LNER and moreTrain drivers will strike again in early May in a series of rolling 24-hour walkouts that will bring many services around Great Britain to a halt.The Aslef union has called a set of strikes from 7 May to 9 May across all the national rail operators contracted to the Department for Transport (DfT), falling within a six-day overtime ban that is also likely to cause severe disruption on some networks. Cont -
TikTok says it will fight US ban or forced sale after bill passes
via theguardian.comPlatform’s future in US in doubt after House approves bill ordering Bytedance to sell stakeTikTok has said it will fight any ban or forced sale of the app’s US operation in the courts, after the House of Representatives passed legislation targeting the viral video platform.The company’s future in the US was placed in further doubt over the weekend after lawmakers in Washington passed a bill that will ban the app if TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its stak -
Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks
via theguardian.comEmbattled water supplier promises to invest up to £3bn more over the next five yearsBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water could raise bills to as much as £627 a year to pay to fix its leaky network, after promising to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years.The embattled water supplier said on Monday that it had updated its spending plans for 2025 to 2030 after discussions with the industry regulator, Ofwat. Continue reading... -
Elon Musk postpones India trip, citing ‘heavy obligations’ at Tesla
via theguardian.comCEO was due to meet Narendra Modi but carmaker is likely to report worst performance in seven yearsBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk has postponed a trip to India, including a planned meeting with the prime minister, Narendra Modi, after citing “very heavy obligations” at Tesla.The Tesla chief executive was due to visit on 21 April and 22 April, where he was expected to announce an investment of $2-3bn in the country, according to Reuters, with the spending plans focused -
Unregulated ‘identity tracers’ harass people for debts they do not owe
via theguardian.comDebt collection agencies in the UK are using fair means or foul to link people to an address where an unpaid debt has been run up, sometimes years after they have moved outThe letter from the debt collection agency arrived out of the blue, and it was intimidating. It informed Joshua Simpson* that he owed £2,212 to Octopus Energy, and accused him of ignoring previous requests to settle the bill. If he did not stump up within 14 days, he was told, further action would be taken to recover the -
Tesco accused of undercutting local shops via its wholesale business
via theguardian.comIndependent shopkeepers say prices they pay at supermarket’s cash-and-carry arm Booker are often higher than in Tesco storesVillage shopkeepers say Tesco is consistently undercutting them by selling products for less in its stores than via its wholesale business Booker, stoking concerns about the power of the UK’s biggest supermarket chain.Tesco, which has 27% of the UK grocery market, bought the cash-and-carry group in 2017 for £3.7bn, promising that the deal would benefit sho -
Lawsuit in London to allege Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad firms
via theguardian.comHigh court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK lawGrindr faces the prospect of legal action by hundreds of users who will allege that the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies.The law firm Austen Hays is to file a claim on Monday in London’s high court alleging that the US owner of the app breached British data protection laws. Continue readi -
How to refurnish your garden for free (or at a low, low cost)
via theguardian.comFrom renovating existing wood and plastic to scouring the local tip for anything that can be recycledGetting your garden ready for the warmer months is not only about planting. We take a look at how to furnish your outdoor space for less. Continue reading... -
Counterfeit barcode stamps furore carries echoes of Horizon scandal
via theguardian.comRoyal Mail admits its scanners ‘make mistakes’ but stands by the process it uses to detect fakes as ‘robust’I received a card through the post from a friend, along with a demand for a £5 fee, as Royal Mail claimed the barcoded stamp was counterfeit. The joke is she says she was sent this stamp by Royal Mail when she exchanged her old ones for the new barcoded kind under its Stamp Swap Out scheme.SR, Sevenoaks, KentSS of Robertsbridge, East Sussex also received a let -
Ravaged by austerity, chastened by Brexit, how can Britain have a ‘place in the world’ when it’s destitute at home? | Nesrine Malik
via theguardian.comOur shabby domestic reality is a far cry from the imperial grandeur of the Foreign Office. Politicians must recognise thisDeciding on what the UK’s place in the world should be has been like watching politicians spin a wheel. Then spinning it again when the option they landed on doesn’t work out. First, it was the imperial power projections of Brexit, the reassertion of Britain’s place in the world unshackled by the limitations of equal partnership with Europe. You don’t -
M&S and Oxfam trial postal donation bags for ‘unwearable’ clothes
via theguardian.comScheme is part of effort to reduce ‘staggering’ quantities of textiles going to landfill or incineratorInstead of throwing stained, ripped and misshapen clothing in the bin, Britons are being asked to stick the dregs of their wardrobe in the post in a trial aimed at tackling the “staggering” quantity of textiles sent to landfill or incinerated each year.A third of consumers do not know what to do with tops, dresses and trousers that can no longer be worn, figures show, wi -
High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy transition, says report
via theguardian.comResolution Foundation calls for fourfold increase in renewable power investment to reduce pressure on household billsA permanent shift to higher interest rates could add billions of pounds to the UK’s renewable energy transition, a leading thinktank has warned.Borrowing costs have soared since the easing of pandemic lockdowns and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the world’s leading central banks raised interest rates to tackle inflation – pushing up the costs of investment -
Most difficult global outlook since 1930s heralds end of US-led world order | Larry Elliott
via theguardian.comIMF has revised up growth forecasts but medium-term prospects remain poor as globalisation goes into reverseWorld Bank official calls for shake-up of G20 debt relief schemeThe 2020s are almost halfway over and are on course to be the most difficult decade for the global economy since the 1930s. Every finance minister and central bank governor at the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington last week knows that, even if they were not prepared to admit it publicly.The IMF li -
End times for the UK’s final coal-fired power station
via theguardian.comAt Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, the turbines will stop spinning for good this year as the UK meets its pledge to ban coal use. We meet staff proud of the site’s 56-year historyFrom the northernmost reaches of the River Soar in Nottinghamshire, the towers of Britain’s last coal-fired power station emerge from the flat countryside like concrete monuments to another time.For more than half a century Ratcliffe-on-Soar has burned millions of tonnes of coal to generate the electri -
A heedless dash for net zero will waste cash and, later, votes | Phillip Inman
via theguardian.comKeir Starmer must learn from the Tories’ failures and ensure green projects are well planned and resourcedIn the energetic pursuit of net zero, billions of pounds could be squandered needlessly. That’s the lesson from countries as diverse as Italy, the US and UK, where the rush to subsidise green projects suggests vast sums are at risk. Worse, they could be lining the pockets of multinational businesses and City financiers.In the UK, 14 years of austerity has left the public sector s
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