UK house prices: Housing market ‘on its knees’ amid Brexit uncertainty February 28, 2019 UK house price growth remained sluggish in February, as property experts warned the housing market is “on its knees”. Prices rose just 0.4 per cent year on year compared to January’s 0.1 per cent rate of growth, new data published today reveals. Read more: January transactions flat as uncertainty weighs on housing market But prices [...]
Outsourcer Amey agrees terms for £300m deal to escape Birmingham roads contract May 30, 2019 Contractor Amey is close to reaching a £300m agreement that would see it pay its way out of a maintenance contract for Birmingham’s 1,600-mile road network, it is reported. Read more: Amey 'offers £300m' to Birmingham city council to escape road contract Amey’s deal with Birmingham City Council and the government will see it pay [...]
UK construction sector suffers worst output in 10 years July 2, 2019 Activity in the UK construction sector “dropped like a stone” last month as suffered its steepest fall in output since the height of the financial crisis, according to a closely followed industry index. Construction activity plummeted to its lowest level since April 2009 in June, on the back of the sharpest drop in UK housebuilding [...]
More than five million fall victim to financial scams, Lloyds Bank warns June 14, 2019 More than five million people in the UK have fallen victim to a financial scam as fraudsters use more sophisticated techniques to dupe the public. A Lloyds Bank and YouGov survey revealed 10 per cent of adults had been scammed while a quarter said they knew someone who had conned. Read more: HMRC cracks down [...]
TfL saw London Underground thefts rise 25 per cent in 2018 March 12, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) rail services account for almost half of all thefts on trains nationwide, according to data out this week. A total of 4,448 Tube thefts occurred in 2018, up 25 per cent on 2017's 3,500 incidents, while all TfL services together saw a 27 per cent rise to 4,877 thefts. Read more: Buying [...]
UK house price growth falls to six-year low in weak start to 2019 January 31, 2019 UK house prices almost stopped growing altogether in January as the annual growth rate fell to almost a six-year low, figures reveal today. The 0.1 per cent growth rate was just a fifth of December’s own sluggish 0.5 per cent rate of annual growth, Nationwide’s data showed, and its worst since flat growth in February [...]
Global signs Love Island podcast deal with ITV June 4, 2019 Media giant Global has secured a two-year deal to host ITV podcasts on its Global Player app and promote them across its radio stations. Global, which is the UK’s largest commercial radio company, will acquire a string of hit podcasts including Love Island: The Morning After, which coincides with the return of ITV’s wildly-popular reality [...]
Your road map to the Isa universe: Make the most of your tax-free allowance March 10, 2020 There are just 27 days to go before the tax year ends on 5 April. For savers and investors, that means there are only a few weeks left to make use of their Individual Savings Account (Isa) allowance. Introduced in 1999, Isas allow people to invest up to £20,000 into savings each tax year, and [...]
Subway launches first vegan sub after Greggs vegan sausage roll success April 17, 2019 Subway has jumped on board the vegan bandwagon after Greggs' vegan sausage roll proved a runaway success with everyone from flexitarians to – gasp – meat eaters. Read more: 25 weird items people left in their Uber rides The sandwich chain's new vegan sub lands in stores today priced from £3.80, alongside a vegan-friendly salad. [...]
‘Trusting’ millennials fall victim to Facebook and Instagram fraudsters February 13, 2019 Fraudsters are using Facebook and Instagram to target millennials who are “overly trusting” of social media. Organised criminals are using social media platforms to scam younger people aged under 30 out of money at an increasing frequency, UK Finance chief executive Stephen Jones told MPs today. Read more: Former digital minister joins calls for Facebook regulation [...]