Agents warn of a bubble in frenzied country property market led by fleeing Londoners
Coronavirus has brought a dramatic change. Fiona Pengelly of Strutt & Parker estate agents in Salisbury said: “Since the market...
Month: July 2020
Millions of retail, hospitality and travel workers ‘may never retire’, warns pension firm
Millions of workers in sectors most affected by the lockdown may never be able to retire and could face a...
Sunak mulls new lifelines for Covid-struck firms
The Treasury is considering ways of making it easier for businesses to access coronavirus support loans - ahead of expected...
Super Saturday proves to be more like a damp squib
It was hyperbolically billed as Super Saturday. The day when lockdown would relax and England would have so many of its...
OneWeb is an exciting but risky gamble for taxpayers
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is pressing ahead with Starlink, the satellite broadband arm of SpaceX, which has the advantage of its...
‘Our castle is like a great-aunt who tells us what to do all the time’
At Hedingham Castle you get two houses for the price of one. The first is a Norman keep; the other,...
China needs to be brought to heel on trade, but let’s do it by example
China’s potentially vast internal market is plainly something worth aspiring to, but may be ultimately unobtainable. If access is based...
Budget watchdog Robert Chote gears up to deliver parting verdict as national debt rockets
Usually the main spotlight falls on the OBR twice a year as under law it is required to update fiscal...
Thousands of shielding workers to be forced out of jobs if furlough scheme is not extended
All employers with more than five staff are required to produce written risk assessments, showing how they are protecting staff...
Why has the UK invested $500m in OneWeb’s satellites?
Officials at the UK Space Agency told the Government that investing in OneWeb to build a rival to the Galileo...
