Lockdown 2.0 will pour fuel over the red-hot property market
Shut away in our houses, staring at our four walls once again – the prospect of more coronavirus restrictions means...
Analysis
Tax hikes or austerity needed to pay for Covid spending, warns IFS
Ben Zaranko, economist at the IFS, said: “They could swallow up huge amounts of money, and leave some public services...
Questor: its strong finances mean Whitbread will survive where others may not. Hold
However, May’s £1bn rights issue means risk-tolerant and patient investors can afford to stick around. Whitbread already had 18 months’...
Reform housing support or face a tidal wave of repossessions, think tank warns
Repossessions could spike unless government housing support is urgently reformed, a think tank has warned. The Centre for Policy Studies...
you can pay IHT before you die and 7 other things you didn’t know about death duties
In Tax Hacks, our columnist Mike Warburton – previously a tax director with accountants Grant Thornton – brings you his...
The ‘bidding war’ for William Hill is already a one-horse race
That’s not the only reason to bet big on Caesars, though. The pair are already joint venture partners in the...
Petrol station kings take pole position in Asda race
Despite the runaway success of EG Group, the Issas shun the limelight, rarely making media appearances. They opened their first...
We are all in this together, but not equally
Then, last week, came a further heavy blow. National Savings and Investments announced that it was slashing the interest rate...
‘I would love Carlos Ghosn to be here’
Japanese courts have refused to permit simultaneous translations in Kelly’s hearings, significantly slowing down proceedings. They have repeatedly postponed the start...
Inside the battle to build a British version of the Galileo satellite system
After a nine month delay, in December, the next satellites in OneWeb’s satellite constellation will be blasted into space on...
