UK Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Wokingham to promote stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers January 3, 2018 The Prime Minister will today head to Wokingham to promote her government’s decision to cut stamp duty for first-time buyers. In the Autumn Budget, Philip Hammond scrapped stamp duty for first-time buyers purchasing homes worth up to £300,000. In London, first-time buyers also receive a stamp duty holiday for the first £300,000 on purchases worth [...]
David Moyes lauds West Ham’s refusal to accept anything other than victory as West Ham boost survival hopes January 2, 2018 West Ham boss David Moyes heaped praise on his side and their refusal to accept anything other than victory after a dramatic 2-1 win over relegation rivals West Brom lifted them out of the Premier League drop zone. The Hammers prevailed courtesy of a 94th-minute strike from striker Andy Carroll, who steered home Marko Arnautovic’s [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown boots 296 investment trusts off its books as they fail to comply with new Priips regulation January 2, 2018 Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown was forced to knock a number of investment companies off its books as trading began after the New Year, as they failed to comply with a new piece of regulation. The catchily named Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Priips) regulation, which came into force on 1 January 2018, forces all [...]
Chris Tremlett: Ashes finale would be right time to blood rookie leg-spinner Mason Crane January 2, 2018 If England wish to keep going around in circles then they should persevere with Moeen Ali in his current role, but if they want to progress and thrive on the subcontinent and in Australia then they need a main spinner. Hopefully that will be Mason Crane. It has been a nightmare tour for Moeen, who [...]
Bitcoin at $50,000? Here’s what analysts say will happen to cryptocurrencies in 2018 January 2, 2018 Bitcoin had a shaky start to the year after a spectacular rise in 2017, so what does 2018 hold for the cryptocurrency? Dennis de Jong, the managing director at UFX, said despite the blip over the Christmas period, there “really isn’t a roof on how high bitcoin can climb in 2018”. “Given the unexpected speed [...]
Ryanair is preparing for a “hard Brexit” by applying for a UK licence January 2, 2018 Ryanair has applied for a UK licence to protect its operations in the event of a “hard Brexit”. The budget airline has applied for a UK Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which may be necessary to continue its UK domestic flights if no Brexit deal is agreed. Chief executive Michael O’Leary has previously said voters were [...]
What’s next for oil and gold prices in 2018? Here’s what analysts said January 2, 2018 Crude oil and gold prices both started the year on a firm footing, but are prices going to keep going up in 2018? Here's what analysts said about the commodities. Oil prices expected to stay around $60, but could go as low as $30 Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices both opened above [...]
These are officially the 11 best towns to commute to London from January 2, 2018 Rail fares may have gone up today, but that doesn't mean moving out of London is out of the question: a new ranking has revealed Luton is the best place to commute to the capital from. Yes, despite having been voted the worst place to live in the UK last year, Luton has taken the [...]
Why we’re right to condemn YouTube star Logan Paul January 2, 2018 On Sunday, YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a video of an apparent suicide victim in Japan. Paul, who has 15 million subscribers, was with his friends at the base of Mount Fuji, in a forest notorious for suicides. It wasn’t long before the criticism started. One commenter called out Logan Paul for the ‘disrespectful’ way [...]
Former UBS trader says bank ordered him to discuss Libor rate as he contests FCA ban January 2, 2018 A former UBS trader barred from financial markets for his part in the Libor fixing scandal has today started an appeal against the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ban, saying the Swiss investment bank bears the responsibility. Arif Hussein will argue the fixing of Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate) by other colleagues was the responsibility [...]