Oil rallies stutter as US-Iran talks reach final stages February 17, 2022 Oil prices have dropped this morning as talks to revive the aborted nuclear deal with Iran have progressed over recent days.
Abama care: Tenerife getaway Abama is the complete wellness experience February 17, 2022 I am at a yoga camp lying on a beautifully manicured lawn in the Canary Islands, bathed in warm morning sunshine as incense and calming mood music relaxes my mind. My lycra-clad colleagues look like sculptures as their toned legs point skywards. I, on the other hand, keep losing my balance and toppling over. Trouble [...]
Bidders recoil at Butlin’s hefty price tag as Blackstone explore a sale February 13, 2022 Potential bidders for the Butlin’s chain of holiday camps have reportedly balked at a hefty £700m price tag floated by its owner Blackstone, as the private equity giant looks to spin off the chain.
Margate has seen the biggest jump in house prices since 2012 February 10, 2022 A seaside town in Kent has been identified as the area where prices have leaped the most in the last decade. Asking prices of homes in Margate have more than doubled on average since 2012, according to property site Rightmove. Prices now stand at an average of £294,209, more than £100,000 higher than they were [...]
Average UK house prices soar to record £276,000 February 7, 2022 The average UK house buyer forked out 9.7 per cent more in January 2022 than they would have done a year ago.
Borrowers ‘needn’t panic just yet’ after interest rates hike February 3, 2022 Real estate experts have said a rise in interest rates is “unlikely to dampen motivation to move” despite warnings that the news signals higher mortgage costs down the line. The Bank of England has hiked rates at successive meetings for the first time since 2004, with a majority of the Bank’s rate setters voting to [...]
CMA slaps pharma firms with £35m fine for illegal anti-nausea tablet arrangement February 3, 2022 Four pharmaceutical firms have been hit with an eye-watering £35m fine for an illegal arrangement in the supply of prescription NHS tablets.
Klarna clampdown? UK boss Alex Marsh says the time is right for regulation February 2, 2022 Klarna's UK boss tells Charlie Conchie why buy-now pay-later firms need regulation
Blackwell’s puts itself on the sale shelf after 143 years of family ownership February 1, 2022 One of the UK’s oldest booksellers Blackwell’s is looking to sell up after its 143-year history as it scraps plans to hand ownership of the business to its employees. As first reported by Mark Kleinman, the academic bookshop which has been owned by its founding family since its first store opened in Oxford in 1879, [...]
Strongest year-start since 2005: Brits fork out average of £255,556 on houses as prices soar February 1, 2022 Buyers are paying more than ever before for their homes with the average UK house costing 11.2 per cent more than it did last year.