Calls grow to pause benefits sanctions until merciless cost-of-living crisis has calmed down July 14, 2022 Benefits sanctions should be paused by the UK government until the cost-of-living crisis has been resolved, Citizens Advice Scotland has said. Advice from the charity on sanctions to Universal Credit rose by 5 per cent in 2021-22, research published today indicated. With inflation rising and impacting on the cost of goods, Citizens Advice said a [...]
Just Eat offers restaurants bikes, loans and cashback as they falter amid historic inflation July 14, 2022 Just Eat has unveiled a £1m support package with financial support for its independent restaurant partners as they struggle amid inflationary pressures. Small, independent firms in the UK will be able to access the support package, which includes marketing and financial support – that does not need to be re-paid. Businesses have been struggling in [...]
US inflation surge ‘nails on’ another Fed rate hike bazooka July 13, 2022 Prices are rising at the fastest pace in nearly 41 years in America, nailing on another huge rate rise by the US Federal Reserve larter this month. US inflation climbed to 9.1 per cent last month, smashing Wall Street’s expectations and up from an already historic level of 8.6 per cent, according to data published [...]
The investment trust sector and the Four Horsemen – a review of Q2 22 July 13, 2022 Conquest and War – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing conflict between the two countries; Famine – at the very least the increased threat of global food shortages as supplies from Ukraine, the ‘bread basket of Europe’, increasingly become weaponised; Death – despite the roll-out of vaccines, Covid-19 continues to mutate and take lives [...]
JD Wetherspoon beer sales lag pre-Covid levels as recovery ‘more laborious than anticipated’ July 13, 2022 JD Wetherspoon has said sales of pints were eight per cent below pre-pandemic trading and it expects to post higher losses this year. While a “boom in pub sales” had been anticipated following the easing lockdown measures, recovery for many venues had been “slower and more laborious than was anticipated,” the budget pub chain said. [...]
TSSA urges Network Rail to ‘wake up’ after latest pay package proposal falls short of expectations July 12, 2022 TSSA has urged Network Rail to "wake up" following the latest pay offer, which it has slammed as "well below" expectations.
Retail sales tumble to a rate ‘not seen since depths of pandemic’ amid cost of living crisis July 12, 2022 Retail sales volumes are plunging by a rate not seen since the darkest days of Covid lockdowns, as industry voices have warned businesses will struggle amid historic inflation. Total sales dropped by one per cent in June, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG retail sales monitor for the five weeks to 2 [...]
One in six UK households face ‘serious financial difficulties’ amidst worsening cost of living crisis July 11, 2022 One in six households in the UK, about 4.4m, face “serious financial difficulties” as the cost of living crisis worsens with inflation at 40 year highs. This is an increase of 1.6m households from October last year, with over half of all UK households considering their financial situation to be worse now than during the [...]
80 per cent of all Brits have less than £500 in their account as hordes of people are slipping into debt July 9, 2022 The number of customers with persistent debt problems has jumped by almost a third as the cost-of-living crisis bites further, the boss of Lloyds said this morning. Charlie Nunn, who took over at the finance giant, said customers are “concerned” about the economy but said he believes many are talking “too negatively” about the financial [...]
Brits slash spending on essentials as cost of living soars July 8, 2022 Brits are tightening the purse strings and cutting back on essentials as the cost of living continues to soar, according to official polling today.