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What are the new measures that have been introduced? The Treasury has confirmed: The introduction of a new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) providing a Government guarantee of 80 per cent to enable loans of up to £25 million for firms with an annual turnover of between £45 million and £500 million A … Read more
Surge in DIY sales boosted B&Q before lockdown as homeowners prepared to use time to improve their properties By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 Demand for DIY and garden equipment surged in the weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, according to B&Q’s … Read more
Balfour Beatty to raise dividend as it reaveals HS2 rail scheme has added £3bn to its order book By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 11 March 2020 Construction giant Balfour Beatty hiked its annual dividend as it revealed a big boost from the High … Read more
Learning new skills online boosts Britain’s annual pay by an average of £3,640 – the equivalent of an extra £2 an hour, study finds Online learning boosts average UK annual pay, a Google-backed survey finds 10 per cent of the UK’s total economic output has been linked to online learning One in three British people … Read more
House prices have risen in every UK region for the first time in almost two years thanks to the ‘Boris bounce’. The value of the average home jumped by 2.2 per cent – or £5,013 – to £234,734 in the year to the end of December. But for the first time since February 2018, prices … Read more
Drinking hot chocolate could help over 60s stay on their feet after a study shows cocoa boosts blood circulation in the legs. Those who drank a mug of cocoa three times a day for six months were able to walk significantly further in a walking test at the end of the study. Cocoa is abundant … Read more