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First-time buyer boost: NatWest joins growing list of lenders relaunching mortgages needing 10% deposits that were pulled in the Covid-19 pandemic Four new products available at NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland The two and five-year fixed term deals will require a 10% deposit They are open to both first-time buyers and home movers Yorkshire … Read more
The tumbling dice savings deal Coventry BS relaunches easy access rate for the FOURTH time in a fortnight – as it slumps from 1.2% to 0.96% Britain’s second-largest building society previously launched an account at 1.2% It was cut after just 3 days to 1.1% and has now been cut twice since Thursday The mutual … Read more
Thomas Cook relaunches as an online travel company after the brand name was bought for £11million by a Chinese firm The 178-year-old travel company collapsed last September with 9,000 job losses Chinese firm Fosun Tourism Group acquired the Thomas Cook brand for £11m The new version sells holidays online and on the phone but does … Read more
The NHS Test and Trace smartphone app is being re-launched today with a second round of trials on the Isle of Wight and in the London borough of Newham. England’s beleaguered app, of which the first version had to be scrapped in June, has now been recreated using technology made by Google and Apple. Officials … Read more
Boris Johnson calls on the nation to ‘roll up our sleeves’ and clean up the rubbish discarded during the lockdown. The Prime Minister is throwing his weight behind a fight against litter being backed by the Daily Mail. Pubs and restaurants being closed for months has led to parties in parks, on beaches and at … Read more