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Are we there? Have we finally made it? As I write, there are reports that we are inching towards a final deal with the European Union, and may have even got across the line. British negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier have been photographed disappearing into a locked room in Brussels, where … Read more
Congress has agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, Senate leaders announced Sunday. The deal finally delivers long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and provides money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. It establishes a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans – half … Read more
The mother of an eight-year-old girl allegedly abducted after a trip to McDonald’s with her ‘babysitter’ told today of her ‘huge relief’ that she had been found safe and well. The youngster went missing for nearly 24-hours after being taken by family friend Annmarie Lawton and a man known only as Adam to McDonald’s. The … Read more
Wickes owner Travis Perkins to hand back £50m in business rates relief and furlough money as it reports strong recovery Multiple supermarkets including Asda and Sainsbury’s have also vowed to repay Travis Perkins revealed like-for-like sales rose 8.6% in October and November Earlier this year, Travis Perkins said it would let go 2,500 staff to … Read more
Retail veterans back calls for business rates relief for the High Street to be extended past April 2021 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 A dozen retail industry veterans have urged High Street business rates relief to be extended past April. … Read more
British supermarket chains offer an antidote to the despondency about the future of shopping after the insolvency procedures at Arcadia and Debenhams. With much of the High Street closed in November the grocers made hay, with consumers spending £10.9billion on food and drink, a rise of 11.3 per cent. By getting their holiday ranges out … Read more
Bookmakers urged to repay business rates relief after online betting booms under lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 7 December 2020 MPs have urged bookmakers to repay tens of millions of pounds of business rates relief after online betting boomed in lockdown. A … Read more
Matthew Perry recently got engaged to girlfriend of two years Molly Hurwitz. And the four-time Emmy nominee recently gave a rare glimpse at their home life to his 7.3million Instagram followers. He had his new fiancée model a Friends inspired t-shirt printed with an iconic Chandler Bing catchphrase, which is part of a limited edition merch line … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Relief at Old Trafford as Manchester United finally see off hackers after club was being held to RANSOM for millions of pounds By Chris Wheeler for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 4 December 2020 The cyber attack on Manchester United is finally over, two weeks after … Read more
As three more supermarkets hand back business rates relief, it’s a £1.8bn windfall for the taxman Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and discounter B&M followed Tesco and Morrisons They paid back the windfall after their sales boomed in lockdown Ministers say the action is a ‘real model of good, healthy capitalism’ By Tom Witherow Financial Correspondent For The … Read more