£2bn green homes scheme gets SCRAPPED: Plan to make properties more eco-friendly is dropped after just six months amid claims that grants were hard to get Green grant for homes that had been due to run until March 2022 is scrapped Only around 10 per cent of 600,000 homes targeted for the grant were reached … Read more
£2bn green homes scheme gets SCRAPPED: Plan to make properties more eco-friendly is dropped after just six months amid claims that grants were hard to get Green grant for homes that had been due to run until March 2022 is scrapped Only around 10 per cent of 600,000 homes targeted for the grant were reached … Read more
Now it’s ‘Shop Out to Help Out’: Business call for scheme similar to last year’s restaurant discount drive to encourage shoppers back to the High Street as Covid restrictions are eased Save the Street is campaign group backed by Mary Portas and Charlotte Tilbury Shop Out to Help Out would give customers 50% off independent … Read more
‘Let’s take the next step safely’: TV doctor Hilary Jones will head up major new campaign to remind the public to stick to the Covid rules as restrictions ease TV doctor Hilary Jones will lead ‘Let’s Take This Next Step Safely’ campaign Will encourage people to remember ‘Hands, Face, Space and Fresh Air’ message Campaign … Read more
Brisbane has been plunged into a three-day lockdown just days ahead of the Easter weekend after four new local coronavirus cases were found amid an outbreak of the highly-contagious UK variant. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said six other cases were found in hotel quarantine. Three of the new cases are close contacts of existing or historical cases but … Read more
The past year has been tough for small businesses, many of which went bust or suffered crippling losses as lockdown hit their trade. But there is finally a little light at the end of the tunnel as restrictions start to ease. And to help the small businesses coming out of lockdown, the UK’s biggest, most … Read more
Hurrah! We’re finally allowed to meet up with friends again after our winter of lockdown — a few drinks will definitely be in order. From today, outdoor gatherings of either six people or two households are allowed, and that means mini get-togethers and selective garden parties. For those of us who have been hibernating for … Read more
There’s something refreshing about Nadiya Hussain’s cheerful, no-nonsense brand of parenting teens. During lockdown, when hard-pressed parents have lamented their kids’ reluctance to knuckle down, help round the house and do their schoolwork, here’s Nadiya breezily admitting she’s delegated the household chores to her three — gratifyingly diligent — adolescents. The cook, TV presenter and … Read more
My lightbulb moment: Vintage Art Gallery founder Sara Allom reveals the inspiration behind her company Sara Allom, 48, set up The Vintage Art Gallery online with husband and sons Both Sara and her husband lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic The online business sells unique, vintage, original paintings by post By Liz Hoggard … Read more
Welsh beauty spots were rammed with visitors this weekend as the country lead the UK out of lockdown – just days ahead of England’s Stay At Home orders being lifted. Lockdown restrictions were eased in Wales when the ‘stay local’ requirement was dropped on Saturday. Unrestricted travel within Welsh borders is now permitted, and self-contained holiday … Read more