Jobless total is heading for 3m in worst slump since the 1980s – and that’s before furlough scheme is wound down Official jobs data due on Tuesday is set to show unemployment hitting 3 million Up to 60,000 more people are believed to be claiming unemployment benefits The Government’s furlough scheme will end completely on … Read more
The rare 50p coins featuring Olympic swimmers that sell for £10,000 Some commemorative coins produced for the London 2012 Olympics are rare The original accidentally incorporated wavy lines obscuring the swimmer’s face Only 600 were released before the mistake was spotted and the coin re-minted By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 … Read more
Residential landlords ‘cheating taxman out of £1.7bn’ a year, think-tank says That’s three times higher than £540m reported for 2010, Tax Watch said Money is lost as many landlords fail to declare income on self-assessment forms By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 … Read more
Lebanese cash could flood to Britain as test court case looms By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A court case in London could trigger a huge flow of money out of Lebanon and into the UK. Evidence has been filed … Read more
Spending in pubs and restaurants remains below pre-coronavirus levels but recovered throughout July, with the latest data suggesting consumers are willing to return to their pre-Covid spending ways. Figures from Barclaycard, which processes around £1 in every £3 spent in the UK, said spending in pubs in the last week of July was down 9.4 … Read more
Beancounter PwC in £60m lawsuit after ‘leaking client secrets’ over a ‘quiet coffee’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 PwC is being sued for more than £60million amid claims that a top figure leaked valuable client secrets over a coffee. The … Read more
Britain faces a tsunami of insolvencies: £50bn cash-flow crisis set to push firms over brink and spark a fresh wave of job losses, Bank of England warns By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 August 2020 Britain’s most vulnerable firms are facing a £50billion … Read more
Rapture for punk legends Blondie as music investment firm Hipgnosis snaps up 197 songs By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 August 2020 Music investment fund Hipgnosis has snapped up song rights to punk band Blondie’s back catalogue. The firm said Blondie co-founders Debbie … Read more
Gold price soars to new all-time highs of $2,045 per ounce after rising by more than 30% this year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:37 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 16:00 BST, 5 August 2020 Safe haven: The price of gold has risen by more than 30 per cent this year … Read more
Government plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to unmarried couples who live together By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 10:43 BST, 5 August 2020 The Government said last week it had a plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to couples who live together Unmarried parents … Read more