Review of consumer credit division is nearing completion, says Provident Financial
In a statement, Provident Financial said it noted the recent media coverage regarding the previously announced operational review of its consumer credit division (CCD) including, as an option, the possibility of a managed run-off of its home credit and Satsuma businesses.
NHS app: how does the Covid travel passport work in the NHS app – and how to download it
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that an NHS app will be used as a Covid passport for travel abroad this year.
Yorkshire businesses: best insurance deals
It’s also shone a harsh light on a business essential, insurance. Not all policies are the same, as some firms found out to their cost over this past year.
The spectre of the devastating fire on Marsden Moor overshadows life at the farm on the M62 for Jill Thorp
Seb, one of our young ponies, will be spending the summer over there keeping another youngster that my sister bred, company.
Why it is time for Britain to show international leadership on net zero – Beckie Hart
Unlike the last time the UK hosted, the world is now a very different place, with a new geopolitical landscape, and battling an ongoing global pandemic. The horrifying outbreak in India in the last couple of weeks is a bleak reminder that we are not out of the woods yet.
Thousands of people are projected to go bankrupt due to loan charge, MPs warn
The study found that the loan charge is “patently unaffordable” for the vast majority of people affected by it. The report from the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) concluded that most people facing the loan charge simply cannot pay it, whether in one go or on a monthly basis.
House prices surged once again in April – up more than eight per cent annually – according to Halifax
Across the UK, the average house price in April was £258,204, Halifax said. Property values increased by 1.4 per cent month on month.
Historic East US home for sale in a riverside setting with clever flood defences that have solved a centuries old problem
Well-qualified estate agents will confirm that some of the very best homes belong not to interior designers but to engineers, who pay meticulous attention to detail and are adept at problem solving. One of the best examples of this is Anchor House in the pretty East Yorkshire village of Bubwith, which is now on the market with Blenkin and Co. for £750,000.
US influencers love Leeds streetwear fashion brand Ehsani for making the world better, one tee at a time
We expect more now from our clothes than we ever have. After a year of lockdowns and pandemic measures, there is a fresh attitude to fashion. We want, and need, it to do more, both for us as human beings, and for the world in which we live.
A1M Kirby Hill service station: How villagers' 25-year fight against development was defeated at fourth time of asking
For the past 25 years, villagers living in Kirby Hill in North Yorkshire have been fighting – and winning – a battle against plans to build a motorway service station dubbed ‘the most controversial in Britain’ a few hundred yards from their homes. But after succeeding in having the project refused at three past inquiries, this month their luck ran out after a Government planning inspector gave the go-ahead for the scheme intended to serve motorists using the A1(M) at the fourth time of asking.
