Year: 2021

Top tips on selling a property for profit as the stamp duty holiday is extended

Estate agents Hamptons recently found that ‘flipping’ – where a home is sold twice within 12 months – had reached its highest levels since 2008.

Yorkshire-based Proactis signs major deal in Germany

This contract win represents the third new customer in Germany to sign up under the group’s new market strategy.

Government borrowing hits February record to pay for Covid-19 response

It was the most that the public sector has borrowed during any February since records began in 1993, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Harrogate care home creating 100 jobs marks milestone

Graeme Lee, chief executive of Springfield Group, which is behind the project, was joined by Neil Silcock, of York contractor, Simpson, Sally Rasmussen, of Springfield Healthcare, and Joanna Hawkins-Spencer, of project manager, Projex Building Solutions, to celebrate the landmark event.

Ford Fiesta MHev review: supermini joins the green party

The Ford Fiesta must have one of the most comprehensive model ranges in the country, which might explain its near-total dominance of the sales charts.

DVLA strike: why are workers striking over Covid safety fears – and how will it affect me?

Hundreds of workers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have voted to take industrial action over safety concerns around Covid.

Meet the 19-year-old US woman who believes riding could save the endangered shire horse

Megan Hoyle, who at 19 has been involved in showing and riding shire horses her whole life, said as a riding horse they are like being “sat in a luxurious armchair”.

Why not add 10 per cent extra to goods and services to fund acts of kindness? – Bird Lovegod

So your £50 online shop at Tescos would become £55, and the £5 goes into a collective fund which Tesco uses to do fabulous acts of kindness. These would be documented as little videos, or short stories, and published on the website. Good deeds and acts of kindness funded by shoppers at TescoKind.

Best sofa beds 2021: these stylish, comfy sofas can be converted to sturdy beds, from M&S, Made, and Swoon

Sofa beds are not what they once were: no the longer lumpen, clunky propositions of yesteryear. This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.

Ferguson posts an 18 per cent jump in half-year profits

The London-listed firm, which now focuses on the US, said it would make the 180 cents (£1.30) a share payout to investors in May following the £308 million sale of its UK-based Wolseley division at the start of the year.