New task force must free mortgage prisoners from 'living hell' – Greg Wright
Campaigners, including the consumer champion Martin Lewis, have called for action to support the UK’s mortgage prisoners, who are trapped with their current lenders, which are often inactive or not authorised to offer new products. As a result, many of the “prisoners” are paying higher rates than they would otherwise need to.
Heck initiative to get its staff walking and talking
The campaign, spearheaded by the company’s marketing manager, Jack Tate, will see every member of the team at the firm’s dedicated vegan site at Leeming Bar, given an extra paid hour a week to get away from the factory production line, and get outside for some fresh air, a walk and a chat.
Boohoo benefits from online shopping boom in lockdown
The retailer said revenues jumped to £1.74bn in the year to February 28 from £1.23bn in the previous year.
How Tactus Group aims to create jobs in Yorkshire after acquiring a 'sleeping giant'
YORKSHIRE bosses are renowned for their willingness to roll up their sleeves when faced with challenges that would scare off many rivals.
Henry Boot reaches milestone on development set to create 1,000 jobs
The group’s property development business, HBD, is delivering Phoenix 10, a £114m GDV industrial and logistics scheme, on behalf of partners Walsall Council, Homes England and the West Midlands Combined Authority. The Black Country LEP has provided grant funding for the completion of remediation works.
Why parents should trust their children with their finances and not restrict their nest eggs – Sarah Coles
Her concern was that if she put it into a Junior ISA for her child, once they hit the age of 18 and the money belonged to them, they’d waste the lot. I was shocked by just how many of her friends agreed.
UK deficit rises to £303.1 billion – highest level since World War II
The Office for National Statistics said that public sector net borrowing – the Government’s deficit – reached £303.1 billion in the financial year to the end of March.
Abingdon Health in York warns over results as orders take longer than anticipated
Abingdon, alongside its UK Rapid Test Consortium partners, said it continues to make progress on commercialising its AbC-19 rapid coronavirus test both in the UK private sector and internationally.
Leeds office market thriving, new data show
Over the first three months of 2021, the city centre office market saw a 17 per cent increase in transactional activity compared with the same period of 2020, with 168,996 sq ft of take-up across 18 deals recorded. There were five deals over 10,000 sq ft, the largest being the 89,000 sq ft pre-let to law firm DLA Piper at City Square House.
Saint-Gobain Glass to invest £30m in Yorkshire site
The firm will carry out a major construction programme to completely rebuild and install a new state-of the-art, float glass furnace, as well as upgrade other areas of the factory.
