{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/end-of-amber-plus/","result":{"data":{"ghostPost":{"id":"Ghost__Post__6103bf526e4273003be1e094","title":"End of \"amber-plus\"?","slug":"end-of-amber-plus","featured":false,"feature_image":"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/07/497.png","excerpt":"Plus: record rise in mortgage lending, 5 million parcels lost or stolen last year.","custom_excerpt":"Plus: record rise in mortgage lending, 5 million parcels lost or stolen last year.","created_at_pretty":"30 July, 2021","published_at_pretty":"30 July, 2021","updated_at_pretty":"30 July, 2021","created_at":"2021-07-30T08:58:58.000+00:00","published_at":"2021-07-30T09:12:08.000+00:00","updated_at":"2021-07-30T09:12:22.000+00:00","meta_title":null,"meta_description":null,"og_description":null,"og_image":null,"og_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"twitter_image":null,"twitter_title":null,"authors":[{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null}],"primary_author":{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null},"primary_tag":null,"tags":[{"name":"#blog","slug":"hash-blog","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"#feed","slug":"hash-feed","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"multiply-minute","slug":"multiply-minute","description":"The 1-minute read to get the money news you need with expert adviser commentary","feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"public"}],"plaintext":"Quarantine restrictions\nTravel experts are predicting that France will be moved back to the amber\ntravel\nlist\n[https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/france-back-amber-plus-quarantine-restrictions-end-next-travel-update-1123449] \nnext week, from its current amber-plus rating. The controversial new category\nwas created specially for France a few weeks ago, stating that arrivals should\nself-isolate even if they were double jabbed. Why? Rising cases of the Beta\nvariant, which now seem to be falling again.\n\nMortgage approvals boom\nMortgage lending showed a record surge in the run up to the stamp duty holiday\nending, with £17.9 billion in new deals approved in June\n[https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-mortgage-lending-rockets-by-record-amount-bank-england-2021-07-29/] \nalone. That’s the most since the Bank of England started keeping records in\n1993. Other debt though? Not so much. Unsecured debt rose by just £300 million,\nwell below the pre-pandemic average, as consumers grow cautious amid rising\ncoronavirus cases.\n\n5 million missing parcels\nMore than 5 million people had parcels lost or stolen\n[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/30/over-5m-people-in-uk-had-parcels-lost-or-stolen-last-year-says-citizens-advice] \nlast year according to Citizens Advice. The charity is calling for firms to be\nfined if they lose people’s deliveries - currently only Royal Mail gets fined\nfor problems. It says complaints about parcel deliveries have tripled since\nbefore the pandemic.","html":"<h3 id=\"quarantine-restrictions\">Quarantine restrictions</h3><p>Travel experts are predicting that France will be moved <a href=\"https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/france-back-amber-plus-quarantine-restrictions-end-next-travel-update-1123449\">back to the amber travel list</a> next week, from its current amber-plus rating. The controversial new category was created specially for France a few weeks ago, stating that arrivals should self-isolate even if they were double jabbed. Why? Rising cases of the Beta variant, which now seem to be falling again.</p><h3 id=\"mortgage-approvals-boom\">Mortgage approvals boom</h3><p>Mortgage lending showed a record surge in the run up to the stamp duty holiday ending, with <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-mortgage-lending-rockets-by-record-amount-bank-england-2021-07-29/\">£17.9 billion in new deals approved in June</a> alone. That’s the most since the Bank of England started keeping records in 1993. Other debt though? Not so much. Unsecured debt rose by just £300 million, well below the pre-pandemic average, as consumers grow cautious amid rising coronavirus cases.</p><h3 id=\"5-million-missing-parcels\">5 million missing parcels</h3><p>More than 5 million people <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/30/over-5m-people-in-uk-had-parcels-lost-or-stolen-last-year-says-citizens-advice\">had parcels lost or stolen</a> last year according to Citizens Advice. The charity is calling for firms to be fined if they lose people’s deliveries - currently only Royal Mail gets fined for problems. It says complaints about parcel deliveries have tripled since before the pandemic.</p>","url":"https://multiply.ghost.io/end-of-amber-plus/","uuid":"bd3246f0-0122-408e-a252-a46ec47ee073","page":null,"codeinjection_foot":null,"codeinjection_head":null,"codeinjection_styles":null,"comment_id":"6103bf526e4273003be1e094"}},"pageContext":{"slug":"end-of-amber-plus"}},"staticQueryHashes":["176528973","2358152166","2561578252","2731221146","4145280475"]}