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Credit cards getting cleared

03 June, 2020

Credit cards getting cleared

Brits made record repayments on credit cards and personal loans in April - a whopping £7.4 billion was repaid in total.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
2 min read
House prices dropped in May

02 June, 2020

House prices dropped in May

May saw the fastest drop in house prices since the financial crash in 2009, as coronavirus caused sales to slump.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
2 min read
Business wants a green recovery

01 June, 2020

Business wants a green recovery

More than 200 top companies and investors are calling on the government to deliver a greener economy.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read
Beginning of the end of furlough

29 May, 2020

Beginning of the end of furlough

From August, employers will have to start subsidising the wage scheme provided by the government.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read
Should quarantine be scrapped?

28 May, 2020

Should quarantine be scrapped?

Travel firms and hotels have called for the government to scrap the 14-day quarantine for people entering the UK from abroad.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
2 min read
We're still not moving house

27 May, 2020

We're still not moving house

Despite a surge in the number of people browsing properties in the last week, sales are still in the doldrums.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
2 min read
Paying for saving

26 May, 2020

Paying for saving

The Bank of England has suggested that it may set interest rates below zero.
Tim Elder
Tim Elder
1 min read
Mortgage holiday extension confirmed

22 May, 2020

Mortgage holiday extension confirmed

The government has confirmed that the mortgage holiday scheme will continue for another three months.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
2 min read
Longer mortgage holidays?

21 May, 2020

Longer mortgage holidays?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is in talks with the banks about extending the three-month mortgage holiday.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read
October bank holiday?

20 May, 2020

October bank holiday?

The government is thinking about adding an extra bank holiday around the October half term holiday to try and boost UK tourism.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read
Oil price bounces back

19 May, 2020

Oil price bounces back

As countries around the world emerge slowly from lockdown, demand for oil is picking up and the price is following suit.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read
Socially distanced rush hour

18 May, 2020

Socially distanced rush hour

As thousands of people return to work this morning, stations were braced to cope with the extra passengers boarding trains.
Annie Mellor
Annie Mellor
1 min read