Kent Reliance has increased the interest rate on its easy access savings account to 5.11 percent, earning an “excellent” Moneyfacts rating. The account can be opened with a minimum deposit of £1,000 and interest can be paid monthly or annually. Commenting on the deal, Rachel Springall, a finance expert at …
Read More »Tesla, Volvo pause production in Europe amid Red Sea shipping crisis
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., reacts to the U.S.-U.K. militaries launching strikes against Houthis in Yemen and weighs in on the Iowa caucuses on The Bottom Line. Tesla and Volvo announced last week that they were suspending some of their production in Europe due to a shortage of components caused by …
Read More »Average UK house price increases to £360k in ‘promising’ start to the year – Rightmove
While it’s normal for house prices to rise in January following a quiet December, this price increase is the largest for January since 2020 and is more than double the 20-year average of +0.6 percent. However, Rightmove reports that average new seller asking prices are still 0.7 percent lower compared …
Read More »‘I lost £60k in pensions in Equitable Life collapse but now my finances are back on track’ | Personal Finance | Finance
A pensioner who was forced to delay his retirement when Equitable Life collapsed has now structured his finances to safeguard his future. Julian Ives, 76, a retired solicitor, lost over £60,000 around 25 years ago when the insurance firm went bust, forcing him to push back his plans to retire …
Read More »America’s offices are the emptiest they’ve been in at least four decades, according to report
Bruce Mosler, global brokerage chairman at Cushman and Wakefield, joined ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss the impact remote work has had on New York City office space. America’s offices are the emptiest they’ve been in at least four decades as a result of the pandemic and the rise in remote …
Read More »NHS CHC: Family recover £90,000 in nursing home fees after wrongly being denied | Personal Finance | Finance
A desperate family who were forced to appeal a decision over support for nursing home fees has finally won its battle and recovered £90,000. Alan Royle, 87, was suffering from severe Parkinson’s disease and dementia before he passed away in 2021. With his nursing home fees reaching around £5,000 a …
Read More »Cockpit window crack forces ANA Boeing flight in Japan to turn around
‘The Claman Countdown’ panelists John Lynch and Sheila Kahyaoglu react to an Alaska Airlines Boeing plane suffering a mid-flight door blowout. A Japanese domestic flight was forced to turn around and land on Saturday after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft in midair, …
Read More »Top savings challenges taking TikTok by storm | Personal Finance | Finance
Money-saving technique that could save you hundreds Over at MoneyMagpie we have really started to quite like TikTok. It had a slightly overwhelming introduction – it moves really fast and is awash with sometimes dreadful advice (absolutely anyone can be a so called “expert”). However, we have garnered quite a following …
Read More »Electric buses pulled from London streets after double-decker bursts into flames
An electric double-decker bus caught fire in the southwest section of London, Wimbledon, last week. Credit: @Ben423952659513 on X via Storyful An electric double-decker bus caught fire in southwest London on Thursday, prompting the city’s transportation agency to remove a fleet from service as a precaution while the incident is …
Read More »Get fit for free and ditch expensive gym memberships with these seven easy steps
Forking out hundreds of pounds a year for a gym membership just isn’t feasible in a cost-of-living crisis, luckily there are plenty of ways to get fit for free.
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