Challenger UK banks have beaten high street lenders in terms of service. Photo: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Challenger Starling Bank has been named the top-ranking UK bank when it comes to overall service quality, with the Royal Bank of Scotland coming in last. In a survey made mandatory by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and conducted …
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Aldi is giving its warehouse workers their second pay rise in a year, with wages rising almost 6% for most staff next month, in the latest sign of the intense competition for workers in the UK. The UK’s fifth largest grocer said the majority of its warehouse workers, known as selectors, would now earn a …
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The huge cost disparities of charging an electric car depending whether you have the facility to plug it in at home or not has been highlighted by a new report. While property owners with driveways and garages will be able to have a charger installed at their houses and tap into domestic tariffs, EV drivers …
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China has cut a crucial lending rate in an effort to shore up growth as the world’s second-biggest economy is buffeted by repeated coronavirus lockdowns and a worsening property crisis. The People’s Bank of China on Monday reduced its medium-term lending rate, for one-year loans to the banking system, by 10 basis points to 2.75 …
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A South Tyneside mum says she was ‘gutted’ for her little boy after they were not able to fly due to her passport being issued more than ten years ago. Shirelle Quinn and her son Freddy, from West Boldon, were due to fly to Alicante in Spain from Newcastle Airport on Saturday morning. However, when …
Image source: Getty Images With the recent volatility in the stock market, it’s easy to see why many investors are turning to low-risk assets like income bonds. But despite the increases in interest rates, these financial instruments still offer meagre returns compared to some UK dividend shares. With that in mind, here are two British …
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Several major Wall Street banks have begun offering to facilitate trades in Russian debt in recent days, according to bank documents seen by Reuters, giving investors another chance to dispose of assets widely seen in the West as toxic. Most U.S. and European banks had pulled back from the market in June after the Treasury …
Amazon could be off the hook for tax in the UK for at least two more years after benefiting from reliefs brought in by Rishi Sunak during the pandemic, a report suggests. The research from the Fair Tax Foundation indicates that the US tech company claimed more than £800m in capital allowances – business expenses …
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Europe’s office market faces the toughest conditions since the financial crisis, experts have warned, as rising interest rates and a surge in building costs threaten to choke off its recovery from the pandemic. Higher interest rates and a broader tightening in financial conditions have driven the cost for office owners of servicing their debt above …
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Richard Rogers’ buildings are known for their inside-out architecture. The Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, south Wales, completed in 1982, is no exception. Like the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyd’s headquarters in the City of London, the factory’s services run on the building’s exterior through multicoloured pipework, freeing the chipmaking “clean rooms” of …
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