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Hair salons pressured to trim youthful stylists after tax hikes
Salon owners have warned that the sector is the 'toughest it's ever been' due to rising employment costs after Labour's tax raids.They also say its traditional role of offering young people first jobs sweeping up hair or learning as an…
Would YOU be tempted to purchase a personal jet for £370,000?
Owning a private jet is one of the ultimate super-rich status symbols. But it's no longer a prerequisite to be a sports star, politician, world-famous singer or wealthy businessman.Demand for travel by private jet has never been higher. The…
Despite volatility on markets, FCA boss says that is NOT a repeat of 2008
Britain's top financial enforcer knows a financial meltdown when he sees one. In 2008, a youthful Nikhil Rathi, then working in Downing Street, was a member of the financial stability group that helped steer Prime Minister Gordon Brown,…
HAMISH MCRAE: Bond vigilantes will save us from Labour’s recklessness
The markets took an adult view of Thursday's elections. They don't go a bundle on the Starmer-and-Reeves team's ability to run the nation's finances, hence the fact they charge us more to borrow than any other G7 state.But the initial…
Wall Street legend Blythe Masters set for courtroom battle over FNZ workers declare
A courtroom in Wellington, New Zealand, thousands of miles from the City, is an unlikely venue for one of the biggest cases to explode in the financial world. But this week it will be the stage for one of the most complex and colourful…
I’m nonetheless paid royalties for Man About The House, says PAULA WILCOX
Actress Paula Wilcox is best known for her roles in the Seventies sitcom Man About The House, and more recently playing Elaine Jones in Coronation Street and Sandra Ross in the hit Apple TV+ comedy series Trying, writes York Membery.The…
People scoff at my cash making trick, however I’ve simply banked £1,000 (and I WON’T pay…
Whenever planning a holiday with family or friends I’m always first to pipe up and offer to make the travel and hotel bookings.And if my husband and I make a joint purchase for the house – say a new dryer or fridge – I’m more than willing…
Home insurance coverage payouts for theft hit a report excessive at begin of 2026, as spike in…
Home insurers paid out £4,350 for the average theft claim in the first three months of this year.This was the highest amount for theft-related claims since the Association of British Insurers began its records in 2017, it told This is…
Millions nonetheless depend on money for ‘management and privateness’ whereas extra of…
Cash usage has shrunk this year but has still been used by three in five people in the past two weeks, exclusive data for This is Money shows.Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of retailers now no longer accept cash – with 14 per cent scrapping…
I renovated my first dwelling… and made £55,000! First-time patrons go for fixer-uppers to…
First-time buyers are choosing fixer-uppers to step on to the property ladder for less, new research shows.Two in three of those buying a starter home have purchased a cheaper property because it offers a renovation opportunity, according…
