The UK’s unemployment rate has decreased slightly over the past three months, hitting 3.6 per cent. The rate for May to July 2022 has dipped 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous three-month period, according to the Office for National Statistics’ freshly published data. Unemployment was also 0.4 percentage points below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels. This […]
House hunters and other borrowers across borrowers have close to 1,000 fewer mortgage deals to choose from than they did a year ago, as more than 500 deals have simply vanished since last month. The number of available fixed and variable rate home loans has shrunk to 3,890 – marking the lowest level since April […]
Liz Truss was sworn into Premiership on the 5th September and it has undoubtedly, been one of the busiest first few days of any prime minister’s career. On the 8th September, it was sadly announced that The Queen had died peacefully at her Balmoral estate. A period of mourning was declared and it has been confirmed that […]
Britain’s supermarkets are set to shut for the Queen’s funeral on Monday out of respect for the late monarch. Some of the biggest chains in the UK have announced they will close all day on September 19 as the country comes to a halt to commemorate Her Majesty. The likes of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Waitrose […]
Article content PARIS — All French consumers will be protected by forthcoming caps on energy prices, Finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday but he added that households will need to absorb a “small part” of the increased costs themselves. Current caps on power prices and a gas price freeze worth a combined 16.5 […]