Galliford Try, a construction company, has seen its profits and revenue increase. The firm revealed that it had grown its order book over the past year, thanks to increased spending from water companies. The company’s order book had risen to £3.7 billion at the end of December, up from £3.5 billion the previous year. The […]
Ex-Brexit minister Lord Frost warned Jeremy Hunt‘s plan to bring down national insurance by 2p is “fiddling while Rome burns”. The Tory peer told Sky News: “What I want to see is a Budget that deals with the problems the country has got and it does have lots and lots of problems, there is no […]
Tesco has said it will increase store workers’ pay by 9.1 percent in a roughly £300million investment. It is the latest supermarket group to lift pay levels for workers ahead of the rise in the national minimum wage in April. The national minimum wage will increase from its current rate of £10.42 per hour to […]
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more What the Spring Budget 2024 could mean for NS&I Premium Bonds – it could be ‘bad news’ (Image: Getty) Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is likely to unveil the new net financing target for NS&I in tomorrow’s Spring […]
Car insurance premiums for young drivers have risen by more than £600 on average, new research shows. Young drivers research from Compare the Market found that the cost of car insurance rose to an average of £2,009, from £1,365. This is an increase of 47 percent year on year from January 2023 to January 2024 […]
A HMRC customer who was blocked from their account was frustrated in her efforts to retrieve access using the phone helpline. The woman contacted the authority over X on March 4 after waiting a week for a call back from the group to resolve the issue. She said: “Reported a fraudulent email few weeks back […]
Martin Lewis has shared a “golden rule” when it comes to saving for your pension. The MoneySavingExpert.com founder hosted his first episode of ITV’s This Morning yesterday after appearing as a guest star for over 20 years. Despite taking the reigns of the show – alongside co-host Josie Gibson – Martin of course slipped in […]
Savvy savers could boost their pots by over £12,000 thanks to a major tax cut set to be announced in the Spring Budget. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to reduce National Insurance for workers by two percentage points, which would mean a person on the average UK salary of £34,963 would save £447.86 a year. […]
HSBC has announced increases across the whole of its fixed rate range of mortgages, joining Barclays and Natwest. The changes to residential and Buy to let mortgage product ranges will come into effect on Wednesday 6 March. The bank has not confirmed the exact rise in mortgage rates but the changes will affect existing customers […]
Wealth app Chip has increased the interest rate on its easy access ISA, placing it at the top of the table of its sector. The account now offers an Annual Equivalent Rate (AER) of 5.1 percent, paid monthly. The account can be opened and managed using the provider’s app and new and existing customers can get […]
