Giving up work at 50 to care for a loved one can cost you almost £500,000 in lost income, new research reveals. Taking a five-year break to look after ill or frail relatives can set you back £150,000, if you earn the UK average annual income of around £29,000. Even switching to part-time work for … Read more
Perhaps you have lockdown savings sitting idle. If so, now could be the perfect time to consider overpaying your mortgage. Even an extra £100 a month could slash your total interest bill by nearly £10,000 — and clear your debt four years early. Britain’s band of ‘accidental savers’, who were forced to cut back on … Read more
Inflation is the topic du jour in global markets and investing. Will it overshoot or won’t it? Will it persist or won’t it? What will central banks do (or not do) about it? The latest evidence came from the eurozone this week, where figures showed inflation rose sharply in May to 2 per cent – … Read more
Perhaps you have lockdown savings sitting idle. If so, now could be the perfect time to consider overpaying your mortgage. Even an extra £100 a month could slash your total interest bill by nearly £10,000 — and clear your debt four years early. Britain’s band of ‘accidental savers’, who were forced to cut back on … Read more
Inflation is the topic du jour in global markets and investing. Will it overshoot or won’t it? Will it persist or won’t it? What will central banks do (or not do) about it? The latest evidence came from the eurozone this week, where figures showed inflation rose sharply in May to 2 per cent – … Read more
Amazon is predicted to overtake Tesco as Britain’s biggest retailer in 2025, marking a major change of the guard By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 2 June 2021 Amazon is predicted to overtake Tesco as Britain’s biggest retailer in 2025, marking a major change … Read more
Stuck in a home you can’t stand? Over half of homeowners are living in properties they know don’t suit their needs – but emotional ties, the lure of the local pub and even pets buried in the garden make it too hard to move People typically think they need around £125,000 more to get a … Read more
Seven months of soaring petrol prices sparks the biggest annual increase at the pumps in a DECADE – we reveal the average cost of fuel in your area May was the seventh consecutive month that average fuel prices have risen Both petrol and diesel gained another 2p-a-litre, adding a total of 15.5p to unleaded since … Read more
Seven months of soaring petrol prices sparks the biggest annual increase at the pumps in a DECADE – we reveal the average cost of fuel in your area May was the seventh consecutive month that average fuel prices have risen Both petrol and diesel gained another 2p-a-litre, adding a total of 15.5p to unleaded since … Read more
£1.2bn! Not bad for a second-hand clothes app: Depop bosses to cash in on takeover by US giant Etsy Simon Beckerman, a 47-year-old British-Italian entrepreneur, who was born in Milan and lives in London, founded Depop in 2011 Beckerman is likely to net a tidy profit along with chief executive Maria Raga, other senior employees and … Read more