My wife died late last year. As it has been such a tough time for me and my two young daughters, I decided to take the three of us on a really special holiday in July. After an extensive search I paid more than £13,000 for 12 nights in a penthouse suite in a resort…
The UK steel industry has called for the government to consider further protectionist trade measures as it braces for a flood of imported steel amid a global glut driven by China. UK Steel, a lobby group, said the global industry has 543m tonnes of excess steel, 70 times more than the UK uses each year,…
The former Google boss Eric Schmidt has been named as one of the high-profile executives attending the Labour government’s first international investment summit. Schmidt, who was Google’s chief executive from 2001 to 2011, is expected to play a prominent role at the summit in central London on 14 October, where he will take the stage…
A man was arrested after boarding an easyJet flight without the correct documents at Manchester airport. The man, in his 20s, was discovered on an aircraft due to depart for Milan, at 7pm on Friday and was detained by Greater Manchester police officers. He was arrested on suspicion of hiding himself “for the purpose of…
Heinz has apologised after an advertisement displayed in London tube stations featuring a black family sparked anger online. The US manufacturer, which recently launched an ad campaign for family-sized pasta sauces, was criticised for promoting stereotypes in a billboard advertisement spotted at Vauxhall and Manor House stations. The advertisement depicts a bride, a black woman,…
Administrators are reportedly finalising a rescue deal for the UK arm of the TGI Fridays restaurant chain in a move that could save more than 2,000 jobs. Calveton and Breal Capital – the private equity owners behind upmarket restaurants including Le Pont de la Tour, Quaglino’s and Coq d’Argent – are said to be on…
As a rule, retailers tend to trumpet price cuts and keep quiet about increases but wine sellers are breaking ranks to warn customers of looming rises due to a shake-up of the way wine is taxed. The big names behind the campaign include Majestic Wine, Laithwaites, Cambridge Wine Merchants and the Wine Society, who are…
Royal Mail has been accused of being “shortsighted” and risking a drop in the number of charity Christmas cards sent this year as it increases stamp prices for the fifth time in less than three years. The price of a first-class stamp will rise by 30p on Monday, to £1.65, far outstripping the rate of…
Filming for a new movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was interrupted when traffic wardens in Chester began putting parking tickets on 1980s vehicles being used in the backdrop of a scene. Day-Lewis has come out of retirement for Anemone, which his son Ronan Day-Lewis is directing, and is starring alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. Filming…
“Here’s how to retire early,” promise TikTok’s financial influencers. But the life hacks offered never cover the most important advice: pick the right parents. Because looking ahead, inheritances will decide who does, and doesn’t, get a decent gap between the carriage clock and grim reaper. Household wealth has surged in Britain in recent decades, to…
