PUBS and restaurants will have to pay an extra £1billion a year to cover National Insurance rises, stats show. Industry officials warn it will lead to staff and hours being cut. 2 Pubs and restaurants will have to pay an extra £1billion a year to cover National Insurance risesCredit: Getty 2 Cost… Eye-watering cost of … Read more
MORE than a third of us are worried about the cost of Christmas this year. A nationwide poll found the average cost of festivities will be around £700, although a fifth said they will likely fall into debt to afford it, Skipton Building Society reports. 9 More than a third of us are worried about… … Read more
A BATTLE is brewing within the Bank of England as the nine people who decide Brits’ borrowing costs are at odds over the timing of interest rate cuts. The Bank yesterday held interest rates at 4.75 per cent amid rising fears that inflation is creeping higher again. 6 The Bank’s Governor, Andrew… Bank of England … Read more
HOPES that interest rates will soon start falling were dashed yesterday after an unexpectedly big increase in wages stoked inflation fears. Official jobs figures showed that wages rose by 5.2 per cent in the three months to October. 3 After the surge in wage growth, traders have now put a… Wage surge dashes hopes for … Read more
MOTORISTS have dodged a massive fuel hike at the pumps this Christmas – but new figures show festive trips will still cost an extra quid a tank. Petrol prices have crept up 2.5p a litre since October, hitting 136.5p this week, while diesel has soared nearly 4p to 142.7p. 1 Motorists’ festive… Motorists dodge massive … Read more