Under the SFI, farmers can receive money for turning their arable and horticultural fields into bee friendly wildflower meadows, grassland or planting species that can feed winter birds. The scheme has proved so popular to struggling farmers that last month the government was forced to issue a crackdown, warning that …
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The Sunday Times’s Lucy Tobin told her readers to book their profits in Centrica and ‘sell’. Yes, the energy outfit had benefitted tremendously from the disruptions brought on by the war in Ukraine. Indeed, it had shifted from net debt of £3bn in 2021 to £2.7bn of net cash. But …
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By Sam Merriman Published: 17:32 EDT, 28 April 2024 | Updated: 18:21 EDT, 28 April 2024 Union bosses have hinted they will accept an end to six-day letter deliveries, paving the way for Royal Mail to make historic cuts to postal services. The Communication Workers Union leaders have suggested they …
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Investment trusts are subject to the UK’s ‘pernicious’ stamp duty regime This means savers pay a 0.5% levy when they buy shares in these trusts Trusts also charged 0.5% when they purchase shares in companies By Hugo Duncan Updated: 16:52 EDT, 28 April 2024 Britain must scrap the ‘double taxation’ …
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Mr Hollinrake wrote: “You will be aware of concerns being expressed by parliamentary colleagues about the £5 surcharge being applied, where a number of them have claimed that they have bought stamps from legitimate sources, but which have then been identified as counterfeit by your system. “I recognise that where …
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Government, which left Royal Mail so vulnerable, needs to push through reforms These would give current boss Martin Seidenberg a fighting chance New ownership, even if proprietor is benign, involves disruption and risk By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:06 EDT, 28 April 2024 Czech Sphinx: Businessman Daniel …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tour Nigeria in an unofficial Royal visit after being invited by the country’s government to take part in ‘cultural activities’. The Duke of Sussex, 39, will fly to the west African country to join Meghan just days after his return to Britain for the Invictus Games 10th …
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The heads of the Communication Workers Union have acquiesced to Royal Mail’s demand to end six-day-a-week letter deliveries, paving the way for historic cuts to postal services. Royal Mail wants to amend its universal service obligation so that it must only deliver second-class post every other day. Nonetheless, first-class mail …
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By Katherine Lawton Published: 12:54 EDT, 28 April 2024 | Updated: 13:01 EDT, 28 April 2024 Fans of Prince Harry have joked that the Hollywood star joining the Duke at the Invictus Games service will pick up some tips for a future role – after the royal said he would …
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New National Lottery rules have been introduced, causing some winners to experience delays in receiving their prize money. Following the takeover of the National Lottery by multinational lottery operator Allwyn from Camelot in February this year, changes have been made to the payout process. The Post Office no longer distributes …
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