[ad_1] High street retailers and websites in the UK are returning to traditional catalogues and leaflets to grab the attention – and spending power – of shoppers stuck at home during the biggest shopping period of the year. With most stores closed and a large proportion of people working from home, many have more time…
[ad_1] Shoppers may need to be more organised than ever before Christmas as some retailers are setting earlier than usual final online order dates. In recent years, online shoppers have been able to put off last-minute ordering as retailers raced to give the latest possible delivery date. However, thanks to the pandemic, this has changed…
[ad_1] This time last year the nation was beginning to enjoy Christmas outdoor markets and the High Street’s festive lights. But this Christmas is likely to be very different. The pandemic has forced us inside – and while many of us are used to buying online, some will have to do the bulk of their…
[ad_1] The FTSE 100 started the week with a bang after another Covid vaccine announcement gave shares a shot in the arm. Stock markets across the world rallied after US company Moderna said its potential coronavirus vaccine was nearly 95pc effective. On the London Stock Exchange many of the companies hit hardest by Covid restrictions…
[ad_1] Royal Mail set to post a first-half loss of £65m with the pandemic worsening a drop in letter volumes It comes despite a predicted 8% rise in revenues to £5.6bn Covid-19 has prompted a rise in parcel sending with more internet shopping The company taking on 33,000 temporary staff to help with Christmas demand …
[ad_1] Australians could be unknowingly hanging on to a $1 that could be worth thousands of dollars. A mother in Melbourne has posted on the Facebook group Melbourne with Kidz that she was amazed to discovered a “mule” dollar coin from the year 2000. These coins were inadvertently produced following a technical error by…
[ad_1] There was a sharp rise in people taking out money from cash machines in the days before England’s second lockdown but withdrawals have slumped since last Thursday, as footfall collapsed after the country was again told to stay at home. The amount of cash withdrawn between Friday and Sunday last weekend, the first one…
[ad_1] The market for temporary seasonal roles in Britain has dived by a third this year compared to 2019. There are currently 13,600 temporary Christmas roles, a 31 per cent drop on the same week last year where more than 20,000 vacancies were available, according to job website Adzuna. The fall in job vacancies is…
[ad_1] An expensive phone that I bought on eBay, and returned because it was faulty, has been lost in transit and, although everyone agrees I should get my money back, eBay, PayPal and Royal Mail are all refusing to take responsibility. I bought the LGG8s ThinQ mobile phone for £345.99. The next day eBay messaged…
[ad_1] Investors were given another shot of good news from Astrazeneca on the eve of its third-quarter figures. A definitive result from in-depth trials of its potential Covid-19 vaccine could be available by the end of this year, says the trial’s chief investigator Andrew Pollard. His comments come days after Britain’s health regulator, the Medicines…