Small and medium sized enterprises are increasingly being turned away for grants under the Growth Hub scheme as some have been swamped with a frenzy of applications. It comes after the Government introduced a £20million funding initiative in June to help SMEs across England recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The £20million is … Read more
A Black Lives Matter protester has been forced to remove her anti-racism posters after a council threatened her with legal action because they looked like planning applications. Tsara Smith wanted to spread the message about racism around her local rural community, but felt that many people would ignore a traditional poster. Instead, she designed her … Read more
Thousands of furlough applications blocked by taxman due to fears they are fraudulent By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 21 August 2020 Thousands of furlough applications have been blocked by the taxman due to fears they are fraudulent. More than 30,000 applications for the … Read more
A village in southern Italy that offered tourists free lodgings to boost the local economy has been inundated with 8000 holiday requests from across the world. At the end of June, the remote medieval hamlet of San Giovanni in Galdo, around 90 miles northeast of Naples, decided to offer travellers a free one-week stay in … Read more
Restaurant group Qoot is inundated with 700 applications for three jobs in just 24 hours Qoot runs restaurants in London and the Middle East and is opening new ones It had to withdraw the jobs advert after 48 hours By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: … Read more
UK passport applications will be fast-tracked in five days for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks – as government battles with 400,000 Covid backlog If you have been waiting more than a month and are due to travel within two weeks, you will receive your passport within five days under new measures … Read more
From passport applications to holiday refunds, we can help: The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 10:50 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 18 July 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week issues tackled include holiday refunds, passport applications and booking hotels in … Read more
Motorists granted a seven-month extension for driving licence renewals as the DVLA struggles to process applications during pandemic Drivers with photocard licences due to expire between 1 February and 31 August 2020 will be granted an extension to have them renewed Licences will be automatically extended by seven months from date of expiry Impacted motorists … Read more
Talking through a day in her life, Claire says she sets her alarm at 5.45am – the same time as when she was travelling into London – starts her day with pilates, before putting together all the home schooling exercises for the day. After getting the boys up early for breakfast and settled for ‘school’ by 8.30am, … Read more
There may be doubts over whether Love Island will return later this year, due to the current coronavirus pandemic. But if the number of applications for the summer series is anything to go by, fans are hoping the ITV2 dating show does return as potential islanders are at a record high. According to The Sun, … Read more