Britain’s jobs market begins to bounce back amid lockdown easing

Recruiters today reported the strongest month-on-month increase in hiring for permanent jobs for six years amid an employment boom prompted by the easing of lockdown.   The survey, which asked around 400 companies whether they have taken on more staff over the month compared to the one before, also found hiring for temporary positions had expanded … Read more

Small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to invest

More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their … Read more

Overserved: Iggy Azalea opens up about ‘secret’ pregnancy and quick body bounce back at dinner party

Iggy Azalea spoke about her ‘secret’ pregnancy on Thursday’s episode of Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump on the E! network. The 30-year-old Australian rapper admitted ‘nobody knew’ she was pregnant and explained how she’d kept the birth of her son Onyx Carter last spring from her closest friends. Lisa, 60, had just admired Iggy’s flat belly … Read more

England make it two wins on the bounce as Harry Kane and Mason Mount net in Albania

Sometimes in football, the simple things will take you where you need to go. Passes over the heads of full-backs into space. Distribution that uses the full width of the field. Accurate crosses in to good areas towards centre forwards willing to make runs across the front of technically inferior defenders. None of it is … Read more

KIRSTIE ALLSOPP urges you to take up your litter pickers and help the country bounce back

I believe the number one reason not to litter is to safeguard our oceans. There’s no filter — if you drop a cigarette butt in a gutter, it will end up in the sea. If we do not protect our oceans, we will die, writes Kirstie Allsopp (pictured) One afternoon we were walking near our home … Read more

Burglary bounce predicted for 2021: Here are 14 ways to turn your home into a fortress

Britons are being urged to secure their homes against a potential surge of burglaries when lockdown ends. There was a 20 per cent drop in house burglaries last year compared to 2019, according to analysis of government crime figures by the home insurance company Hiro. Criminals’ overall takings were down by £103million in 2020 as … Read more

Will foreign aid bill bounce back to £14billion?

Will foreign aid bill bounce back to £14billion? Slashing of 0.7% spending target to 0.5% may last only one year to avoid Tory revolt Ministers said they would change law to lower the target to spend 0.7% to 0.5% This would have allowed them to slash handouts by £4bn to around £10billion Government is considering alternatives … Read more

Will foreign aid bill bounce back to £14billion?

Will foreign aid bill bounce back to £14billion? Slashing of 0.7% spending target to 0.5% may last only one year to avoid Tory revolt Ministers said they would change law to lower the target to spend 0.7% to 0.5% This would have allowed them to slash handouts by £4bn to around £10billion Government is considering alternatives … Read more

Is the UK primed to bounce back (and Scottish Mortgage) TiM podcast

We publish our podcast every Friday to the player on This is Money, above, and on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) and on the podcast platforms Audioboom and Acast, both of which allow you to listen on desktop, mobile, or download an app. We also now publish to Spotify. To download the Apple Podcasts app if you … Read more