Hotel Chocolat founder slams ‘crazy’ rates regime with stores paying more on property tax than they do on rent By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:42 BST, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 23:42 BST, 25 February 2020 The co-founder of Hotel Chocolat has demanded the Chancellor shake up the ‘crazy’ business rates system. … Read more
Britons have insisted they will ‘go insane’ cooped up in their homes for weeks as Boris Johnson today announced a three-week coronavirus lockdown. Mr Johnson plunged the UK into a lockdown as he ordered the immediate closure of all shops selling non-essential goods, as well as playgrounds and churches in a bid to stop the … Read more
My mother messages from Italy with a tiny but telling anecdote that sums up the difficulty of the situation. The assistant manager of her local Carrefour Express in Turin (like Tesco Express, only with nicer wine), is being driven to distraction by little old ladies roaming endlessly around his supermarket. He keeps telling them to … Read more
Cruise lines keen to attract passengers in the face of the coronavirus outbreak are introducing a tempting package of offers to entice them on board. The spread of the virus has led to port closures and itinerary changes as well as on-board restrictions and even, in extreme cases, entire ships being quarantined, leaving many reluctant … Read more
Margaret Bartlett, 77, is one 142 UK holidaymakers left in limbo on the Grand Princess off the Californian coast, where 21 passengers have tested positive for the virus A grandmother has complained of going ‘stir crazy’ on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in the US where passengers are having to fight over ‘rotten food’. Margaret … Read more