ALEX BRUMMER: Virgin deserves a lifeline 

Richard Branson has touched a raw nerve with his £500million bailout request for Virgin Atlantic. He is portrayed as a tax-avoiding wastrel, living the high life in the Caribbean with a reputation for treating women carelessly. All this is true and the Virgin Money rescue of Northern Rock after the financial crisis cost the taxpayer … Read more

Aviva offers 90-day lifeline for car and home insurance customers

Aviva offers 90-day lifeline for car and home insurance customers struggling in the virus crisis By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 14 April 2020 Aviva will let car and home insurance customers defer premiums for up to three months Aviva will let car … Read more

Will the £750m coronavirus lifeline for charities be enough?

Charities across Britain have welcomed the announcement by the government to create a £750million package of support to ensure they continue vital work. This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined that £360million would come direct from government departments while £370million would be dedicated to smaller charities which would be helped by a grant from the National … Read more

NHS engineer refused £250,000 lifeline from taxpayer-backed RBS

NHS engineer refused £250,000 lifeline from taxpayer-backed RBS: Crisis-hit firm makes vital kit for hospital beds By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 Struggling: Tufnol boss Roy Thomason was turned down for an emergency loan An engineering company which makes vital components … Read more

Savers’ lifeline as Tesco mulls £550m payout: 220,000 small investors in line for dividend

Savers’ lifeline as Tesco mulls £550m payout: 220,000 small investors in line for dividend By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 5 April 2020 Tesco is expected to press ahead with a £550m dividend for shareholders this week.  The supermarket giant is likely to post … Read more

Britain’s coronavirus-hit pubs are thrown £1million lifeline under new plan to stop closures

Britain’s coronavirus-hit pubs are thrown £1million lifeline under new plan to help save locals from closure after lockdown forced 40,000 to shut By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 10:11 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 01:29 GMT, 28 March 2020 For the past week, almost 40,000 pubs and bars have been forced to close their … Read more

Best savings rates: New top fixed-rate deals hand savers lifeline

Small banks hand savers a lifeline despite two quickfire base rate cuts as best buy short fixed-rate deals appear… but they may disappear fast The Bank of England has cut its base rate from 0.75% to 0.1% in eight days This has led to a fear of a raft of savings cuts and best buy … Read more

Chancellor’s £430m tax sting for shops – on same day that he offers a lifeline 

Chancellor’s £430m tax sting for shops – on same day that he offers a lifeline By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 The Government will this week try to halt a massive £430million tax refund to shop owners – at the same … Read more