The Best Stove And Fireplace Shop In Ilkley! The best Stove And Fireplace Shop In Ilkley, The Times They Are A Changin’ here at Earth Renewables we have exciting times ahead. To coincide with the opening of our second shop in Ilkley we will be changing our name to ‘The Stove And Fireplace Studio‘. Why […]
read moreThree Fabulous Wedding Venues In West Yorkshire by Perfect Fit The Mansion, Roundhay This Grade II listed building really does have the ‘wow’ factor for a day you will never forget, it has the convenience of being just 15 minutes from the centre of Leeds and is nestled in the stunning surroundings of Roundhay Park. This […]
read moreThe recent increase in oil prices has helped BP to record a healthy profit for the three months to March. The $1.4bn (£1.1bn) profit, on the replacement cost measure, compared with a $485m loss a year earlier. Oil prices have been about 35% higher in the first three months of 2017 compared with a year […]
read moreCustomers who only buy landline services from BT are set to get at least £5 a month taken off their bills under plans set out by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom. It said those customers, who are often elderly or vulnerable, were not getting value for money. BT has nearly 80% of the UK landline market, […]
read moreLloyds Banking Group has reported its highest annual profit in a decade, helped by a reduction in payment protection insurance (PPI) provisions. Pre-tax profits increased by 158% to £4.24bn, a level last seen in 2006 before the financial crisis. Provisions for PPI declined from £4bn to £1bn. The UK government’s stake in Lloyds has now […]
read moreShares in HSBC have fallen after the bank reported a steeper-than-expected fall in annual profits. It reported a $7.1bn (£5.7bn) pre-tax profit for 2016, down 62% on the $18.9bn reported a year earlier. HSBC attributed the fall to a string of one-off charges, including the sale of its operations in Brazil. HSBC said its performance […]
read moreNearly a third of the population of Britain is living on an “inadequate” income, according to research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). In 2014-15, it said that 19 million people were living on less than the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). It said the problem was that household costs have been rising, while incomes have […]
read moreTypical pensioner incomes now outstrip those of working-age people, a report from the Resolution Foundation says. Pensioners are also now more likely than their predecessors to still be in work, own a home and have access to generous private pensions, it adds. The think tank says growth in pensioner incomes has been coupled with weak […]
read moreTax changes will mean landlords may reduce the properties they have on their books, leading to sharp rent rises, surveyors suggest. Rental prices could rise faster than house prices over the next five years, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). This would be the result of more tenants chasing fewer rental properties, […]
read moreThousands more families who were wrongly stripped of their tax credits by the US contractor Concentrix are to have their cases reviewed. A committee of MPs that produced a scathing report on Concentrix said on Monday that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had accepted its recommendations. Concentrix was sacked by HMRC last year after many […]
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