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E.ON customers furious over service meltdown

January 15, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

Thousands of E.ON UK customers have accused the energy supplier of overlooking them after its customer service channels shut down for weeks after a major billing blunder, which left millions out of pocket before Christmas. During the winter’s coldest spell so far, many customers have been unable to top up their pre-pay energy meters, or […]

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National Express to suspend all UK services from Monday

January 14, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

National Express is to suspend its entire network of coach services across the UK from Monday due to the latest Covid-19 travel restrictions. The company, a major provider of timetabled coach routes, said it would be halting all services until March. Chris Hardy, the managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: “We have been […]

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Indian fashion designer Satya Paul dies aged 79

January 13, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

Satya Paul, the Indian fashion designer who invented the modern sari, has died at the age of 79. His son, Puneet Nanda, said in a Facebook post that the designer had suffered a stroke in early December from which he had not recovered. Paul revolutionised the idea of the sari for Indian women, moving it […]

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Ground rent scandal: leaseholders in England get new rights

January 12, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

Leaseholders in England will be given the right to extend their lease by up to 990 years and pay no ground rent under major changes that the government said would save some households tens of thousands of pounds and make homeownership “fairer and more secure”. The changes follow an outcry several years ago when it […]

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Sainsbury’s is playing the long game by surrendering rates relief

January 11, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

Sainsbury’s Christmas trading update was a demonstration of why the boards of all the big supermarket chains were obliged to come to their senses last month and concede that, yes, all that relief on business rates had to go back to the Treasury. After surrendering relief worth £410m this financial year, Sainsbury’s expects to achieve […]

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Johnson is betting everything on the vaccine – we’d better hope it works

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021wibocorg

It says something about the current state of Britain that the economy has become a sideshow. At any other time, the prospect of a double-dip recession would be front-page news, but it is now merely a footnote to daily bulletins charting infection rates, hospitalisations and deaths. For the past year there has been a debate […]

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Millions of US small businesses have survived 2020 – and they’re crucial to economic growth

January 9, 2021wibocorg

There’s been much attention paid to the thousands of small businesses that have been suffering as a result of the pandemic. Restaurants and fitness centers have seen their operations curtailed to the extent that many are simply shuttering their doors. Retail stores have seen their foot traffic all but disappear and those in the travel, […]

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