House prices forecast to soar another 4% in 2021 after a near-7% rise

House prices are forecast to keep on climbing next year in spite of Brexit, the Covid crisis and whether or not the Government extends the stamp duty holiday, a property portal has claimed.  Rightmove said asking prices rose almost 7 per cent this year and predicts a further 4 per cent increase in 2021. It … Read more

Ocado raises its expected profit forecast again

Ocado hikes profit forecast again after record online grocery purchases during the pandemic Ocado’s retail revenues shot up by almost £150m to £579.6m during the quarter Its anticipated EBITDA for the 2020 financial year is now predicted to be £70m Market research agency Kantar estimates sales could reach £12bn this month  By Harry Wise For … Read more

Fortnum & Mason boss gives dire forecast that a ‘THIRD of British retail brands will disappear’

The Fortnum & Mason CEO today gloomily predicted a third of British retail brands will disappear by March after an 80% plunge in footfall due to lockdown and shoppers avoiding the West End.  Ewan Venters said the Government’s new strict tier system, which bans people meeting anyone outside their household indoors, would restrict the number … Read more

Boris Johnson blasts ‘gloomy’ Covid economic forecast and vows NO income tax or VAT rise before 2024

Boris Johnson has lashed out at ‘gloomy’ predictions of coronavirus woe, telling MPs they were too negative because they were made before last week’s vaccine breakthroughs. The Prime Minister made the comment as he addressed anxious backbenchers last night in the wake of Rishi Sunak’s spending review, which revealed the scale of the problem facing … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s ‘scary’ economic forecast

Rishi Sunak’s ‘scary’ economic forecast: Chancellor will reveal devastating financial effect of pandemic next week… and predicts it will still be felt in 2024 Rishi Sunak will deliver ‘scary’ economic forecast his spending review next week His plans will rely on the predictions showing devastating effect of coronavirus Office for Budget Responsibility expected to forecast … Read more

Fashion: The leather forecast | Daily Mail Online

From dresses and coats, to tops, skirts and, of course, the classic jacket. Who’d have thought that leather could be so versatile? Play with layers in different textures. A cotton rollneck and linen shirt under a faux leather dress is warm and stylish Dress, £49.99, zara.com. Rollneck, £39, kettlewellcolours.co.uk. Shirt, £85, withnothingunderneath.com. Earrings, £140, monicavinader.com. Bracelet, £27.99, … Read more

UK Government’s forecast of 4,000 coronavirus deaths per day ‘could be FIVE TIMES too high’

The claim that 4,000 people could be dying from coronavirus by next month could be four or five times too high and not reflect the current situation, experts warn. The shocking figure was presented by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance in Saturday’s TV briefing where Boris Johnson announced the UK’s second lockdown. But there … Read more

IMF downgrades forecast for UK economy with GDP projected at 10.4%

International Monetary Fund DOWNGRADES its forecast for the UK economy and says it won’t return to pre-pandemic levels for at least a YEAR amid second wave and Brexit chaos as Rishi Sunak warns Britain must balance the books Rishi Sunak today stressed importance of the Government balancing the books  The International Monetary Fund issued pessimistic … Read more

Britain braces for sub-zero temperatures with frost, fog and wintry showers forecast for month

Dig out your woolly jumpers! Britain braces for sub-zero temperatures with frost, fog and wintry showers forecast for the rest of the month There will be some chillier nights coming up as we head into the autumn months with temperatures dipping Temperatures could plummet to minus 2 degrees during the coming weeks as frost and … Read more

Panicked No10 plunged Britain into full lockdown after being given doomsday forecast, book claims

Downing Street was panicked into a full national lockdown after its scientific advisers Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were given doomsday mortality projections by Imperial College’s Neil Ferguson, an explosive new biography of Boris Johnson by investigative author Tom Bower reveals. Bower tells how a critical meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) … Read more