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Q I wonder if you can help me. My brother and I have inherited my late parents’ house and due to the size of the estate we’re left with an inheritance tax bill of £242,000. We have paid £101,000 of it but still have a further £131,000 to pay and have no liquid cash to …
The online bank Monzo has become one of the first UK companies to offer paid leave for employees who are affected by the loss of a pregnancy. Part of the bank’s mental health drive, the move follows the departure of its founder and former chief executive, Tom Blomfield, who stepped down in January in the …
Thoughts of summer have come early this year: with lockdown restrictions easing and groups of six allowed into private gardens, entertaining will soon be moving outside and people are already excitedly upgrading their gardens in anticipation of once again hosting friends and family. New and more elaborate barbecues, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, rugs and patio …
If the Covid-19 era has taught us one thing about ourselves and our fellow humans, it’s that we really like coffee. More proof came on a Tuesday in early September last year when Pret a Manger launched its in-shop coffee subscription YourPret Barista. For £20 a month, you could have five drinks a day, every …
Local WhatsApp groups have been one of the silver linings of the pandemic, creating community ties and support networks. Yet loan sharks are increasingly using these groups to extort money from their victims, according to England’s Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), an organisation that prosecutes illegal lenders and supports victims. Such lenders are also targeting …