Q My landlord has put my flat up for sale and he says that once the sale has gone through, I’ll have a month to move out. The new Covid lockdown allows estate agents to carry on viewings but how can that be safe as we have all been instructed to stay indoors? Where am…
When the boiler stopped working in the house that we had just moved into, I called out an emergency plumbing firm, ERG Facilities, to fix it. The plumber arrived the next evening – nearly a day later than agreed – and after a brief once-over, decided that the fan was at fault, even though I…
A surge in online shopping helped to push up the Post Office’s income over Christmas, as web-based retailers escaped the Covid-19 restrictions that bedevilled the high street. In the four weeks to 27 December, the Post Office recorded 51.3m customer transactions, just 0.5% below the same period of 2019, with sales up 17% to £66.3m….
With the City of London deserted once more, its streets only populated by the occasional Deliveroo driver or tumbleweed-seeking photographer, it seems a strange time to be completing the largest office building the capital has ever seen, not least because the very future of the workplace is now in question. But, rising far above the…
People who file their tax returns late won’t face a fine this year, as long as they can show that the delay was due to coronavirus. In a show of forbearance that could offer relief to millions of workers, HM Revenue & Customs will take a lenient stance towards people who file after 31 January…
Claire Cain was struggling to meet her rent last summer. The 46-year-old bank cashier worked for Santander UK for 11 years before a benign brain tumour, chronic pain and migraines forced her to take leave. Two of her four children moved back home to Dover during the pandemic, adding extra pressure to her finances, just…
