Lockdown leaves first-time buyers £800 a year better off than renters
First-time buyersare now saving more than £800 a year as the gap between buying and renting has stretched by 8% in the past 12 months, according to new data f rom Halifax.
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First-time buyersare now saving more than £800 a year as the gap between buying and renting has stretched by 8% in the past 12 months, according to new data f rom Halifax.
The UK’s carbon emissions dropped by 15% during the pandemic overall compared to the year before, according to analysis compiled by Lloyds Banking Group in partnership with the Carbon Trust.
Overall business confidence increased by 13 percentage points to 15% in March, according to the Lloyds Bank Business Barometer – the highest level recorded since March 2020 and the start of the pandemic last year.
Business confidence in Scotland rose 15 points during March to -2%, the highest reading since March 2020, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.
The number of UK sectors reporting output growth doubled in February, led by a strong performance from technology equipment manufacturers, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker.
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