House price growth slows as housing market cools
Reports suggest that last month, average house prices were 8.7% up on a year ago. These prices are, however, expected to settle with stamp duty set to revert to normal.
From October, rates are due to return to normal, which means the point at which homebuyers start paying stamp duty will revert to £125,001.
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Working from home job adverts rise
Reports suggest that before Covid, 1% of recruitment was advertised as remote working, which has now risen to 5% in 2021.
With the pandemic shutting everyone inside, the need to shift to flexible working was necessary. As restrictions eased, many businesses have still implemented flexible working with people work part home/part office.
“Working from home is here to stay, and job seekers are starting to expect flexible working as the norm,” said managing director Matthew Moore of CV-Library.
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UK economy grows for a fifth month as diners rush to cafes and bars
Britain’s economy grew for a fifth month in June as the reopening of indoor hospitality and visits by patients to their GPs helped boost national output by 1%, official data has shown.
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8 in 10 small business owners say they are “more prepared to take risks” post pandemic
Eight in 10 small business owners (83%) say they are “more prepared to take risks” as a result of their experiences during the pandemic, according to a survey by the free small business PR platform, Newspage.
Just 11% of the poll’s 1200 respondents, from a wide range of sectors and located around the UK, said they are “less prepared to take risks” in their capacity as a business owner, while 6% said they were not sure.
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