Virgin Money last week announced its Greener Mortgages for borrowers buying eco-friendly new-build houses, while Nationwide offers cashback to energy-efficient homeowners.
Investors needn t panic over inflation but dividends offer protection
Inflation is the topic du jour in global markets and investing. Will it overshoot or won’t it? Will it persist or won’t it? What will central banks do (or not do) about it?
The latest evidence came from the eurozone this week, where figures showed inflation rose sharply in May to 2 per cent - just above the European Central Bank s target. Prices were pushed higher by a very strong rise in energy prices from a year ago and put inflation at its highest level since October 2018.
The proportion of UK workforce on furlough leave fell to 8.1% in mid-May 2021.
Tullow Oil said chairman Dorothy Thompson is stepping down at the end of the summer after nearly three years in the role.
One of only a handful of women chairing a London-listed company, she said it was the right time after Tullow last month emerged from a financial overhaul with a £1.27billion bond and a new business plan under chief executive Rahul Dhir.
On the move: Dorothy Thompson is one of only a handful of women chairing a London-listed company
Thompson, 60, was the chief executive of power company Drax Group before joining Tullow in 2018.
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Loyal: Steve Rowe joined M&S in Croydon in 1983 and became chief executive in 2016
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