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Emergency Calls UK

Posted on April 1, 2021April 19, 2022 by Daniel Kobale

DIDcomms now provides access to 999/112 public emergency call services to VOIP customers within England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is possible that these services may become unavailable as a result of things over which we have no control over, for example, the failure of your internet service provider (ISP) or internet connection. In such circumstances, all serv...
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UK parliament suspended amid Brexit chaos. Bedtime browsing? It’s a thing, and more top news

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

UK parliament has been suspended until 14 October after prime minister Boris Johnson was once again denied a pre-Brexit election. Johnson told a raucous parliament, that he was committed to taking the UK out of the EU at the end of October. MPs will return for a Queen’s Speech in mid-October. Commons Speaker and MP John Bercow announced that he will stand down at the next election or on 31 October...
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£1bn cash pot for 50 high streets, Bank of mum and dad is going bust helping homebuyers, and more top news

Posted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Fifty towns in England will be given a share of £1bn to tackle the high street crisis that has left one in 10 shops in UK town centres lying empty. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) declared an additional £325m in funding to the £675m High Street Fund announced by then chancellor Philip Hammond last year. The money could be used by towns — including Blackpool. Scar...
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Theresa May Promises £1B Fund For Post-Brexit Britain

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Northern towns are set to be given a large portion of a £1 billion post-Brexit fund, to help communities in need. The funds will be spread over the next seven years to supplement the work of council. According to the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the North West will receive the biggest boost. Meanwhile, the South East, including councils like Essex, Suffolk and No...
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The Bank of England has left interest rates on hold at 0.5%

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Daniel Kobale

The move follows a slowdown in economic growth at the start of the year and indicates the bank doesn’t think the economy is yet strong enough to handle higher interest rates, The Guardian reports. Back in November, the bank raised rates from 0.25% to 0.5% – the first increase for a decade. The majority of economists polled by Reuters said they don't think the bank will raise rates until August.
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Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU

Posted on July 26, 2016June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

What does Brexit mean? It is a word that has become used as a shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU - merging the words Britain and exit to get Brexit, in a same way as a Greek exit from the EU was dubbed Grexit in the past. Why is Britain leaving the European Union? A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June, ...
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No Mr. Soros, Brexit Will Not be a Black Friday for the British Pound

Posted on June 26, 2016April 20, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

George Soros says the British pound is at risk of another 'Black Wednesday' event should the UK vote to Leave the European Union on June the 22nd. We disagree! George Soros, the man who once ‘broke the pound’ is back in the headlines with warnings that the British pound would suffer a cataclysmic decline, similar to Black Wednesday of 1992, should the UK vote to exit the EU. Soros has told The...
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