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We look at post-Covid work habits, a return to normal in residential housing marketplaces, how the retail business is recuperating from the epidemic Economics on a Global Scale The ongoing growth of the Delta variant of Covid-19, as well as operational problems, is slowing economic expansion in major economies. Other new variants, such as the one found in South Africa, could be even more dangerous.  Parts, equipment, and labor shortages, as well as inefficient and difficult shipping, are causing concern about inflation. We assume that any increase will be temporary, and that financial institutions will not be pushed to raise

Second-home buyers and buy-to-let investors will potentially save thousands of pounds due to the stamp duty holiday. All property buyers benefit from the tax break announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the summer of 2020, which was recently extended and tapered until September 2021. This means that those buying additional properties, such as a second home or as an investment, only pay the tax at a rate of three percentage points on the first £500,000 of a property’s price. Outside the holiday, these buyers would pay this surcharge on the first £125,000, after that they were charged 5pc on the