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London leads UK with nine out of ten areas for house price growth over a decade. The property market may have faltered during the pandemic but it seems London is still highly sought after and has seen the biggest jump in house prices over the last decade. According to a study by A Plan insurance, nine out of the 10 locations which have seen the biggest jump in house prices are in London. And some surprising locations have made the list. Waltham Forest has seen the biggest jump where pr...

More than £400,000 in funding set to be used to make two areas of Reading safer will ‘reduce the risk of crime’ so that police officers can stop ‘chasing around after criminals.’ That’s the hope of Matthew Barber, Thames Valley’s Police and Crime Commissioner, who announced the government grant earlier this month. The money will be used to reduce burglary, robbery and theft in the Oxford Road and Coley areas. It will be spent on providing sup...

Dull weather has hit the UK, breaking a long stretch of warmer days across the nation. The Met Office has issued weather warnings for almost all of England over the next four days with thunderstorms and flooding expected in some parts. Storms began to build across the English Channel on Wednesday afternoon and reached the southern coast of England at around 7pm. It brings to an end days of sunshine in which the public has revelled, with thousands flocking to parks and beaches to soa...

"Homeowners in Manchester have a golden opportunity to move to a new property before the stamp duty holiday ends in September" The demand for family homes - including two and three-bedroom houses - has ‘skyrocketed’ following the return of children to school post-lockdown. Buyer demand for family homes across Greater Manchester has risen sharply since pupils returned to the classroom in March, with parents having more time to research, according to property search site Zoopl...

搵工除了在香港，大灣區也許是另一種選擇。中國工商銀行(亞洲)有限公司請大灣區見習主任(銀行業務)，主要協助處理與運營及業務等相關的工作，月薪達20000元，職位對學歷的需求是大學畢業。職位有年假18天、醫療福利及在職培訓。工作時間為星期一至五，上午8時半至下午6時，每週工作5天，每天工作8小時。職位是大灣區青年就業計劃下的空缺。持有香港或香港以外的大學/大專院校在2019年至2021年頒發的學士或以上學位，可合法在港受僱工作的香港居民可申請該職位空缺。 文章來源：https://inews.hket.com/ (2021年6月8日） 以上資料僅供參考。世紀21奇豐國際沒有就該等資料的準確性或完整性，或在任何特定情況下使用的合適性作出任何明示或隱含的保證，亦無須對與該等資料或本網站有關的任何原故而引致的任何損失或損害負上責任。如有需要，請向相關部門或機構。 ...

The UK is woefully unprepared to deal with changes occurring to the climate, government advisers say. A report by the independent Climate Change Committee predicts warming will hit the UK harder than first thought. It warns of more severe heatwaves, especially in big cities, and more intense rainfall, with an increased flood risk across most of the UK. It says homes, infrastructure and services must be made resilient to floods, heat and humid nights. The authors of the report on a...

A Gordon Ramsay burger restaurant is coming to Reading, with a licence application showing plans to open the chain at The Oracle. Gordon Ramsay Street Burger first launched in London in December 2020 and is now set to come to Reading’s town centre. The burger restaurant will replace Giraffe, which closed in 2019. Union Street Café Ltd applied on June 8 to Reading Borough Council (RBC) for a premises licence for Gordon Ramsay Street Burger at Unit R17B Riverside Level, The ...

近期內地廣州深圳也有錄得新增新冠病毒確診個案，而內地保險暫時未有包括疫苗接種後遺症保障，香港有不少保險公司在澳門有分行，大灣區居民十分容易投保。投保人士若擔心染上新冠病毒需要入院治療，當然投保人需要入住澳門及香港醫院才獲得保障。內地投保人士偏好香港保障計劃，除因保障範圍廣泛外，也有其他貨幣選擇以方便資產配置。早前也有保險公司推出大灣區保險，保障額達到千萬元，相信大灣區愈來愈融合，推出大灣區保險種類應愈是多樣化。 橫琴人壽備「AB餐」 B款保障包8種指定疾病 香港保險公司如AIG、中銀集團也有大灣區保障計劃，而內地保險公司則有橫琴人壽、太平洋人壽、新華人壽及中人壽推出大灣區嚴重疾病保險，以迎合港人移居大灣區的需要。以橫琴人壽推出「橫琴粵港澳大灣區重大疾病保險（A/B款）」為例，兩個保障計劃的差異比較大，A款只是保障種類為28種，而B款保障疾病種類可達100種，並有中症（介乎輕症與重症之間）保障，故A款比B款少了重疾額外賠付、中症保障、特定疾病保險金以及老年疾病保險金。 因為保障內容不同，所以橫琴粵港澳大灣區A款每年的保費價格要比B款的低。另B款保障8種指定疾病，其中...