Month: April 2016

If those little everyday acts of kindness are what makes your day then good news! You live in the right place!

New research by the Co-Op, reported on by Metro, has found that Bristol is the kindest city in the UK, closely followed by Belfast, Aberdeen and Southampton, with Liverpool, Glasgow and London making up the bottom three.

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Whilst it may not have made national headlines, there was good news for the local region from the March 2016 Budget.

Though it won’t quite pay for our retirements or suddenly mean we can all splash out on overseas holidays, a 50% reduction in a tax is always welcome! In this case, the ‘tax’ is the toll charge on the Severn crossings, which is currently used to pay for the cost of constructing the crossings. In 2018, the cost will have been repaid and the bridges will revert to public ownership.

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