Dealer’s claims are as surreal as art I bought: TONY HETHERINGTON sounds the alarm over Smith & Partner Ltd yet again as complaints flood in By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 15 April 2023 | Updated: 11:49 BST, 16 April 2023 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting … Read more
State pension rates will increase from Monday 10 April The state pension will be hiked 10.1 per cent starting next Monday, the biggest increase in its history as many pensioners struggle to meet essential bills in a time of double-digit inflation. The full flat rate will jump to £203.85 a week or £10,600 a year, … Read more
Clampdown on loophole forcing up the price of driving tests after some learners had to pay £200 – three times the normal price Tests were banned during pandemic, which led to a backlog of almost 500,000 By Daniel Jones Consumer Affairs Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 9 April 2023 | Updated: … Read more
All credit to Archie Norman, chairman of Marks & Spencer, who has launched a campaign to promote shareholder democracy, says RUTH SUNDERLAND Some of Norman’s proposals will be provocative His most eye-catching is to allow companies to hold digital meetings Digital innovation ought to be harnessed to break down communication barriers By Ruth Sunderland for … Read more
Two major British banks have announced they are closing another 80 branches this year in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered High Street which has seen over 500 banks shuttered in a decade. Lloyds Banking Group and Natwest today announced the closures as a raft of other financial institutions shut their doors on local sites. At … Read more
Wacky races! Adrenaline junkies get behind the wheels of their goofy homemade go-karts for Soapbox Derby’s 70th anniversary race (and some are left with cuts and bruises too) By Olivia Jones Published: 01:52 BST, 3 April 2023 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 3 April 2023 Share or comment on this article: Some links in this article … Read more
I got a £5,000 pay rise last summer which took my salary from £105,000 to £110,000 per year. However, my income puts me in the position where my personal allowance is being removed, meaning that I am effectively paying 60 per cent tax on that pay rise. This seems extremely unfair considering the top rate … Read more
Furious shoppers have condemned Tesco for slashing their Clubcard reward vouchers’ value again as they protest about ‘spending more but getting less’. The supermarket giant has announced this week that it is reducing the value of Clubcard vouchers that are spent with its Reward Partners for the second time in five years. As part of … Read more
There is little more disconcerting than news of bank runs, government bailouts and plunging bank share prices – all of which we saw last week. Silicon Valley Bank in the US collapsed and HSBC had to bail out its UK arm. Then troubled banking giant Credit Suisse announced it had secured a £45 billion lifeline … Read more
Pressure mounting on Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson after he is slammed by MPs and regulators By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 March 2023 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 March 2023 The future of Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is in doubt after he was criticised by MPs and regulators. … Read more
A furious driver says he is prepared to pay thousands to fight a £100 parking charge he was slapped with after staying in a retail park for ‘just half an hour’. Lawrence Carnie, 58, has been on a nine-month crusade after he was handed the fine for a ’22-hour’ stay at a car park in … Read more
Mortgage rates have risen sharply over the past six months, leaving over a million homeowners facing higher monthly payments this year when their existing fixed deal comes to an end. For those with substantial savings in the bank, an offset mortgage could be one way to reduce those costs. We take look at how this … Read more
De-ice your windscreen in SECONDS thanks to this amazing trick using a common kitchen staple that you can buy at Asda for just 16p Drivers across the UK have been dealing with frozen windscreens in recent days This clever hack which costs next to nothing will clear your windows instantly By Ffion Haf Published: 10:28 … Read more