Games Workshop shares leap as the Dwarfs, Orcs and Elves retailer says its profits are set to surge Retailer expects sales for the six months to December to be at least £140m Nottingham-headquartered firm said profits for the period will be at least £55m Shares climbed 17 per cent to 5267p following the update on Friday … Read more
HMRC pays back £535m wrongly claimed on pension withdrawals as it overtaxed pensioners at record rate Pensioners have been clobbered with a huge bill after being overcharged In the three months to September 30, HMRC had to repay £54m It had applied ’emergency tax’ to pension withdrawals By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 23:31 … Read more
Crackdown on clock-watching private parking firms: Rogue companies could be forced to give a 10-minute grace period to drivers before hitting them with charges of up to £100 Rules demanding a 10-minute grace period to be part of a new Code of Practice This is designed to cut the unscrupulous practices of private parking firms … Read more
Renters renewing tenancies handed rebates thanks to government ban on high deposits… with one totalling £3,385 Cap on tenancy deposits sees an average £320 returned to overpaying renters This follows government legislation which in June banned rip off tenancy fees Deposits are now capped to five weeks’ rent or six weeks’ for rent over £50,000 By … Read more
BARING EMERGING EUROPE: Russia can offer more than just its oil, if this trust is anything to go by By Sally Hamilton, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 2 November 2019 | Updated: 09:59 BST, 4 November 2019 When investors think about money-making opportunities in Russia they usually think about oil and oil alone. … Read more
For many car buyers, having a vehicle with a large boot is one of the biggest priorities. If you have a number of small children and need to transport pushchairs and buggies in the back or use your car for business purposes and have lots of kit to carry, the boot capacity figure is one … Read more
Hundreds of bereaved families could be forced to unravel estates wound up years ago after Lloyds Banking Group discovered a vast trove of old wills it could not match to customers. Lloyds confirmed the massive storage blunder, revealed by the Financial Times, which has left it scrambling to reunite about 9,000 families with loved ones’ … Read more
I bought an iPad from John Lewis in September 2017. I started having problems, so they suggested I send it back. Three weeks later, a reconditioned iPad was returned to me. In the past three years, I have had three reconditioned iPads — always with problems. With the latest one, I am having to charge … Read more
When was the last time that you received an email from Amazon warning you about fraud? Scouring my inbox, I can see an alarming number of delivery notifications for books and films — but not a single fraud alert. Yet, as we have revealed, scammers are clearly targeting Amazon on an industrial scale. As the … Read more
‘€60k was fanned on the bed…’: Ex-footballer talks match fixing, his regrets and why the FA helped when he came out of jail on the This is Moneyball podcast By This Is Money Published: 10:27 BST, 29 October 2019 | Updated: 10:27 BST, 29 October 2019 Match-fixing in sport. It is a subject that makes … Read more
Mortgage prisoners may finally be able to switch to a better deal after the City watchdog relaxes its rules By Sarah Davidson For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:06 BST, 28 October 2019 | Updated: 16:06 BST, 28 October 2019 Mortgage prisoners locked into expensive rates have been offered a potential lifeline after the financial watchdog relaxed its … Read more
Boohoo hopes for boost from Cara Delevingne’s new line for their Nasty Gal label By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 25 October 2019 | Updated: 23:56 BST, 25 October 2019 Nasty Gal has launched a collection with Cara Delevingne this week. And retail experts hoped the supermodel’s 44million Instagram … Read more
Savers aged over 50 will start to be sent newly-revamped and shortened ‘wake-up packs’ about their pensions from next Friday. Documents just a few pages in length will tell savers the current size of their pot, indicate the income it might generate in retirement, what they are being charged, how the pension is invested, and … Read more