Happy to wait for access to your savings? Take notice of these accounts paying up to 1.81% Fixed-rate bonds have been slashed while easy access accounts pay 1.5% at most There is a decent middle ground in the form of a notice account In return for requiring you to let the bank know in advance … Read more
A poll of electric-car drivers has named the top 10 UK public charge-point operators rated highest for customer satisfaction. Some 1,600 plug-in car users were asked to give a satisfaction score out of 100 for the 26 network operators currently available across the country. Tesla came out on top for its Supercharger network, though this … Read more
Almost 2,000 more first-time buyers get on the property ladder each month, as they take advantage of cheaper homes, generous mortgages and stamp duty cut First-time buyer numbers jump by 5.8 per cent compared to last year July saw a year-high in the amount lent to people buying their first homes Fewer homeowners are remortgaging than … Read more
Young drivers’ cars should be fitted with cameras and the footage of their behaviour behind the wheel shared with their parents in a bid to cut accident rates, a new road safety report said. Studies in America have found that a combined use of dash cams and ‘accelerometers’ – which record the high G-forces created … Read more
I’ve been flying the flag on the continent behind the wheel of British supercar-maker McLaren’s powerful new long-legged and refined 203mph GT grand tourer. And before I even pressed the accelerator, I was bowled over by the gorgeous, aerodynamic lines that are elegantly sophisticated rather than shouty and beautiful rather than brash. Nevertheless with its … Read more
SUNDAY NEWSPAPER SHARE TIPS: Filta, Arrow Global and Inchcape By This Is Money Reporter Published: 16:24 GMT, 15 September 2019 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 15 September 2019 We round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. This week, Midas looks at fryer cleaner firm Filta, the Sunday Times assesses the prospects of Arrow Global, and the … Read more
Five out of the six High Street banks allow customers to bank cheques made out to their middle names By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 10 September 2019 | Updated: 09:13 GMT, 11 September 2019 Current account holders can still bank cheques made out to their middle names in five out … Read more
Freakish fail? Santander ditches its Money Monsters digital money boxes designed to educate kids Santander’s £30 cashless piggy bank was meant for 123 Mini Account holders Monsters were meant to teach kids about banking without apps or the internet Bank claims initiative was a trial and that it kept sign ups to a small number … Read more
Investors in a £7.5million failed mini-bond scheme are celebrating the end of a four-year struggle to get some of their money back, with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme paying out on hundreds of claims. A total of 937 investors poured savings into Secured Energy Bonds, which launched in 2013 and went sour in January 2015 … Read more
I took out an American Express Gold card to collect reward points but I’ve struggled to use it, why is that? By George Nixon For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:58 GMT, 10 September 2019 | Updated: 07:58 GMT, 10 September 2019 I have taken out an American Express Gold credit card to help boost my Avios points … Read more
A Tui customer had to alter her holiday plans after finding out the hotel she was due to stay at has been described as having suffered from a sickness outbreak. Barbara Marriott, 56, was due to fly to the Playa Flamingo Beach Resort in Lanzarote at the end of August with her husband and daughter. … Read more
Earlier this week, Bugatti announced it had smashed through the 300mph barrier in a road car – the first time any manufacturer has officially accomplished the feat in a type-approved model that can legally be used on the street. Its modified and tuned £4.2million Chiron Supersport 300+ hypercar – with Briton Andy Wallace at the … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Time for savers to shop around… National Savings & Investments has let us down By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 7 September 2019 | Updated: 14:01 GMT, 8 September 2019 National Savings & Investments is one of the country’s most trusted financial brands, but it doesn’t mean the … Read more