The real deal: Samantha with a gold rose and a 1kg gold bar — worth £36,000 Thousands of tourists pass through Piccadilly Circus in Central London every day — most completely unaware that deep below the street lies millions of pounds’ worth of gold bullion. The shop above the high-security vault, Sharps Pixley, with its … Read more
Bitcoin heads back towards $10,000 a coin milestone ahead of Facebook’s expected entry into cryptocurrency Bitcoin is now at its highest level since last April, trading at around $9,300 This is likely due to investors’ renewed confidence in cryptocurrency Facebook is expected to launch its own cryptocurrency, which experts say has played a large role … Read more
Millions of pensioners will lose their free TV licence next year as BBC axes the perk for those not on pension credit: Are you eligible for the benefit? By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 16 June 2019 Millions of over-75s who are exempt from … Read more
Majestic Wine shares sour as booze seller swings to a loss amid plans to sell off its 200 UK stores Majestic Wine shares sunk by more than 8 per cent this afternoon to £2.90 The wine giant reported a £8.5m full-year loss, down from £8.3m profit last year Boss put the loss down to greater … Read more
A government oversight could potentially be pushing hundreds of Help to Buy homeowners into arrears on their debt without them realising. A flawed system for collecting repayments on their interest-free loans has left early home buyers facing the prospect of unwittingly being behind on payments. It’s now been six years since the flagship scheme was … Read more
‘Buy now, pay later’ firms will be banned from charging backdated interest on already repaid amounts from November, under new rules announced by the financial regulator. A trio of new measures from the Financial Conduct Authority will also give users of pay later services more information about risks and prompt them to repay credit before … Read more
Sainsbury’s and Asda hike prices across hundreds of products as shoppers pay the cost of failed £14bn merger By Hannah Uttley For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 11:08 GMT, 11 June 2019 Sainsbury’s and Asda hiked prices across hundreds of products as their £14billion merger was blocked. The grocers … Read more
Households being ‘misled’ by dual fuel green tariffs as just one in ten eco-friendly deals are from 100% renewable energy sources Just six out of 54 tariffs offered 100% renewable gas and electricity Many tariffs labelled green are therefore misleading customers, report claims Boom in green energy interest thanks to climate change publicity By Grace … Read more
Edinburgh Worldwide investment trust has long had a focus on growth but recently, it has stepped up its search for opportunities to deliver investors even stronger returns. For 16 years the Edinburgh-based fund house Baillie Gifford has been running the £533million investment company, whose strategy is to invest in smaller, high-growth entrepreneurial companies and is measured … Read more
Mark Barnett, MasterCard’s president of the UK, Ireland, Nordics and Baltics Division If the future of the UK increasingly looks cashless, then no one may be better placed to reap the rewards than MasterCard. Look at the bank cards of most of the digital challengers helping change the face of the UK banking and payments … Read more
What is Beehive Savings? It has one of the sweetest easy-access rates on offer at 1.5%, but is my cash safe? By George Nixon For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:51 GMT, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 10:48 GMT, 10 June 2019 I was looking at your savings tables and saw the best easy-access rates are offered by … Read more
I am 60 later this year and as a deferred member of the NHS defined benefit 1995 scheme I am entitled to claim my mandatory 25 per cent lump sum and receive a monthly pension. There is no benefit to delaying taking these sums. I have worked in the private sector for the last 19 … Read more
How DID they let it happen? Now regulators come under fire over crisis engulfing star fund manager Neil Woodward By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 10:11 GMT, 8 June 2019 The City watchdog is under fire for failing to spot warning signs of the growing crisis … Read more