Entering the ring: London-based DAZN will screen Anthony Joshua’s fights in America Billionaire Warner Music owner Len Blavatnik is plotting a blockbuster London stock market flotation of his broadcasting service, dubbed the ‘Netflix of sport’. Hammersmith-based DAZN, which was acquired by Blavatnik’s Access Industries in 2014, is understood to be drawing up options, including a … Read more
STOCK MARKET WATCHLIST: Life after Sir Martin Sorrell sees WPP seek buyer for its £3bn market research firm Kantar By Edited By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:13 GMT, 15 April 2019 WPP’s post-Sorrell clear-out kicks off in earnest this week. The advertising giant … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Egg-free bakery chain Cake Box has a winning formula with turnover set to rise By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:17 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 15 April 2019 Bakery: Cake Box was founded by cousins Sukh Chamdal and Pardip Dass in 2008 One in 20 people … Read more
Simple touch: Morses Club agents use tablets to make form-filling easier Doorstep lenders are a controversial bunch, often criticised for charging too much and harassing late-payers. Their reputation has been further tarnished by high-profile revelations about payday lenders, offering fast bucks online but forcing borrowers to pay extortionate amounts of interest in return. The payday market … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. S.A. writes: I was looking for investments and came across a company called Beside Asset Management. I did some … Read more
Chef: Sophie Faldo was the winner of TV show, the Great British Bake Off, in 2017 Sophie Faldo, winner of Great British Bake Off in 2017, expects that she will never earn enough to be able to buy her own home. The 35-year-old former soldier, who served in Afghanistan in her 20s, currently rents a … Read more
How ‘split-ticketing’ can slice up to 30% off your rail fare – and there are websites out there to help you There are a number of fare splitting websites that will work out any saving These include Split Your Ticket, TrainSplit or SplitMyFare Alternatively, you might try to do the cost-saving exercise yourself By Toby … Read more
Mastercard bans a conversion con on its prepaid cards which strips millions of pounds a year from British travellers Tourists are routinely offered a chance to pay in their ‘home’ currency This process is called ‘dynamic currency conversion’ Such conversion rates are expensive, as the Mail on Sunday warned last week By Laura Shannon, Financial … Read more
MPs plan a revolt against rules that hit the pensions of older British citizens living abroad The Government groups certain policies within a single legal bundle It means pensions are stuck at rates that applied when people left the UK Anne Puckridge moved to Canada in 2001 to be near her daughter and her pension … Read more
Consumer experts are calling for a ban on ‘dual pricing’ in the insurance market to end widespread discrimination against loyal customers. They call recent initiatives by a handful of insurance giants aimed at improving the lot of long-standing customers as ‘gimmicks’ that do not go far enough. Andrew Hagger, of financial consultancy MoneyComms, says: ‘Recent … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: End this attack on the finances of the nation’s middle classes By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:15 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:38 GMT, 14 April 2019 Although I normally have little time for the pontifications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, its latest report on … Read more
All too easy: The banks are relentlessly pursuing an agenda to take us away from using cash but it doesn’t work for everyone Slowly but surely, like a Number 9 bus, we are moving towards a cashless society where plastic and payment apps rule. Move over bank and building society branches run by tellers with friendly … Read more
‘The only banks left in Hebden Bridge are grass ones down by the river’: The communities in fear of being pushed towards a cashless society Hebden Bridge is a busy market town – but it has no banks Lloyds closed earlier this year at the same time ripping out the last cash machine Banks claim … Read more