‘Bounce back’ loan fraudster faces jail after trying to swindle £240,000 from scheme meant for firms

‘Bounce back’ loan fraudster, 38, faces jail after trying to swindle £240,000 from support scheme meant for firms struggling to stay afloat during pandemic Timilehin ‘Yvette’ Olasemo made eight separate claims for £30,000 bank loans She made them on behalf of her employer Essex Cares Ltd who were oblivious  Olasemo, 38, admitted conspiring to commit fraud at … Read more

Will the Biden bounce be a shot in the arm for your savings? 

Frustrated investors jumped for joy this week, as the world’s stock markets leapt more than 5 per cent on the back of the U.S. election and vaccine breakthrough. On Wall Street, stocks returned to record highs, while the heavily-bruised FTSE 100 gained more than £70 billion, giving savers hope things might finally be on the … Read more

Business minister Nadhim Zahawi pledges to ‘stamp out’ bounce back loan fraud

The Business Minister yesterday pledged to ‘stamp out’ bounce back loan fraud after being grilled over the Mail’s expose of conmen exploiting it. Nadhim Zahawi was confronted on live radio after we revealed how scammers were cashing in on lax checks by helping arrange fraudulent loans worth tens of thousands of pounds. LBC presenter Nick … Read more

Rishi ‘bounce back’ fraudsters caught red-handed

Two fraudsters operating out of a south London office block are swindling the taxpayer by arranging fake bounce back loans worth tens of thousands of pounds a time, the Daily Mail reveals today.  Our undercover investigation shows the business consultants brazenly helping clients claim the sham loans worth up to £50,000 each.  With a Covid-19 … Read more

Banks block £1BILLION of fraudulent applications for Rishi’s £40bn ‘bounce back’ Covid loan scheme

Banks block £1BILLION of fraudulent applications for government’s £40billion ‘bounce back’ coronavirus support scheme for businesses as ministers are warned that up to 60 per cent of loans may NEVER be paid back Almost 27,000 dubious applications to Bounce Back Loan Scheme were blocked  It raises questions about how many fraudulent claims were able to … Read more

McLaren on track for float if it can bounce back from the virus slump

McLaren still on track for stock market listing: Supercar maker says it needs to bounce back from the virus slump By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 23 September 2020 Supercar maker McLaren is mulling plans to float on the stock market in 2022 if … Read more

Lloyds bank rapped over Bounce Back loans scheme

Lloyds bank rapped for forcing small businesses desperate for Covid loans to open fee-paying business accounts By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 Lloyds Bank has been given a slap on the wrist for forcing small businesses who were desperate for an … Read more

Rail companies slash one in ten services as passenger numbers struggle to bounce back after lockdown

Rail companies will slash one in ten services as passenger numbers struggle to bounce back after lockdown Some trains on hourly services will now be cut to running every two hours  Operators are focusing their resources on commuter and school services  Sundays will be hardest hit, operating at 76 per cent of the normal timetable  … Read more

Brooke Vincent admits she was stunned that her body didn’t bounce back after pregnancy

‘You just presume your stomach will go down’: Brooke Vincent admits she was stunned that her body didn’t bounce back after giving birth to son Mexx By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 15:17 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 15:18 BST, 31 August 2020  Brooke Vincent has confessed she was shocked when she did not … Read more

NYC taxi driver shares story of why city will bounce back, in response to Jerry Seinfeld op-ed

A cab driver’s heartwarming words about the magic of New York City have gone viral after her commented on Jerry Seinfeld’s op-ed defending the city against claims that it’s ‘dead.’ Earlier this month, NYC comedy club owner James Altucher wrote a viral LinkedIn newsletter complaining that the city that never sleeps is ‘completely dead’ due to the pandemic … Read more