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Fast fashion websites face stricter ‘buy now, pay later’ rules to protect young shoppers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:54 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 2 February 2021 Boohoo and Asos were in the spotlight after the financial regulator vowed to crack down on buy now pay later providers. … Read more
Borrowers of Britain’s booming £2.7billion ‘buy now, pay later’ industry will soon be able to complain to the Financial Ombudsman Service after it was announced lenders would be regulated under new government plans. It comes as regulators warn there was an ‘urgent need’ to protect shoppers from ‘a number of potential harms’, including the possibility … Read more
Buy now, pay later schemes will face tighter regulation from the City watchdog to stop millions of young shoppers racking up huge hidden debts. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today said bringing the sector under stricter control was a ‘matter of urgency’ after a review of the unsecured credit market found the scheme could ’cause harm … Read more
Inside the Lyon’s den! Cricketer Nathan Lyon and his partner Emma McCarthy buy a $3.8million townhouse in western Sydney amid rumours they’re secretly engaged By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:58 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 05:58 GMT, 2 February 2021 Cricketer Nathan Lyons is rumoured to be engaged to glamorous real … Read more
Premier League footballers, YouTubers and pop stars are battling it out to buy TikTok’s most-viewed house for £1.25million. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Orpington, Bromley – dubbed the ‘footballer’s mansion’ by owner Tommy McNally – is any sports lover’s dream with its own indoor pitch featuring a ‘pinball style’ target system, as well as a cinema … Read more
Sarah Michelle Gellar masks up to buy fresh produce from the Brentwood farmer’s market By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 22:40 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 31 January 2021 Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar loaded up on fresh produce and other goodies at the farmer’s market in Los Angeles’ … Read more
Over the years, she’s become as renowned for her glamorous, eclectic and oftentimes outrageous wardrobe as she has her string of infectious pop hits. But self-confessed ‘shopping addict’ Katy Perry has now announced plans to quell her passion for fashion in a bid to help save the environment. Speaking on Instagram Live, the star, 36, … Read more
Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more
Two friends have spent lockdown converting two clapped-out ambulances into mobile homes complete with showers, double beds, and kitchens so they can go travelling around Britain together after Covid. Amy Boughton, 25, and James Jackson, 32, bought the vehicles on eBay from the Boston Ambulance Service in Lincolnshire with the idea of doing them up … Read more
Welsh police threatened to fine customers who went to a farm shop to buy their milk, telling them they should get it from a supermarket instead. Officers turned people away from a milk vending machine set up in Berthengam, near Holywell in Flintshire, Wales, after a dairy farm noticed supermarkets struggled to meet the demand for … Read more