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Bargain hunting investors have a wealth of choice as the Covid-19 crisis disrupted many industries and economies which remain overlooked – and therefore cheap – despite the vaccine relief rally. With an end to the pandemic hopefully just a matter of time now, global financial markets look set to boom while the optimistic vaccine news … Read more
With news of three viable vaccines spreading hope for an end to the pandemic, holidaymakers starved of overseas travel will be eyeing up trips in 2021. In fact, a third of people are planning to treat themselves to a better foreign holiday in 2021 after missing out on their annual break this year, according to … Read more
Some of the honey on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarkets may have been adulterated with cheap sugar syrups, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Tests conducted on own-brand honeys from Co-op, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda suggest they have been bulked out with cheap syrups made from rice and corn – without the retailers’ knowledge. … Read more
Sir Philip Green’s retail empire has been ‘taking tens of millions in government handouts while making staff redundant on the cheap using furlough scheme’ Arcadia made 300 staff redundant and paid then reduced rates, reports say The company, which owns Topshop, accepted millions to pay furloughed staff Staff at Arcadia Group were told by an … Read more
Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays. Official figures analysed by Cancer Research UK reveal that people are dying from melanoma skin cancer at 2.5 times the rate they were in the 1970s. Almost nine in ten cases … Read more
Mortgage rates may be about to get more expensive despite unprecedented measures from the Bank of England designed to keep them low. Brokers say a ‘perfect storm’ of issues indicate that mortgage rates, which are currently still at historical lows, may soon rise as the coronavirus lockdown ravages many households’ finances. At the same time, … Read more
Purple Bricks looks to abandon cheap fixed fees and start charging estate agency fees from autumn Online estate agent Purple Bricks could change its flat fee pricing structure The agent announced plans for a pilot to test a ‘hybrid system’ in the autumn Planned pilot was set to launch in Spring but was delayed by … Read more
When it comes to the travel industry, it feels like everything’s a gamble – from booking a holiday in what might be the next quarantine hotspot to investing in an airline that may or may not go bankrupt at any moment. If you’re willing to take a chance on booking a two-week break in Alicante, … Read more
Home insurance is an everyday essential, protecting your property and the things you own in case household disaster strikes. Many people, however, simply fall into the trap of renewing home insurance policies year-in, year-out and see their policy premiums steadily climb – missing out on the cost savings of shopping around. They often also fail … Read more
A woman who was unhappy that her ‘well-off’ fiancé bought a ‘cheap,’ poorly-made engagement ring soon found out that their troubles ran much deeper — and that he purchased the lackluster jewelry on purpose because he was having an affair and wanted an easy way out. The anonymous woman shared her rollercoaster of a story … Read more