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As the colder weather draws in, and the heating goes on, now’s the time to make sure you are not paying over the odds for your gas and electricity. To boot, typically the end of January sees many of the previous year’s fixed-rate deals come to an end. Those who fail to switch are automatically … Read more
Ministers fired a warning shot at banks this week as the top six lenders stand accused of failing to help mortgage prisoners switch to a better deal. In an open letter Treasury ministers urged banks to move quickly to help mortgage prisoners following some four months of inaction from lenders. The UK’s financial watchdog introduced … Read more
DIRECTOR DEALS: Fever-Tree non-exec director Kevin Havelock spends £300,000 on 21,600 shares By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 Fever-Tree non-executive director Kevin Havelock has spent £300,000 on 21,600 shares in the tonic drink maker. Havelock, 62, spent an average of 1483p … Read more
The second profit warning in three months walloped shares in building materials supplier SIG and wiped around £150million off the company’s value. The Sheffield-based roofing and insulation seller has been hit hard by a drop-off in new construction projects in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany. It now expects profit for 2019 to come … Read more
Credit card deals worsen amid regulator clamp down on UK households’ spiralling debts By Laura Shannon For The Mail On Sunday Published: 10:13 BST, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 10:13 BST, 25 August 2019 Credit card deals are significantly poorer compared to this time last year as the financial regulator prepares to clamp down on … Read more
Telecoms firms pledge to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up to new guidelines By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 5 June 2019 The UK’s biggest telecoms firms have promised to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up … Read more
DEALS OF THE WEEK: Bag a £10 Pizza Express voucher, a three-day gym pass and £35 Eurostar ticket to Amsterdam By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:16 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:33 BST, 14 April 2019 Deals: Bag a £10 Pizza Express voucher with orders over £100 at retailer Dunelm BAG … Read more
Top rates on simple easy-access deals accounts are vanishing as the accounts become more popular By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 23:22 BST, 9 April 2019 | Updated: 09:23 BST, 10 April 2019 Savers paid £5.4 billion into easy-access accounts in the first two months of 2019 Simple easy-access accounts paying top rates … Read more
Hotels make big profits on Fridays and Saturdays, when their rates shoot up by around 30 per cent (or even more). Book on a Sunday, usually the quietest night of the week, or go for a midweek break, and you can save a bundle. And check out any seasonal deals, which may be hidden away … Read more