Pension victims pay thousands to firm hired to rescue their cash 

Huge hit: David Rhodes was charged £90,000 to rescue his £157,000 pension from fraudsters Pension scam victims have lost millions of pounds more to the government-appointed trustees hired to get their money back. The Mail previously revealed how tens of thousands of savers had lost up to £10 billion in rogue schemes that looked safe because … Read more

Grenfell insulation firm boss told his staff to let concerns about their product ‘gather dust’

Grenfell insulation firm boss told his staff to let concerns about their product ‘gather dust’, public inquiry hears as executives from cladding company prepare to face questions Manager who sold Grenfell cladding panels will be questioned at public inquiry  Inquiry is examining how products were supplied and fitted on the London tower West London tower … Read more

Oxford Uni’s Wykeham chair is renamed Tencent-Wykeham after a China firm ‘with links to spy agency’ 

Oxford University is to rename a prestigious professorship of physics after a Chinese software company accused of close links with the Communist regime’s intelligence services in return for a £700,000 donation, the Daily Mail has learned. The Wykeham chair of physics, which was established in 1900 and comes with a fellowship at 14th-century New College, … Read more

Mother claim catering firm sent them mouldy vegetables in free school meals box

The catering firm at the centre of the free school meals scandal has been slammed by two mothers who claim they were sent boxes containing mould-covered vegetables and rotten fruit. Chartwells came under attack last month after campaigning footballer Marcus Rashford shared a picture of a paltry food parcel sent to parents of children on free … Read more

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review calling them ‘a total waste of money’ and a ‘scam’ in row over £200 Philip James Waymouth slammed Summerfield Browne in a furious online post  The law firm sued him and claimed his comments were untrue and defamatory   Waymouth didn’t appear at … Read more

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review calling them ‘a total waste of money’ and a ‘scam’ in row over £200 Philip James Waymouth slammed Summerfield Browne in a furious online post  The law firm sued him and claimed his comments were untrue and defamatory   Waymouth didn’t appear at … Read more

Aggreko latest British firm to be targeted by private equity

Generator firm Aggreko becomes latest British firm to be targeted by private equity By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 February 2021 Aggreko has become the latest British firm to be targeted by private equity. The generator firm has received a £2.25billion approach from … Read more

Manchester: Food firm boss, 45, avoids jail for hurling axe at windscreen in furious road rage row

This is the shocking moment a driver smashed a car bonnet with an axe during a furious road rage row on a one-way street. Company director Marchillo Satt, 45 has avoided jail after initially hurling his axe at a windscreen during an argument a judge branded ‘worthy of a TV sitcom’.  Footage posted online shows … Read more

Barratt becomes first construction firm to call for levy to bail out victims of cladding scandal 

Cladding victims hailed a major breakthrough last night – after Barratt became the first housebuilder to back calls for a developer levy to help pay for the crisis. The construction giant acknowledged that the industry had a ‘collective responsibility’ to cover the costs of the scandal, which has left leaseholders facing average bills of £40,000 … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Gary Lineker’s little brother calls time on bar firm over £100k debt

Having trousered millions from licence fee payers over the years, couldn’t BBC star Gary Lineker lend his younger brother a few quid to settle his bills? I hear Wayne Lineker has put one of his bar businesses into administration £100,000 in debt. Duane International Ltd owes employees £9,530 in unpaid wages, with the rest owed … Read more