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Go to the BT corporate website and the company says it uses ‘the power of communications to make a better world’. The firm’s 20 million-plus customers and 750,000-plus investors may not agree. Customers, including me, have to put up with disjointed call centre service and ineffectual engineers. Investors, again including me, have seen the shares … Read more
How can you profit from investing in loss-makers? It sounds bonkers, but can actually be highly lucrative. Just ask investors in Amazon, Twitter or Ocado. Taxi hailing app Uber was the latest loss-making firm to motor on to the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, completing one of the most highly anticipated US floats in recent … Read more
The Isa season officially ended with the tax year but the UK’s biggest DIY investment platforms have upped the ante in their bid to win investors’ funds by unveiling new propositions. Interactive Investor has announced the introduction of three subscription plans involving a monthly fee to replace its existing quarterly charging structure from 1 June. … Read more
SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: The £220m Scottish fund… scouring the world for stocks By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:07 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:31 GMT, 15 April 2019 Although you wouldn’t guess from the name, Securities Trust of Scotland is an investment fund that scours the globe for dividend-friendly businesses. … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Egg-free bakery chain Cake Box has a winning formula with turnover set to rise By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:17 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 15 April 2019 Bakery: Cake Box was founded by cousins Sukh Chamdal and Pardip Dass in 2008 One in 20 people … Read more
Simple touch: Morses Club agents use tablets to make form-filling easier Doorstep lenders are a controversial bunch, often criticised for charging too much and harassing late-payers. Their reputation has been further tarnished by high-profile revelations about payday lenders, offering fast bucks online but forcing borrowers to pay extortionate amounts of interest in return. The payday market … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. S.A. writes: I was looking for investments and came across a company called Beside Asset Management. I did some … Read more
The advent of spring is not just a time to enjoy the abundance of flowers, longer days and watching newly-born lambs in the fields. It is also when smart investors can take advantage of new allowances to give investment portfolios a fillip. This is because April marks the start of a new tax year and … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: How an old comic book could fetch more than £18k By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:19 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:19 BST, 14 April 2019 Only one Beano first edition, pictured, with the mask has come up for sale in recent years Every week Toby Walne gives … Read more
With Tiger Roll set to go off as the shortest-priced favourite in the Grand National since Red Rum in 1975, bookmakers will take a bashing if the popular Irish horse scoots home for a second straight year. But they face an even bigger challenge away from the track as legislation comes into force. The maximum … Read more