My partner Chris and I live in a first-floor flat which, while lovely, doesn’t have any outdoor space. So when our neighbour sent us a message out of the blue insisting we use her front garden to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday, I could have kissed her. When things return to normal we must remember … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Equifax scandal shows the dangers of giving Huawei a share of Britain’s 5G network By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 February 2020 Boris Johnson and members of the National Security Council who voted glibly to allow Huawei Technologies a 35 per … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Google must tackle the unscrupulous firms taking advantage of its lax advertising rules By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 09:12 BST, 5 February 2020 Google needs to wake up to the fact that unscrupulous firms are routinely taking advantage of its lax advertising rules. … Read more
The drumbeat for a cut in interest rates is building, with money markets betting on a reduction as soon as January 30 when the Monetary Policy Committee meets. Some 62 per cent of traders have placed deals which point to a quarter of a percentage point cut in the bank rate to 0.5 per cent. This … Read more
John and Irene Hays of Hays Travel stepped up to pick up some of the pieces of the Thomas Cook bust Which of Britain’s business leaders performed as well as they were paid… Those who did: John and Irene Hays, Hays Travel From the wreckage of Thomas Cook’s tragic collapse came at least one good … Read more
Tea and crumpets. Cricket. Constantly talking about the weather. Premium Bonds. All of these are unequivocally British and the last has captured the imagination like no other financial product since launching in the 1950s. When I interviewed Agent Million some seven years ago – the person whose job it is to deliver £1million jackpot news … Read more
Earlier this week I took a trip down memory lane to This is Money as it was a decade ago. Prompted by a conversation in the office, I fired up the Wayback Machine – which lets you go hunting for archived web pages – and hopped back to This is Money circa late July 2009. … Read more
Although I normally have little time for the pontifications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, its latest report on the financial health of this country’s middle class is required reading. It’s pretty grim stuff, certainly not a Lynda La Plante page turner. But at the very least it should provide a wake-up call … Read more