It would seem that the pension freedoms introduced last year are making it increasingly easier for unregulated investment schemes to target the over 55s. It is reported that, since the new rules were announced, nearly 5 million people over the age of 55 have paid into unregulated investment schemes that are basically doomed to fail. […]
New figures from the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and Get Safe Online show that incidents of online ticket fraud rose by 55% in 2015, costing the UK public £5.2 million. According to actual reported crimes between November 2014 and October 2015, major sporting events such as the Rugby World Cup […]
As I am sure we are all aware, Google are notoriously bad at paying their taxes! In fact, in 2014 they paid France just 5 million Euros in tax from their 225.4 million Euro revenue. Something doesn’t quite add up there! Well, France are not taking it, and are turning up the heat in the […]
It has been reported recently that it will become much easier to switch such things as your mortgage to alternative providers than is currently the case. You will all have struggled to switch providers in the past, and not necessarily your mortgage provider – just attempting to switch your TV package becomes a battle of […]
New analysis has the answer A look back over 10 years reveals the markets where human fund managers are most likely to earn their keep British savers had a 50:50 chance of picking an “active” fund that managed to beat simple automated rivals over the past decade, research for Money Telegraph has established. The study, […]
The answer is when it is not yours to give! You may have seen the article in the Telegraph last month, about Ebenezer Aregbesola who, in 2007, used Barclays £90 Will-writing service. In the Will he left his half of his home to his daughter Tinuola, with his wife (not Tinuola’s mother) owning the balance. […]
