The pandemic taught us many things, but some of them are already slipping away. The Covid-19 pandemic is now beginning to fade from the collective consciousness, despite the best efforts of the Omicron variants to snare those who had previously avoided the virus. It is understandable that we do not want to linger on that […]
Action Fraud is urging the public to be aware of scam emails claiming to be from Ofgem as the cost of living crisis continues. Energy prices are set to increase on 1 October 2022 and in the last two weeks, more than 1,500 reports have been made to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) about […]
Ruth Fowler: Despite a career in banking – I was a freelance IT consultant – I have never been very good at managing my own money. My first business partner, Mick, was slightly more prudent than me, and persuaded us that we should take out life assurance. Sadly this proved very prescient as, when he unexpectedly […]
New research shows how the most recent increase in state pension age has hit those affected. The last change in State pension age (SPA) was phased in between December 2018 and October 2020. Over that period, the SPA for both men and women increased from 65 to 66. The move was controversial, not least because […]
The world’s share markets had a bad first half of 2022, but for once the UK performance was better than many. The first six months of the year was a disappointing one for many investors. The S&P 500, the leading US market indicator, had its worst first six months since 1970. To be fair, it […]
In the financial year 2021/22, Action Fraud received 4,244 reports of holiday and travel related fraud – a substantial increase of over 120% when compared to the previous financial year. Victims reported losing a total of £7,388,353 – an average loss of £1,868 per victim. Action Fraud has launched a national awareness campaign to urge […]
