Season three of Fantasy Fund Manager has kicked off and it’s time to pick your winning mix of British stocks. While many will favour “gut feeling” approaches, there are several time-old strategies favoured by professionals. The Telegraph’s share tipping game launched today and everyone starts with £100,000 to invest in between five …
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WHATSAPP users are at risk of being scammed by their own contacts, a tech expert has warned. Throughout the pandemic, scams targeting the financial details of unsuspecting victims have been rife, with Royal Mail, HSBC and the NHS used to dupe people into handing over their details. Now, fraudsters are …
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Shoppers worry receipts and print-outs inside may reveal their personal information (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) Online shoppers fear their personal information is being sold on eBay after mystery sellers have been flogging undelivered parcels still in their packaging. A number of people have expressed alarm after seeing listings on …
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Hundreds of ‘lost’ Royal Mail and Hermes parcels are being auctioned off on eBay, according to reports. Adverts on the auction website show parcels containing everything from jewellery to electrical goods. Ads show parcels laid out on the floor, with bids flooding in, raising potentially hundreds of pounds for the …
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There have been some important Amazon FBA April 2021 changes with both the FBA new selection and Heavy and Bulky programmes giving you new options for selling. Alongside these changes which come in on the 1st of April, there is also a pre-paid return label price change due to the …
Read More »Britain’s mid-cap stocks have recovered all of their pandemic losses after a jump in the index after the Easter break. The FTSE 250, which is made up of UK-biased companies such as Royal Mail and Frasers Group, owner of Sports Direct, gained 254.84 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 21,987.51 …
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Scams can be very hard to detect due to the professionalism that criminals show. With scams on the rise, one lady spoke on Good Morning Britain this morning about her experience and show she fell for a romance scam on two occasions. Speaking to Adil Ray and Kate Garraway on …
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Contrarian investment trusts thrived in the first three months of the year as unloved stocks enjoyed a long-awaited bounceback. The top performing investment trusts list for the first quarter of 2021 is dominated by value-focused trusts, which focus on out-of-favour companies that the managers believe are underrated by the market. …
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Organized crime has been on the rise during the pandemic. In 2020, the number of impersonation scams alone doubled, reaching 39,360 cases, with a total of £150.3 million taken from bank accounts as a result. These were criminals feigning to be HMRC officials, NHS staff and Royal Mail representatives. COVID-19 …
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Today’s Near Miss of the Day features two vulnerable road users – a man on foot who is about to get into his 4×4, and a cyclist – being put in danger by the driver of a Royal Mail van who makes no effort to slow down on a residential street where …
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