[ad_1] BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE 100 slips; HSBC earnings tumble; BP returns to profit; Revolution Bars launches CVA By This Is Money Published: 08:09, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 09:53, 27 October 2020 HSBC’s profits tumbled 35 per cent in the last quarter as the bank signalled it would embark on a pandemic-induced overhaul of its…
[ad_1] Royal Mail to launch ‘Parcel Collect’ service: But what is the TRUE cost of asking the postman to pick up your parcels from home? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 14:46, 25 October 2020 The postman is now offering an extra service on top of handing…
[ad_1] Countrywide investors clash over estate agent’s planned rescue by private equity firm By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 22:26, 22 October 2020 Britain’s biggest estate agency is at the centre of a furious row as shareholders clash over its future. Countrywide said private equity firm Alchemy…
[ad_1] As a Brexit supporter, I naively thought that the City would find ways of emerging relatively unscathed from leaving the European Union. Even if there were an exit of some jobs and asset management mandates to Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam, the trading and innovative skills of Britain, in areas such as financial technology, would…
[ad_1] Royal Mail postal workers will for the first time collect parcels on the doorstep, in one of the biggest changes to the service as it adapts to the decline in letters and rapid growth in online shopping. From Wednesday customers across the UK will be able to pay a fee of 72p on top…
[ad_1] You’ve written a cover letter, attached your CV and applied for the position advertised on time. But, for days and weeks later, you hear nothing back. This is a predicament many job seekers in Britain face and at a growing rate, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic making demand for roles fiercer than it has…
[ad_1] Is this new ‘high-tech’ Britannia gold coin a golden opportunity as shares wobble and inflation fears mount? A new ‘high-tech’ Britannia gold coin is being launched this month Sales of earlier Britannias have more than trebled in the past six months The price of a Britannia coin is about £1,600, compared to £860 five…
[ad_1] Last summer I was tricked into transferring my life savings to criminals posing as cryptocurrency brokers. My friends had told me that lots of people were investing in Bitcoin and doing very well, so I found an online firm claiming to offer Bitcoin and entered my details. I was then contacted by a number…
[ad_1] In late June I completed the paperwork to transfer my child’s Isa from Nationwide to NS&I. NS&I acknowledged the application, but, a month later, there was still no sign of the new account. Nationwide told me it had sent the funds by cheque on 14 July and claimed NS&I does not accept electronic transfers….
[ad_1] BUSINESS CLOSE: Inflation rate slows to 0.2%; Housebuilder Redrow reveals earnings slump; Zara owner returns to profit; pound at $1.30 By This Is Money Published: 08:06, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 17:16, 16 September 2020 The FTSE 100 closed down 27.06 points at 6078.48 and the pound was at $1.30 against the dollar. The…