How durable is Land Rover’s new £40,000 Defender? A new television advert launching next month shows it being hurtled off ramps, careering through rivers and even being driven away immediately after flipping onto its roof and sustaining substantial damage – as the British car maker is shown pushing it to its limits in a number … Read more
Set up by parliament and funded by the financial services industry, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is independent and completely free to use. FSCS can step in to pay compensation if an authorised financial firm fails and its customers have lost money as a result. For more information about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme visit … Read more
Budget WILL happen on March 11: New Chancellor Rishi Sunak rules out delaying crucial financial package in wake of Sajid Javid quitting – amid claims higher earners could be stripped of 40% pension tax relief New Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms that the Budget will go ahead on March 11 Boris Johnson and Mr Sunak will … Read more
Sky is hiking the price of its core entertainment package by an inflation busting 9 per cent hitting millions of customers. The telecoms giant says its popular package, Sky Entertainment, which includes Sky One, Sky Atlantic and MTV, is due to increase by £2 to £24 a month – an increase of nine per cent. Some … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover today revealed its new electric driverless pod that will be at the heart of new real world autonomous vehicle trials on public roads in Coventry from next year. The city will be used as a ‘living laboratory’ by Britain’s biggest car-maker to test how the self-driving pods interact with other vehicles, pedestrians … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: As the Woodford scandal has illustrated, the only people making money in many sub-performing active funds are managers and platform operators By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 17 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 17 February 2020 Savers, pension funds and other clients who have placed their faith in … Read more
British banking is at a tipping point. Twelve years on from the financial crisis, the Big Four lenders have survived but neither their share prices nor their reputations have recovered. And now, with Brexit, only one has a settled boss in place – and she has only just been appointed. The leadership of the other … Read more
New Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is set to crack down on £340m loopholes in insurance tax New Chancellor to stop insurance tax loopholes thought to cost £340m a year Some insurance policies are adding a tax of 20 per cent to their premiums Other insurers were said to be failing to report all of their taxable … Read more
Aside from the appalling human cost, investors are getting worried about the financial impact of the deadly corona-virus. With China a major global economic player, the effect on financial markets in Asia and the rest of the world could be immense. Is it time to panic – or stay calm and ride out the storm? … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Gleeson shares have rebounded and they should continue to increase By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 16 February 2020 In 1985, James Thomson was a geology scholar at Oxford. Today, he is chief executive of low-cost housebuilder MJ Gleeson. Thomson … Read more