Shares in Cineworld soar 22.5% after cinemas are told they can reopen in England on July 4 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:15 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 23:58 BST, 23 June 2020 Shares in Cineworld rose 22.5 per cent after cinemas were told they could reopen in England from July … Read more
In August last year, my ten-year-old twin sons combined their birthday money to buy a Sony PlayStation 4 from Argos, costing £225. In February, the console stopped working. We returned the PlayStation 4, which was under warranty, to Argos on March 16. Then lockdown happened and we heard nothing more. After six weeks we chased … Read more
The £6.8bn High Street savings robbery: All major providers set to pay just 0.01% interest with easy-access deals from next month By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 23 June 2020 Loyal savers are missing out on billions of pounds in interest by sticking with … Read more
Green shoots in the housing market have failed to win over Rightmove investors as the property listings site warned it is likely to take another £20million hit to revenues this year. Rightmove has clocked up its ten busiest-ever days since the market began reopening on May 13. In the last seven days alone the number … Read more
Bank staff accused of ‘interrogating’ and turning away OAPs who travelled miles claiming their visits weren’t essential By Amelia Murray and Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 Bank branch staff have been accused of ‘interrogating’ elderly customers at the door, then turning … Read more
Rip-off phone companies are tricking households out of millions of pounds by charging hefty sums to connect them to official helplines. Rogue firms are paying search engines so they appear at the top of results pages when people search for terms such as ‘contact HMRC’. Customers in a rush end up calling expensive connection services … Read more
Money Mail today exposes how pushy equity release salesmen are getting rich by draining the property wealth built up over decades by elderly homeowners. Our investigation reveals how vulnerable customers are bombarded with calls, emails and letters encouraging them to take out expensive loans that can quickly wipe out a lifetime of mortgage payments. And … Read more
Some rare good news for savers as rise in the cost of living falls to a four-year low of 0.5% By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 The rise in the cost of living fell to a four-year low of 0.5 … Read more
Are short-sellers retail investors’ worst enemy or best friend? It’s been left to hedge funds to stop firms ‘cooking the books’, says ALEX SEBASTIAN By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 14:57 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 14:57 BST, 23 June 2020 The Wirecard scandal has become the latest chapter in a long … Read more
Savers piled 303 per cent more cash into easy-access accounts during March and April compared to the same period last year, as banking industry data shows how people opted to keep cash at hand as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded. Some £11billion was poured into easy-access accounts over the two-month period, compared to just £2.7billion in … Read more