Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X are launching next month from Sony and Microsoft with gamers desperate to get their hands on the latest generation of consoles before the festive period. However, fans are now finding it near impossible to pre-order them with most retailers out of stock already. Major retailers including Amazon, Argos, … Read more
Three strikes and you lose with easy-access top buy: Newcastle BS’s Triple Access Saver pays 1.05%… but there’s a catch By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 23:36 BST, 6 October 2020 Savers who do not need to touch their cash have been thrown a lifeline by … Read more
Lockdown sparks 650 per cent surge in number of people searching for puppies to buy online as RSPCA warns of looming dog welfare crisis Google searches for ‘puppies near me’ hit 15,000 at the height of lockdown This compares to around 2,000 in January and 3,000 at the same time in 2019 The animal welfare charity … Read more
My final salary pension is being moved to an insurer – can I now invest my pot in a drawdown scheme? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:42 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 5 October 2020 I am in my early 60s and took my final salary … Read more
Two self-made billionaire petrol tycoon brothers have agreed to buy Asda from Walmart for £6.8billion to bring the supermarket back under British control. Mohsin Issa, 49, and his brother Zuber, 48, from Blackburn, stunned the City by being named as lead bidders to take over the retail giant alongside private equity firm TDR Capital, and … Read more
A Done deal? Brothers seek to buy William Hill shops if £3bn US takeover goes ahead By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 29 September 2020 Two brothers set to cash in from the £3billion sale of William Hill may also swoop on its British … Read more
INVESTING SHOW: Facebook and some other US tech shares are good value but I wouldn’t buy Tesla, says Blue Whale manager By This Is Money Published: 12:34 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 12:34 BST, 29 September 2020 The high-flying Blue Whale Growth fund has reaped the rewards of the US stock market’s bounce back … Read more
The extraordinary rags to riches story of two billionaire brothers who turned a single petrol station in Bury into an empire of 5,900 branches can be revealed today as they emerged as favourites to buy Asda. Mohsin Issa, 49, and his brother Zuber, 48, whose parents came to Britain from India ‘with nothing’, built EG … Read more
Cuts to best buy savings rates have already begun after NS&I reductions: More than a dozen top accounts gone in just five days NS&I announced ‘absolutely savage’ cuts to market-leading rates last Monday The Treasury-backed bank had been propping up best buy rates since March Experts warned its cuts could throw a recovery in savings … Read more
The extraordinary rags to riches story of two billionaire brothers who turned a single petrol station in Bury into an empire of 5,900 branches can be revealed today as they emerged as favourites to buy Asda. Mohsin Issa, 49, and his brother Zuber, 48, whose parents came to Britain from India ‘with nothing’, built EG … Read more