Care home chiefs fear deadly mistakes made at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic risk being repeated as councils offer them extra cash to take Covid-positive hospital patients. More than 15,000 people died of the virus in care homes earlier this year, according to official figures, after it was reported that many elderly residential facilities … Read more
I opened the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold last year and spent enough to trigger a 20,000 points bonus by spending £3,000 in the first three months, and a further £10,000 before 12 months was up. In the first year, the card doesn’t carry a fee, but from year two, it carries a £140 annual … Read more
The great TV licence turn-off: Figures reveal 237,000 fewer families have paid the BBC fee in the last year as viewers switch to Netflix 25.9million BBC licences were in force in 2019/20 – down 237,000 in a year With a licence fee costing £157.50 per person, the fall cost just under £40million Overall licence fee … Read more
Investing platform Interactive Investor has announced plans to scrap and change a number of costs from its investment and Sipp service from 1 October. The biggest change for pension investors is the removal of its monthly income drawdown fee, however, customers hoping that its £10 per month Sipp fee that amounts to £120 a year … Read more
A two-tier licence fee that allows viewers to chose to upgrade to ‘premium’ television could be introduced as part of plans by new BBC boss Tim Davie, reports suggest. Hit shows such as Bodyguard, Normal People and Strictly Come Dancing could be among the series to be moved onto the premium rate. Meanwhile, staple BBC … Read more
BBC’s new director-general Tim Davie is ‘open’ to replacing licence fee with Netflix-style subscription Davie, 53, has been ordered to come up with a viable funding model for the BBC Among measures floated is a subscription model similar to Netflix or Amazon Conservative minister said there is ‘real optimism’ about Davie’s pragmatism By Helena Kelly For … Read more
BBC’s new director-general Tim Davie is ‘open’ to replacing licence fee with Netflix-style subscription Davie, 53, has been ordered to come up with a viable funding model for the BBC Among measures floated is a subscription model similar to Netflix or Amazon Conservative minister said there is ‘real optimism’ about Davie’s pragmatism By Helena Kelly For … Read more
Investment bankers to reap bumper fees thanks to pandemic deals spree Already this year, they have raked in £2.8billion in fees It comes as as they work on fundraisings, takeovers and stock market listings By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:14 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 28 August 2020 Investment bankers … Read more
The BBC licence fee could be replace by a means-tested ‘household tax’, the corporation’s outgoing director-general has suggested. Lord Tony Hall of Birkenhead, who is set to step down, said a household tax, where the rich pay more, might make more sense than the current TV licence system. He also suggested that a potential annual … Read more
Laurence Fox today led calls to strip the BBC of its licence fee funding over the bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia at the last Night of the Proms but not sing the ‘racist’ words to avoid offending left-wing critics. Critics accused the BBC of ‘erasing history’ and caving in … Read more