Doorstep broadband sharks exploit lockdown to trick homeowners

Rogue salesmen working with Britain’s biggest utility companies are putting vulnerable customers at risk by flouting coronavirus rules, Money Mail can reveal. An undercover investigation reveals the sinister tactics used by door-to-door sellers to coax their targets into switching providers. With no regard for safety, salesmen were filmed routinely defying Government guidance to enter people’s … Read more

Vodafone vows big payouts when it floats mast business Vantage Towers

Vodafone vows big payouts when it floats mast business Vantage Towers next year By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 17 November 2020 Vodafone has indicated that the Vantage Towers mast business it plans to float next year will look to pay chunky … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Easyjet slumps to first loss in its 25 history

MARKET REPORT: Easyjet takes £1.3bn hit as it slumps to its first loss in 25 years with passengers numbers halved in the pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 17 November 2020 No amount of bracing for painful results from Easyjet could take the … Read more

Hut Group seeks to silence critics with new Independent director

Under fire Hut Group seeks to silence critics: Independent director appointed to address governance fears By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:07 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 17 November 2020 The Hut Group has appointed a new independent director to its board to address fears over its governance.  Former Deloitte partner … Read more

Doorstep broadband sharks exploit lockdown to trick homeowners

Rogue salesmen working with Britain’s biggest utility companies are putting vulnerable customers at risk by flouting coronavirus rules, Money Mail can reveal. An undercover investigation reveals the sinister tactics used by door-to-door sellers to coax their targets into switching providers. With no regard for safety, salesmen were filmed routinely defying Government guidance to enter people’s … Read more

National Grid says it is ‘suitably robust to cope’ with electric car demand from 2030

The National Grid says it is confident that it is ‘suitably robust to cope with the forecast uptake in electric vehicles’ from 2030 – the new date that new petrol and diesel passenger cars and vans will be banned from sale.  The Prime Minister has tonight confirmed an accelerated deadline for when car makers must … Read more

Savers struggle to hire financial advisers to cash in their pensions

All Don Forsyth wants to do is unlock the money tied up in an old pension he had forgotten about. But because the pension comes with valuable guarantees and is worth more than £30,000, he needs to pay a financial adviser to sign it off. Yet the trouble is, the 61-year-old cannot find one willing … Read more

National Grid says it is ‘suitably robust to cope’ with electric car demand from 2030

The National Grid says it is confident that it is ‘suitably robust to cope with the forecast uptake in electric vehicles’ from 2030 – the new date that new petrol and diesel passenger cars and vans will be banned from sale.  The Prime Minister has tonight confirmed an accelerated deadline for when car makers must … Read more

Why didn’t Barclays stop 56 suspect withdrawals?

Why didn’t Barclays stop 56 suspect withdrawals as thieves raided my late sister’s bank account for £18,000? By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 17 November 2020 Around 56 unauthorised cash withdrawals totalling more than £18,000 were made from my late sister’s Barclays account from … Read more

A fixed-rate savings deal could help protect your cash from inflation

Why you must act NOW to lock down a top deal: A one or two-year fixed could help protect your cash from inflation By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2020 Savers are being urged to lock into a top-paying fixed-rate deal now … Read more