TOWIE oil traders make £487million in a day but now face US lawsuit

A collective of ‘TOWIE traders’ based on a rural Essex business park took home up to $660million (£487m) in one day when the price of oil collapsed below zero during lockdown and are now facing a class action in the US, it was revealed today.   Nine staff at Vega Capital London, including three traders aged between … Read more

Furious independent traders call for clampdown on major chains

Furious independent traders have called for a clampdown on major chains like Ryman and The Range for selling ‘non-essential’ items during lockdown while smaller firms have closed.  Thousands of retailers were forced to shut alongside pubs and restaurants on Thursday when England was plunged into a four-week lockdown in a bid to stop the spread … Read more

Furious independent traders call for clampdown on major chains

Furious independent traders have called for a clampdown on major chains like Ryman and The Range for selling ‘non-essential’ items during lockdown while smaller firms have closed.  Thousands of retailers were forced to shut alongside pubs and restaurants on Thursday when England was plunged into a four-week lockdown in a bid to stop the spread … Read more

Cornish locals battle with traders offering tourists henna tattoos and hair plaits in Padstow

A war has broken out in a Cornish seaside town as locals clash with ‘scruffy’ street traders who do hair braids and henna tattoos.  The hair and ink artists have been plying their trade near the harbour of Padstow in Cornwall for decades to capture tourism income. But locals in the upmarket resort – known … Read more

Shares are back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors?

SIMON LAMBERT: Buying shares is back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors once lockdown and the tech boom fade By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:52 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 17 September 2020 If you wait long enough most things come back into fashion. The … Read more

Three-quarters of unauthorised ‘bedroom traders’ are still operating

Rogue ‘bedroom traders’ ignore watchdog: More than three-quarters are still operating on social media Instagram stars are persuading naive investors to join unregulated groups    They are told the trader is supposedly betting on foreign exchange fluctuations 21 traders added to warning list since start of the year but 16 remain active By Miles Dilworth For … Read more

Beware ‘bedroom traders’ boasting of fortunes made from currency bets

Connor Walsh claims to have it all. A Lamborghini, the freedom of a £3 million mansion and a jet-setting job — all by the age of 25. Standing in front of his indoor swimming pool, he starts to tell his 138,000 Instagram followers how he did it. He struts over to his home bar and … Read more

Beware ‘bedroom traders’ boasting of fortunes made from currency bets

Connor Walsh claims to have it all. A Lamborghini, the freedom of a £3 million mansion and a jet-setting job — all by the age of 25. Standing in front of his indoor swimming pool, he starts to tell his 138,000 Instagram followers how he did it. He struts over to his home bar and … Read more