VICTORIA BISCHOFF: End Covid-19 blame game

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Coronavirus, the new go-to excuse for why businesses can’t possibly provide customers with basic customer service By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 26 August 2020 With so many people still working from home, I often receive phone calls from numbers I don’t … Read more

ASK TONY: Vodafone hit lonely Dad with four-figure bill

My 89-year-old father went way over his monthly call limit during lockdown and, over three months, Vodafone has taken more than £1,000.  The company called him from an overseas call centre and he did not really understand what the person was saying.  He was advised to go to Vodafone’s store or website, but the store … Read more

Land Rover launches new cabin air system that promises to block emissions

Breathe easy: Land Rover launches new cabin air system that promises to block harmful emissions entering its latest 4X4s New technology filter out fine particulates – often found in polluted cities  It also purifies and recirculate air within the cabin so its cleaner than air outside Tech isn’t cheap, costing an extra £279 on Discovery … Read more

Aveva is Britain’s most valuable software firm

Making of a UK tech giant: Aveva is Britain’s most valuable software firm after swoop on US rival By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:24 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 26 August 2020 Aveva is poised to become Britain’s most valuable software company after it completed the £3.8billion takeover of … Read more

Melody VR agrees to buy music-streaming platform Napster

UK tech firm Melody VR agrees £53m deal to buy music-streaming platform Napster By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 UK tech firm Melody VR has agreed a £53m deal to buy music-streaming platform Napster.  London-listed Melody VR, which specialises in virtual … Read more

Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs

Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered High Streets By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 Co-op Bank is axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered high streets.  … Read more

Appledore shipyard to reopen after being rescued in £7m deal

Appledore shipyard, where vessels have been built for almost two centuries, to reopen after being rescued in £7m deal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:46 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:46 BST, 25 August 2020 The Appledore shipyard, where vessels have been built for almost two centuries, is to reopen after … Read more

Will BT’s pension black hole scupper the vulture funds?

Laid low by a flagging share price, BT is now feared to be an attractive target for vulture funds that could swoop in and pick it to pieces.  The former state telecoms monopoly, privatised by Margaret Thatcher, was worth £49billion four years ago but its value has since been diminished to just over £10billion.  Yet … Read more

London Capital & Finance directors face court showdown

High Court judge paves way for administrators to sue four directors connected to London Capital & Finance savings scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:46 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:46 BST, 25 August 2020 A High Court judge has paved the way for administrators to sue four directors connected to … Read more

Has your travel insurer taken you for a ride?

Buying travel insurance never used to be a nightmare. Most holidaymakers would run a comparison site search and buy the first affordable policy.  But now the stakes are higher. Travellers stand to lose thousands of pounds if trips are scuppered by the pandemic.  Meanwhile, insurers are scrambling to keep up with the Government’s ever-changing advice … Read more