Lloyds fined £91m for hitting insurance customers with loyalty penalties while claiming to offer ‘competitive’ renewal quotes By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 8 July 2021 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 8 July 2021 Lloyds Banking Group has been fined £91million by the City watchdog for misleading insurance customers. The High Street … Read more
Two years ago, the remote Scottish fishing town of Buckie was rocked by scandal when it became the centre of an alleged tax ruse. Stuart Forsyth, a well-known member of the community who ran a boat insurance company, was accused by the City of London’s two main watchdogs of funnelling around £200,000 of his salary … Read more
Brewdog in hot water again: Brewery rapped by advertising regulator for breaking code after implying its Clean & Press hard seltzer is ‘healthy’ The ASA has ruled that Brewdog has broken the advertising code It said its Clean & Press seltzer ad on Instagram suggested the drink was healthy The beer firm was also accused … Read more
Selfridges opens garden centres in three stores as it looks to tap into green-fingered boom… and it includes a themed Prada clothing collection Its garden centres launched today sell garden tools, seeds and plants On sale also its own label compost and an exclusive collection from Prada An estimated 3m new gardeners tried their hand … Read more
With the school summer holidays looming, many parents are desperate for ideas to keep children entertained without breaking the bank. So why not encourage them to put their talents to work so they can make a little money of their own? Many mums and dads have cut back on pocket money during the pandemic. But … Read more
Dubai airport boss’s fury at social media stars for bending travel rules By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 BST, 29 May 2021 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 29 May 2021 The boss of Dubai Airports has blasted social media influencers for bending travel rules in the pandemic as he called for ‘draconian’ … Read more
KPMG hit with £250m lawsuit over botched audits of collapsed construction giant Carillion By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 KPMG faces a £250million lawsuit over its botched audits of collapsed construction giant Carillion. The Big Four accountant gave the firm a … Read more
Wave of cash from rich firms will turbocharge the recovery, says Chancellor Rishi Sunak By Tom Witherow and Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:38 BST, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 23:38 BST, 4 May 2021 Cash-rich companies and consumers will unleash a wave of spending to turbo-charge Britain’s recovery from the pandemic, the … Read more
Does Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £2bn jobs scheme Kickstart need a little kickstart itself? By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 1 May 2021 When the £2billion Kickstart Scheme was launched by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last autumn, it was seen as a lifeline by many small … Read more
Court fight between restaurant groups and insurers over business interruption payouts heats up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 April 2021 Corbin & King, which owns The Wolseley, believes they should have been paid business interruption insurance during the lockdowns The fight between … Read more