Retirement or holiday home: hottest spots for buying a place in the sun
As property prices in many countries collapse, we ask: Is this the right time to try and bag a bargain?Fancy a five-bed, four-bath lakeside villa with a swimming pool in Florida, less than 20 minutes...
View ArticleThe payment revolution starts here
From 29 April you can use your mobile to make person-to-person payments. As phones with debit-card style chips are in the pipeline, cash, plastic, even wallets could be redundantOn 29 April, the end of...
View ArticleDelayed flights may cost airlines billions after test case rulings
Looming court of appeal decisions could mean firms having to pay billions in compensationAirline passengers could be entitled to billions of pounds' worth of compensation, depending on the outcome of...
View ArticleCash Isa rates slashed again in 'unprecedented' move for new tax year
Santander among banks cutting best-buy Isa ratesSavers are facing rock-bottom returns on cash Isas as banks slash their rates in what experts say is an unprecedented move, just three weeks into the new...
View ArticleOvo Energy in bid to boost local power generation in challenge to big six
Energy supplier to act as co-ordinator and technology partner to communities in bid to create 500 new power providers by 2020One of Britain's fastest growing independent energy suppliers is on Monday...
View ArticleCounterfeit goods crackdown sees 2,500 websites shut down
Police intellectual property crime unit release figures on World Intellectual Property Day showing success since launch last yearA specialist police unit has shut down more than 2,500 websites selling...
View ArticleFlight delay compensation claims are still being grounded
Complaints have rocketed, but airlines are resisting both regulators and court rulings as they refuse to payOne man's 18-month battle with Ryanair over compensation for a flight delay may have ended in...
View ArticleAt the next station, you may just get your pre-paid train ticket!
We arranged to pick it up at the rail station but it proved impossibleWe bought an advance ticket on the First Great Western website for my wife to travel to Falmouth Town in Cornwall from Redhill in...
View ArticleEco appliances: energy-saving hints when buying lightbulbs
Not sure whether to buy LEDS, CFLs or halogen bulbs? Let's shed some light on electricity costsThe average UK home has 34 lights. Seems like a lot? Whether or not that statistic has been skewed by the...
View ArticleIt's time to offload these £50 notes
From 30 April some £50 notes will no longer be legal tenderIf you have a £50 note anywhere check it now: if the face that features on it is Sir John Houblon then you only have until Wednesday to spend...
View ArticleRage against the machines people should be staffing our banks
As the bank cashier becomes an ever-endangered species, I'm rebelling against the march of the machine. Who will join me?My local NatWest bank has closed down. Why? It wasn't busy enough. The queues...
View ArticleStephen Sutton cancer fund hits £3m
Cancer patient announces from hospital bed that he has raised 300 times his £10,000 target for Teenage Cancer TrustA terminally ill teenager has now raised more than £3m for the Teenage Cancer Trust....
View ArticleMobile payments system Paym goes into operation
Innovation allows customers to send and receive payments directly to a current account using a mobile phone number How Paym worksMore than 360,000 people have registered for the launch of Paym, the...
View ArticleHabitat just stored up trouble over our faulty £1,200 bed
We've been told that because the company went into administration, we can't get a repairMy partner and I bought an Otttori (leather) bed frame with under-bed storage from Habitat (London Tottenham...
View ArticlePaying our gym membership proved fit for nothing
We joined LA Fitness to attend classes, but were unable to bookI am in a battle with LA Fitness over an unlawfully sold verbal contract. My partner and I joined the gym at the end of last year and we...
View ArticleMorrisons cuts price of 1,200 products in bid to win customers back
Supermarket slashes prices of some own-label and big brand products, ratcheting up pressure on Tesco and Sainsbury'sA supermarket price war will move a step closer on Thursday as struggling Morrisons...
View ArticleUK roadworks run for almost 3,000 miles, survey finds
Researchers estimate that there are 24,955 to-be-completed roadworks in the UK, equating to 2,387 miles in lengthThere could be as many as 25,000 incomplete roadworks on British roads, according to...
View ArticleWe want to buy a house, but will my student loan be a problem?
Now that mortgage lenders are looking at a range of outgoings, would it be better to reduce the interest rate on my loan?Q My boyfriend and I are looking to buy a house towards the end of this year. He...
View ArticleHouse prices, rental reform and annuities
Property prices continue to soar as Labour promises far-reaching rental reform and pensions minister says annuities are here to stayHello and welcome to this week's Money Talks a round-up of the week's...
View ArticleBen & Jerry's referred to consumer watchdog over save-the-reef campaign
Ice-cream companys mistruths could cost jobs, says Queensland LNP senator elect who has written to the ACCCA Queensland senator elect has referred Ben & Jerrys to Australias consumer watchdog for...
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