A property developer who took out a bridging loan in 2019 has reclaimed £8,200 in wrongly charged loan interest and fees thanks to Yorkshire start-up Secured Lending Auditing. The firm, which checks commercial loans and mortgages for any mismanagement that could result in a refund back to the borrower, was instructed to perform a […]Read More

A property developer who took out a bridging loan in 2019 has reclaimed £8,200 in wrongly charged loan interest and fees thanks to Yorkshire start-up Secured Lending Auditing. The firm, which checks commercial loans and mortgages for any mismanagement that could result in a refund back to the borrower, was instructed to perform a […]Read More

2020 began just like any other year, except it wasn’t. Just three months into the year the UK was put into a national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and everything changed. The pandemic has impacted people all over the world, and in more ways than one. And not just people, but businesses, too. Whilst […]Read More

Most of the public support a total ban on gambling adverts, while three-quarters think restrictions should be tighter than they are now, a nationwide poll has found. Citing the survey of more than 12,000 people, the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) urged the government to use its review of gambling regulation to forcibly reduce […]Read More

The home furnishings group Ikea has been ordered to pay €1.1m (£861,000) in fines and damages by a French court after being found guilty of spying on staff. Two former Ikea France executives were also convicted and fined over an elaborate scheme to gather information on hundreds of employees, job applicants and even customers […]Read More

The British Science Association is calling on the UK Government to introduce a ‘Future Generations Act’ and ‘UK Net Zero Delivery Board’ to promote intergenerational equality and combat climate change in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. These calls to action are among the recommendations given in a report from the British Science Association […]Read More

Addison Lee, London’s leading private hire business, today announces an agreement to acquire black taxi provider ComCab, creating the capital’s largest private hire and taxi company with over 7000 vehicles. The acquisition will see Addison Lee purchase the London operations of Computer Cab plc (ComCab), City Fleet Networks and Flightlink International from the ComfortDelGro Corporation. […]Read More

Digital currencies such as stablecoins risk attracting “money launderers and cybercriminals”, the Bank of England governor warned as he promised not to give financial innovation “a free pass”. In a speech to TheCityUK’s annual conference, Andrew Bailey emphasised the importance of innovation, but said that it needed “to serve the public interest”. Policymakers would encourage […]Read More

Older workers on furlough are more likely to struggle to find work than the young after the job support scheme comes to an end in September, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. Analysis by the think tank found that employees over the age of 65 were 40 per cent more likely to have […]Read More

Business groups have joined MPs in urging Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, to consult them on the final trade agreement with Australia amid concerns that a lack of transparency could lead to sectors including farming being damaged. While an agreement in principle for a post-Brexit trading relationship has been reached between Britain and […]Read More