People in the Isle of Man are being warned about bullying tactics used by a company selling satellite system insurance over the telephone.
A number of have the Officer of Fair Trading (OFT) about intimidating tactics used by the firm.
Customers say they are being pressured into giving their financial details to sign up for […]
For four and a half years Pembrokeshire County Council have encouraged community councils and local groups to run their own play areas, and have not been replacing playground equipment when it falls into disrepair.
But parents in some parts of Pembrokeshire say that not all communities are capable of running their own .
Residents on the […]
Peter Vicary-Smith is the new head of Which, formerly known as the Consumers’ Association.
He replaces Dame Sheila McKechnie, who died in January.
For nearly fifty years, Which has been one of the UK’s most powerful consumer voices.
As National Consumer Week draws to a close and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) prepares to start regulating mortgages from […]
The number of firms being found guilty of wrongdoing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fallen in 2005, law firm Simmons & Simmons has said.
It that the number of firms censured so far this year is 19, compared with 81 for the whole of 2004.
Late last year the FSA was criticised by an […]
BBC News Ask the Expert column gives readers a chance to have their financial questions answered.
Brian Capon from the British Bankers’ Association helps Your Money reader Elisabetta Tenenti.
Mrs Tenenti would like to know how safe are her savings and what kind of protection do savers have in the event of a UK regulated bank […]
BBC News Ask the Expert column gives readers a chance to have their financial questions answered.
Brian Capon from the British Bankers’ Association helps Your Money reader Elisabetta Tenenti.
Mrs Tenenti would like to know how safe are her savings and what kind of protection do savers have in the event of a UK regulated bank […]
A man who has always denied killing his wife has finally confessed to her murder.
At the time of his trial in June 2003 Randle Williams was called “evil” and “deceitful” - he even shed tears at his wife, Natalie’s funeral.
Three years into a life sentence he has admitted that he strangled and […]
UK insurance giant Norwich Union has told staff that it will cut 2,350 jobs in the UK and export the work to India.
Parent firm Aviva said operating costs in India were typically 30-40% lower than in the UK and that the move would also help it provide 24-hour services.
The Amicus trade union criticised the […]
A crackdown on uninsured driving has been announced. BBC News Online talked to one motorist who had to battle for compensation when her car collided with an uninsured driver’s vehicle.
Saloni Mongia, 30, from London, is counting the cost of her car’s involvement in an accident with an uninsured driver.
In late 2002, Ms Mongia allowed her […]
Shares in Prudential have risen after the UK insurance firm replaced its chief executive Jonathan Bloomer.
The Pru said it had appointed HBOS finance chief Mark Tucker to replace Mr Bloomer, who will leave on 5 May.
Mr Bloomer had been criticised by investors last year after the group failed to sell its majority stake in […]