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I know it’s fashionable to bash the banks, but what’s driven me nuts for years (and it’s STILL going on) is just how backward banks are when it comes to technology. Real...
The former DJ Mike Read is auctioning off his amazing record collection tomorrow in an auction house in Chiswick. Apparently there’s going to be online bidding too which will be exciting news to vinyl collectors (of which there are many – mainly men as far as I can tell). Th...
The Supreme Court’s decision on the bank charges case really was a surprise move this morning. It’s all over the issue of fairness – whether the big fees levied by most banks for unauthorised overdrafts are something that can be argued in terms of their fairness. The ...
Just when we’d got used to coping with rubbishy savings rates, the news has got worse. The rise in petrol prices means that inflation is creeping up (I’ve noticed it already in local cafes and restaurants which have been putting their prices up in the last month). Th...
A friend of mine who used to be a hospital assistant told me this week that she noticed that older patients were actively neglected in hospitals...
On Working Lunch today I was talking about how to get bargains for Christmas (or indeed, after Christmas). It’s a weird old time because we are currently enjoying 2.5% off VAT and that’s going in January, just as the sales season kicks in! Should you by now or wait until after Christmas? We...
Goodbye London… I’m in the car and I’ve got my map (I’m sat nav free…old style, as I’m a snob you see…I’m clever enough to read a map). I’m on my way out of the big smoke, exhaust fumes and bustling streets, on my way to…wait for it… The Cotswolds, you ask? The Peaks? Nay, Sir… Madam. I a...
This is from a friend of mine who works for the police. Be warned!: “This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all theinformation, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already haveit. This information is worth reading. ...
I’ve never really bothered with Halloween before. I certainly don’t stock-up on sweets for the kids in the area either (no, I’m not a Scrooge, I just can’t be bothered being bothered in the evening!). Howeve...
I’ve just had a press release from Moneyfacts.co.uk saying that even though base rate is still at its historic low of 0.5% the cost of the average loan has gone up again! Apparently the average rate you can get on a £25,000 loan has gone up from 9.5% in March to 10% now. M...
It was four years ago when we were in the states over Halloween, staying with a friend who is half-American and consequently brought up on the whole trick or treating extravaganza, that my son was introduced to the delights of things spooky...
I’m doing a ‘column’ for the Radio 4 programme You and Yours today at 11am. It’s about ‘green shoots of recovery’ – how that phrase came to be used and what are some of the more interesting indicators of it. If you’re interested, here is what I’m going to say. Norman Lamont, w...
My brother emailed me last week to suggest that he and I stop giving each other Christmas presents. “We only really exchange money,” he said, “so there’s no point really”. I agreed. In fact ...
I don’t normally do this but I’ve just received a press release that has such important information in it that I’m going to reproduce a load of it here. It’s...
Yes, seriously, Feelunique.com says they will pay you 10p per wink if you will sport their logo on your eyelid. Feelunique are a cut-price online beauty retailer. They offer free delivery worldwide too which we like...
