According to Co-op Funeralcare, the funeral business market has been hit as the UK death rate has fallen. The group also said that its conscious decision to not change its prices in a increasingly competitive market had weighed on its growth ambitions. Death Rates Falling The...
The pound fell briefly to its lowest rate against the dollar in two years on Tuesday, as the two remaining Conservative Party leadership candidates appeared to spook the currency by refusing to rule out a no-deal departure from the EU in October. Sterling sank earlier in the day to $1.2396,...
Today Japan has cautioned the two candidates hoping to replace Prime Minister Theresa May that, a no-deal Brexit would be so disruptive that it could signal the end of Japanese investment honeymoon with Britain. Tokyo reiterated that it did not want to see a...
Facebook said last week that 27 partners had signed on for its Libra cryptocurrency project. But some of those partners may be less enthusiastic than others. One of the biggest selling points of Facebook’s ambitious plans for its new cryptocurrency, Libra, was that the social media company had 27 partners,...
UK homeowner and mortgage borrowers are shocked with news that the Tesco Bank Mortgage Book is to be sold off and that the lender will be pulling out of the UK mortgage market, blaming “challenging market conditions”. The news from Tesco Bank emerged just as rival lender Nationwide Building...
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has spoken out in frustration calling for those advising beleaguered Debenhams to be held to justice after bondholders have cleared the way for a restructuring deal which would likely see shareholders' stakes wiped out. "If there were any justice in the world the majority of...
Whilst most consumers are aware that some Amazon fake reviews are part of the course of buying online via Amazon, the sheer scale of Amazon fake reviews may shock even the most skeptical of consumers. News has emerged that c, a US company is on the receiving end of action...
Aviva has published its most notable claims from 2018 and some of which may well win the award for the UK's weirdest insurance claims. Last year Aviva paid out some fairly insurance claims for waxwork replicas of Justin Bieber and Ben Affleck to be repaired a thieving monkey...
Shocking and troubling news broke this week that Thomas Cook customers were uninsured for death, serious injury and illness and that Thomas Cook did not have insurance to cover potential claims from thousands of customers. Whilst news that Thomas Cook was struggling financially...