Perennial problem with annual policies
We planned to take a holiday from 23 November, so, on 8 November, I bought Marks & Spencer's annual travel insurance. On 17 November, my brother-in-law died suddenl...
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Why you can lose more at cards
Chip and pin was heralded by credit card companies as the best way of ending fraudulent use of credit and debit cards. But so far it has only added to the problem.
Loss...
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Bartering is back
If you have recently started a small business, you might want to consider a modern version of the oldest form of payment - bartering.
Forget the idea of paying in groat...
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Singer hit by payout to former boss
A £1.9m payout to former Singer & Friedlander chief executive John Hodson knocked the profits of the niche banking group in 2004.
Singer, in which Icelandic ba...
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When the Oyster is your world
It seems simple enough. Take a successful electronic payment card used by 2.2m people on London's tube and buses and allow them to buy newspapers and bread with the same ...
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Pet projects benefit from new care scheme
Pets are proving one of the unexpected beneficiaries of direct payments, the government social care scheme which seeks to give service users greater control over their ca...
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As you give, so shall you now be made to pay
Many taxpayers face new accountancy and tax bills for thousands of pounds from 6 April. Yet the Inland Revenue has still not published details of how a new Inheritance Ta...
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Lloyds and HBOS scrap over cheque clearing
A row erupted between Lloyds TSB and HBOS yesterday over the time it takes for a cheque to clear.
As Lloyds TSB reported a 20% drop in pre-tax profits to £3.5bn, i...
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Arriva announces £116m pre-tax profit
Bus and train company Arriva today became the latest transport group to report rising profits from its rail operations.
The Sunderland-based firm, which runs trains in ...
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New Banking Code promises better customer service
Banks and building societies will be obliged to provide customers with clearer information and better service standards under the revised Banking Code, which comes into f...
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