Tough EC action to be unveiled to break up energy monopolies on the Continent should cut gas and electricity prices in the UK but not for at least four years
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This Is Money: EasyJet Passengers Get Email Cash Call
Budget airline easyJet is emailing passengers who have already paid for flights asking for more money to cover airport taxes that do not come into effect until February 1
This Is Money: BA In £2.1bn Pension Gap Deal
British Airways is poised to agree to a multi-billion-pound fleet renewal programme after reaching an agreement with unions on tackling its £2.1bn pension deficit
This Is Money: Grade Urged To Axe’trash’
Michael Grade, who starts work as boss of ITV this week, is under pressure to axe the controversial quiz shows that many feel tarnish the ITV’s reputation
This Is Money: When Insurers Make A Policy Out Of Sleaze
There are apparently no tactics too base for some insurers in their efforts to squeeze every last drop of profit out of their policyholders
This Is Money: Insurers Sell Victims’ Details
Insurers are secretly selling off the details of road crash victims to lawyers who then represent them in high-earning court cases
Scotsman: Learning To Avoid Poverty
THIS month two secondary schools in one of the most deprived parts of Glasgow will get their own credit unions thanks mainly to the Greater Easterhouse Money Advice Project (GEMAP).
Scotsman: Struggling Friendly Societies Need A Little Help To Get By
OVER the holidays I reread my grandfather’s diary, which he wrote as a young man living away from home and working as an engineer in one of the dockyards. It begins on March 29, 1893.
Scotsman: The Woman With £4bn To Share Out
CLARE Spottiswoode is asking Aviva policyholders what to do with a windfall, writes Teresa Hunter.
Scotsman: Housing Market Tipped To Cool After 12.5% Rise
SCOTLAND saw the second-highest house price inflation in the UK last year, according to the latest Halifax House Price Monitor.