First Direct is to start charging less well-off customers a £10 monthly fee in what could be the first step towards the end of free bankingFirst-class squirming from the First Direct boss
This Is Money: Brown Sets Pre-Budget Report Date
The Pre-Budget Report will be presented to the House of Commons on Wednesday 6 December, the Chancellor announced today
This Is Money: Farepak Boss May Lose Knighthood
Sir Clive Thompson, the boss of collapsed Christmas hamper firm Farepak, could be stripped of his title
Motley Fool: Make Your Child A Millionaire!
All keen savers out there will be rejoicing, following the announcement last week that ISAs are to remain indefinitely. Around 16 million of us have accumulated nearly £215 billion in our ISAs since they began, and this latest news that they are “this Government’s primary savings vehicle outside pensions” should help us feel more confident.
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As Christmas Day is less than six weeks away, many of us have started to put together our annual list of Christmas gifts.
This Is Money: High St Sales Leap Boosts Festive Hopes
This Christmas should be a happy one for retailers with shoppers already gearing up their spending patterns
This Is Money: M&S To Use Food Traffic Lights
Marks & Spencer is to adopt the traffic light system of health labelling for food favoured by the Government
Motley Fool: Pensions Reform At Last!
Various surveys in recent times have revealed that most people don’t mind the idea of working past the current state pension age of 65. I’m afraid I’m not one of them, which is why I save as much as I can afford to bring my retirement age forward. I’d rather go travelling.
Motley Fool: Who Wants To Be A Merger Candidate?
Rumours of a possible merger between ITV (LSE: ITV) and NTL (Nasdaq: NTLI) were confirmed last week when the companies announced they had been in communication. ITV described it as “a highly tentative expression of interest in holding discussions about a possible combination of NTL with ITV”; NTL referred to “interest in exploring a possible combination transaction”.
Motley Fool: Vedanta — A Zinc Plated Investment
In July I bought a copper miner, Vedanta (LSE:VED) and now I find that it’s a zinc miner. How did that happen?