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| Jan 15, 2026 | The Capitalist: Lord Sugar forsakes Zoom etiquette at Apprentice Q&A | Lord Sugar’s Zoom faux pas at Apprentice Q&A, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Nimby campaign and a dry January for the BBPA; catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist
Lord Sugar might be the one getting fired if he doesn’t better his profe... |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Claiming Benefits While Receiving Elderly In-Home Care Services | Share
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An estimated 950,000 people and families across the UK benefit from home care services, with a large proportion being older adults. They may require help with personal care such as washing, assistance with clea... |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Meta-backed fellowship puts open source in the firing line | The UK government has launched a $1 million open source AI fellowship funded by Meta through the Alan Turing Institute, inviting the nation’s top AI engineers to spend 12 months building public-sector AI tools.
The scheme focuses on open-so... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | A New Dawn for Energy Affordability and Sustainability | Energy bills are a heavy burden. They weigh down families and businesses alike. In the UK, households are still grappling with costs that are 60% higher than pre-crisis levels. The average family pays around £1,720 annually. This is not jus... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Winter fuel payments: there is a better way to help with energy bills | Instead of subsidising bills according to age, we should make sure no one is spending more than 10 per cent of their household income on keeping warm, says Eon CEO Chris Norbury
Despite recent improvements, energy bills remain around 60 per... |
| May 20, 2025 | The New Era of Buy Now, Pay Later: Regulation Rides In | The "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) landscape in the UK is about to change. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is tightening the reins on fintech giants like Klarna and Clearpay. This shift comes after years of debate and delay. Th... |
| May 19, 2025 | Government to clamp down on ‘buy now pay later’ services such as Klarna and Clearpay | Fintechs including Klarna and Clearpay providing ‘buy now pay later’ services will face fresh regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after years of wrangling and delays.
New rules will require financial services providers to co... |
| Nov 26, 2024 | DIGIT Expo 2024 | AI for the Public Good | Imagine an AI that doesn’t sell products but helps rebuild after a disaster, or algorithms that don’t predict what you’ll binge-watch next, but pinpoint families in desperate need of help.
It’s not sci-fi, it’s the emerging frontier of AI f... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Government's move to reintroduce tribunal fee threatens workers' rights | The government is repeating the mistakes it made in 2013, when it unlawfully introduced employment tribunal fees.
Following UNISON’s legal challenge, the Supreme Court, in 2017, ruled that employment tribunal fees are unlawful because they ... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Over 5.7 Million Eligible Homes Yet to Claim Social Tariff Relief for Water Bills | Uncertainty Surrounding Potential Rise of Water Bills
We recognise the financial challenges faced by many households and urge eligible individuals to claim financial support via social tariffs.”
— Sam Davies, founder and director of Age Car... |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Insurance companies have discovered devious new ways to rip you off | Redeem now
Insurance is one of those things that we all need and pay a ton for the privilege of having — but also never think about, hoping we never have to use it, and knowing that if we do, it will likely be a hellish experience. Unfortun... |
| May 18, 2023 | Cost-of-Living-Crisis Cuts Broadband for 1 Million Brits | As many as one million people cut off their broadband in the last year as the cost-of-living crisis left them unable to afford internet access, according to new research from Citizens Advice.
Citizens Advice conducted an online survey over ... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Here’s The Article We Didn’t Run Back In 2017 About DoNotPay | So, over the last few weeks, we’ve written a bunch of articles about DoNotPay, highlighting some pretty significant questions about the company, its CEO, and the services it offers. To date, the CEO of the company, Josh Browder, has not res... |
| Jan 6, 2023 | Smart Tips To Help Deal With Bailiffs | Share
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Never ignore a situation where you’re dealing with a bailiff! Ignorance isn’t bliss as the situation will only get worse with time if placed on the back burner. Instead of waiting for your problems to snowball,... |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Ofcom needs to address broadband and mobile loyalty penalties, Citizens Advice | Citizens Advice, the organisation that provides independent legal advice, is urging Ofcom to address the issue of so-called loyalty penalties after finding that one in seven customers are still paying higher rates for mobile, broadband and ... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Citizens Advice Calls for End of Broadband Loyalty Penalty | Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has been urged to combat the broadband ‘loyalty penalty’ for customers who stay with a single provider.
According to Citizens Advice, one in seven customers pay extra for their services across the broadband, mobile a... |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Why Home Parcel Deliveries Aren’t The Access Boon They Should Be For The Disabled | A woman signs for a delivery at home. getty |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Buy Now Pay Later: Will Regulation Burst the Bubble? | Payments | Annmarie Mahabir |
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The exponential growth in e-commerce and the impact of the pandemic have fuelled the rise of 'Buy Now Pay Later' (BNPL), making it one of the biggest retail trends in 2021. This is set to conti... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Disability in the corporate world: Challenging and championing perspectives | There are 14.1 million disabled people living in the UK. Despite protections under law, disabled people still face widespread prejudice, intentional or otherwise, across all facets of society. Statistics compiled by disability equality char... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Black Friday Purchase Scams Are Metro Bank's November Scam of the Month | 2nd November 2021
The UK's community bank, Metro Bank, is offering consumers guidance about one of the busiest times of the year for purchase scams - Black Friday. Traditionally, in late November, Black Friday kicks off one of the busiest o... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | United Adds Five New Flights from the U.S. to London | Highlights:
* Airline to offer 22 flights per day to London by Spring of 2022; once service begins, United will offer more flights between New York City and London than any other U.S. carrier
* London was the most booked international desti... |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Virgin Media Subscribers Told to Pay “Thousands of Pounds” to Settle Piracy Lawsuits | Last week TorrentFreak broke the news that Voltage Holdings LLC, a company well known for tracking down pirates worldwide, has obtained a High Court order compelling Virgin Media to hand over subscriber data.
As a result, some of the ISP’s ... |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Broadband Bills Sending 2.5m People in UK Into Debt | New research has warned that 2.5 million people in the UK are behind on their broadband bills, with 700,000 of those falling into debt during the pandemic.
According to a survey of 6,001 adults from Citizens Advice, 5% of respondents said t... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Update on fraudulent communications | We have been made aware of a scam website that is impersonating CDC and selling investments. The site requests money that it claims it will invest on your behalf, and solicits personal information that may be used by fraudsters to commit th... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Update on fraudulent communications | We have been made aware of a scam website that is impersonating CDC and selling investments. The site requests money that it claims it will invest on your behalf, and solicits personal information that may be used by fraudsters to commit th... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Update on fraudulent communications | We have been made aware of a scam website that is impersonating CDC and selling investments. The site requests money that it claims it will invest on your behalf, and solicits personal information that may be used by fraudsters to commit th... |
| Feb 5, 2021 | Energy price cap to increase in April but consumers should switch to save money | Big increase in wholesale energy prices push up price cap by £96 to £1,138 to pre-pandemic levels
The price cap continues to save consumers up to £100 a year and they can save up to £150 more by switching tariff
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| Aug 20, 2020 | UK Says South Wales Police's Facial Recognition Program Is Unlawful | The South Wales Police has been deploying a pretty awful facial recognition program for a few years now. Back in 2018, documents obtained by Wired showed its test deployment at multiple events attended by thousands was mostly a mistake. The... |
| Jun 16, 2020 | What is independent financial advice? | What is independent financial advice?
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Sarah Austin, Independent Financial Adviser from Martin-Redman Partners, explains how independent financial advice can help you plan, invest and save money.
What do you do when presented with... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | Can I Get Full Pay During The Coronavirus? | 0 shares
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With the COVID19 Coronavirus starting to bite in the UK it is important that all people from across the spectrum including employers and employees do not unnecessarily panic, but rather take sensible s... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | What Happens If I Can’t Repay My Mortgage Because Of Coronavirus? | 0 shares
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LinkedIn Many banks are offering to help customers who are struggling with the impacts of the Coronavirus
A number of the big banks are permitting payment holidays for mortgages and loans
Other support includes ... |
| Jul 16, 2019 | UK Facebook users now have a tool to report scam ads | Facebook has launched a tool for U.K. users to report ads they suspect of being scams.
The feature can be accessed by clicking the three dots in the top-right corner of each ad on Facebook, then selecting ‘Report ad,’ then ‘Misleading or sc... |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Customers Overpaying £800 Million for Unused Mobile Phone Data | Three in four mobile phone customers are overpaying for unused data, a consumer survey by Citizens Advice (CA) has revealed.
The UK survey found that unused mobile phone data is costing consumers a total of £800 million annually with 71% of... |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Facebook agrees to do more to tackle scam ads after celebrity defamation lawsuit | Facebook has agreed to plough more resource into combating the use of its advertising platform by scammers, saying it will do more to tackle scam ads that use well-known public figures to try to trick consumers.
It plans to launch a dedicat... |
| Jan 15, 2019 | What to Make of the U.K.’s New Code of Practice on Internet-of-Things Security | Across the globe, the rapid pace of technology development has made it difficult to govern emerging tech effectively. Policymakers struggle with several primary issues, including knowledge of the subject matter, the potential impact on the ... |
| Jan 9, 2019 | How to discuss financial well-being with your employees…and why you should | How to discuss financial well-being with your employees…and why you should
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At this time of year money and financial worries can be a cause for concern and a source of stress for many people, including your employees. HR Dept's la... |
| Nov 5, 2018 | UK to probe fairness of personalized pricing practices in online retail | The UK government has announced an investigation into personalized pricing practices in online retail following growing concerns that vulnerable consumers are at risk of price discrimination through the use of ecommerce technologies that va... |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Citizen’s Advice Bureau launches super-complaint over £4bn consumer rip-off | |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Report Finds Digital Exclusion is Still a Huge Issue in Scotland | Of 1,200 Scottish Citizen Advice Bureau clients surveyed 34% had no or limited ability to use the internet, 20% could only access it via smart phone and 21% do not have an email. The report shows a significant level of digital exclusion, wh... |
| Oct 30, 2017 | OPINION: Time for Data Protection to Work for Everyone | The Government’s Data Protection Bill had its Second Reading debate on Tuesday 10 October. For Open Rights Group, and other members of civil society, the test for data protect fulfilling its purpose is whether it is improving consumer right... |
| Oct 5, 2017 | Scottish Fintech Companies Wanted! | Tech City UK’s Fintech For All is a competition created to address the issue of financial exclusion and improve the financial capabilities of people in the UK.
The competition is open to companies of all sizes, across the whole of the UK – ... |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Fintech: Competition Tackles Financial Exclusion in the UK | Fintech For All is a new competition for companies based in, or headquartered in the UK, with a service or product which can help to solve financial inclusion and improve the financial capabilities of people in the UK.
The competition is op... |
| Aug 7, 2017 | Payday Loans Industry Now Worth £220 million in 2017 | 0 shares
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The payday loans industry in the UK is now valued at around £220 million, according to figures from 2016/17. The highly controversial industry was once worth £2.5 billion in 2013, but an increase in re... |
| Jan 8, 2016 | How to Make Online Discourse Less of a Trash Fire in 2016 | No.
The idea of the internet troll as a grotty men's rights activist in Milwaukee, gently marinating in his own smegma and Cheetos crumbs, make us feel safe. It's easy to deal with online criticism or abuse when you don't respect the people... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Non-disparagement clauses vs. your right to leave negative reviews online | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last month, the U.S. took a big step toward safeg... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Non-disparagement clauses vs. your right to leave negative reviews online | Last month, the U.S. took a big step toward safeguarding consumers’ right to leave honest online reviews without fear of retribution. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced S. 2044, which will... |
| Feb 19, 2013 | Lowest Debt Burden If You Live In Wales, Says Debt Management Company IVAOnline.co.uk | People in Wales have the lowest unsecured debt levels in Britain, although they still have the same relative levels of IVAs and bankruptcy to the rest of the UK, says Insolvency Company IVAOnline.co.uk.
New figures from the Office for Natio... |
| Aug 22, 2011 | Payment Protection Insurance makes headlines for all the wrong reasons | For many years payment protection insurance was sold extensively by banks, credit card companies and other lenders. The principle behind the insurance was simple; it was designed to protect a customer taking out a loan or credit from financ... |
| Sellers warned after 259,000 counterfeit toys seized in 2025 | The Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has revealed that hundreds of thousands of fake toys have been seized at UK borders; and is warning ecommerce businesses to be ultra careful about their sources.
The warning is particularl... |
| Seeing red: Is this the end of Australia Post’s daily letter deliveries? | Source: Twitter/AusPost
Australia Post is seeing red. A lot of it.
After posting a razor-thin profit of $23.6 million in the last six months of 2022, it anticipates a loss for the full 2022-23 financial year — only the second time since bei... |
| UK wants industry feedback on proposed BNPL regulation | The news: The UK government is one step closer to enacting buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation after the Treasury released draft legislation on Tuesday.
The government invited industry stakeholders to provide feedback during an eight-week ... |
