Nearly £5.4 million was spent on “paupers’ funerals” by local authorities in the financial year 2017-18, a mutual insurer has found.
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Pensions cold calling ban introduced to thwart scammers
Companies making nuisance calls about pensions now face potential fines of up to half a million pounds.
From Wednesday, firms making un..
Heathrow airport departures suspended after drone sighting
All flights out of the UK’s busiest airport, London’s Heathrow, were briefly suspended after a reported drone sighting, just weeks after a similar report at Gatwick grounded about 1,000 flights.
DNO raises offer for North Sea firm Faroe to £641.7 million
Norwegian energy firm DNO has upped its takeover offer for Faroe Petroleum to £641.7 million as it continues its dogged pursuit of the ..
FTSE 100 trades higher as investors grow bullish over US-China relations
London’s blue-chip index and oil prices traded higher on Tuesday as investors were bullish over a possible breakthrough in trade talks ..
Monzo hires former boss of Northern Rock as chairman
Monzo is to appoint the former boss of collapsed lender Northern Rock as its chairman, months after the challenger bank became a unicorn
Victims report losing over £200,000 as fraudsters claim to be from TV Licensing
Fraudsters are sending people a wave of fake TV Licensing emails in order to steal their personal information and trick them into handi..
Economy Energy goes bust as list of failures grows
Economy Energy has become the latest small energy firm to go bust, leaving hundreds of thousands of customers in limbo.
Regulator Ofgem..
Joules cheers online success as Christmas sales jump
Upmarket clothing firm Joules has thanked a strong online performance for helping send festive sales surging by nearly 12%.
The group –..
Water companies’ response to Beast from the East ‘was poor’
Water companies’ response to the Beast from the East was poor and resulted in mixed levels of customer service, the industry regulator ..
Aldi and Lidl continue to gain on big four supermarkets with bumper Christmas
Challengers Aldi and Lidl continued to put pressure on the “big four” supermarkets over Christmas, new market share data shows.
Two-thi..
Building supplies group SIG hit by economic uncertainty
Building supplies firm SIG blamed economic uncertainty for contributing to tough conditions in the construction industry as the group p..
Supermarkets ring up record Christmas despite slower growth
Supermarkets rang up another record Christmas, new data has shown, despite a slowdown in sector growth.
Shoppers spent a record £29.3 b..
Morrisons sales tick higher thanks to wholesale arm
Morrisons has unveiled an increase in Christmas sales thanks to stronger growth in its wholesale arm, despite a slowdown in retail shop..
Housing market experts surprised as index shows 2.2% price jump in December
House prices recorded a surprise jump in December, according to an index.
Halifax said house prices increased by 2.2% month on month in..