Google ‘should be liable’ if savers fall for scam investment ads, watchdog says
Search engines and social media sites should bear “clear legal liability” for financial advertisements on their platforms, the City watchdog has...
Month: September 2020
Fixing test and trace is the only way to avoid economic catastrophe
You wouldn’t bet against full closures following in the autumn if the Government goes for a “circuit breaker”. It all stems...
The billionaire Blackburn brothers set to take over Asda
The Issas saw things differently with their company, EG Group. They agreed with the oil majors that there was no...
Banks must give customers ‘fair warning’ if closing expat accounts due to Brexit, MPs warn
Banks planning to close down accounts of Britons living in the EU because of Brexit must give customers sufficient warning...
Lockdown 2.0 will pour fuel over the red-hot property market
Shut away in our houses, staring at our four walls once again – the prospect of more coronavirus restrictions means...
Tax hikes or austerity needed to pay for Covid spending, warns IFS
Ben Zaranko, economist at the IFS, said: “They could swallow up huge amounts of money, and leave some public services...
Questor: its strong finances mean Whitbread will survive where others may not. Hold
However, May’s £1bn rights issue means risk-tolerant and patient investors can afford to stick around. Whitbread already had 18 months’...
Reform housing support or face a tidal wave of repossessions, think tank warns
Repossessions could spike unless government housing support is urgently reformed, a think tank has warned. The Centre for Policy Studies...
you can pay IHT before you die and 7 other things you didn’t know about death duties
In Tax Hacks, our columnist Mike Warburton – previously a tax director with accountants Grant Thornton – brings you his...
E-commerce ad spend to surge 18% amid overall decline, WARC says
Dive Brief: Brands are expected to spend $58 billion on e-commerce advertising this year, according to a new WARC report. Ad...
