UK travel and hospitality companies set to benefit from the easing of Covid restrictions rallied on the London stock market after Boris Johnson set out the government’s roadmap for ending lockdown in England. Against a backdrop of rising hopes for a rapid economic recovery from the worst recession for more than 300 years, shares in…
Lockdown has led to soaring rates of unemployment, and with that, decreasing job prospects for young people. For a generation that already faced record house prices, some young people have changed their approach to the future, from job choices to money management. We’d like to speak to people aged 25 and under about how their…
Can you please ask PayPal why it is refusing to refund me £200 after a cancelled theatre show (The Prince of Egypt)? The performance was meant to be last week but the theatre company got in contact just before Christmas to warn that there would be no performances before March, and that a refund would…
Britons from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are among several groups facing disproportionately high living costs because of the likelihood of being hit by the “poverty premium”, academics have said. A study found that the risk of people on low incomes being charged more for banking and credit, among other things, was greater among those…
Companies that fail to meet the gender pay gap reporting deadline of 4 April will be given a six-month reprieve before any enforcement action is taken against them. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said companies should report by the deadline if possible, but confirmed it would not begin enforcement proceedings until 4 October….
I closed my gas and electricity account with Utility Point at the end of October and, according to it, I was in credit by more than £200. Since then, I have been trying to get this money back, to no effect. In response to my numerous emails, it has admitted three times it owes the…
