Irish pay-TV sports broadcaster Setanta is on the brink of administration after BSkyB refused to provide a £50 million lifeline. BSkyB’s chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, said that they had been “talking to Setanta, and trying to work with them and help them”, however, an agreement was not reached. BSkyB was also reported to say it [...]
Thousands of UK jobs are at risk today after van maker, LDV, has been forced into administration after a deal with Weststar (the Malaysian vehicle importer and contract manufacturer) collapsed. LDV has been struggling of late and sought financial assistance from the Government earlier this year after it said it was “literally running out of [...]
Clinton Cards has put its Birthdays greetings card chain into administration after it said it could not provide funding to the loss-making chain anymore. The announcement puts 2,200 jobs at risk. Peter Saville of Zolfo Cooper, who has been appointed administrator, said: “Despite today’s announcement, I would like to reassure customers that it is business [...]
Crippled van maker LDV, owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, announced yesterday that the company had applied to go into administration on 6th May, but trade unions are calling for the government to give a £4 million bailout sum, in order to keep the manufacturer going while rescue talks are underway. LDV is faced with [...]
Retailer JJB Sports has managed to escape the clutches of administration as landlords and creditors have come to an agreement which will save 10,000 jobs. Landlords of more than 400 stores have agreed to accept new payment terms and without the backing of 75 percent of the landlords, JJB would have fallen into administration. Creditors [...]
Alexon has announced that its fashion chain Bay Trading has entered into administration which will put 268 branches and over 1,000 jobs at risk. Alexon, the parent company, was keen to point out that its other brands Ann Harvey and Kaliko would not be affected by Bay Trading’s administration. Following the release of trading results [...]
After the failure of BSkyB to negotiate a successful deal with Tiscali, Carphone’s TalkTalk home broadband is hoping to be able to secure the Italian company for a bargain price. Having been in trouble for months, the internet company had initially placed the UK business up for sale for £500m, but BSkyB only offered to [...]
London Scottish Bank (LSB) has been forced into administration after it was revealed that it did not have sufficient cash in order to continue trading. As a result the Financial Services Authority stepped in to prevent it taking any further deposits. LSB, which specialises in customers with poor credit histories, had been looking for a [...]
Phone fraudsters stealing bank card pins
Fraudsters using a phone scam to trick bank card holders into revealing their pin numbers stole £750,000 in the first four months of this year. This is the same amount stolen through this scam in the whole of last year. The fraudster telephones a bank customer, often someone elderly or vulnerable, telling them that their [...]
FSA rules out ban on interest-only mortgages
Speculation that the Financial Services Authority would ban interest-only mortgages as part of its Mortgage Market Review has proved to be unfounded. However, lenders will be required to monitor the performance of the investment product taken out by the customer to repay the mortgage at the end of its term. Investments are performing poorly because [...]
Bank of England may end free in-credit banking
A director of the Bank of England has warned that official intervention could be considered to end the ‘dangerous myth of free in-credit banking’. Andrew Bailey has already spoken out against free banking in relation to the mis-selling of financial products. In a speech made available to media, he reiterated his concern, saying that it [...]
Bank of England votes against more economic stimulus
The Bank of England voted against a further round of quantitative easing, at its latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Just one member, David Miles, voted for further asset purchase to encourage growth in the UK economy, while the other eight members voted to keep the Bank’s quantitative easing programme steady at £325bn. The minutes [...]
Catalogue debt growing says helpline
Calls from people concerned about their debts with mail order catalogues accounted for more than 12 per cent of all calls received by National Debtline last year, compared with just 8 per cent in 2007. More people were concerned about catalogue debt than about payday loans, mortgage or rent, according to the Money Advice Trust [...]
Homeserve faces mis-selling investigation
HomeServe, which provides emergency insurance cover and domestic repairs to households in the UK, is to be investigated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Issues over the possible mis-selling of household emergency policies were uncovered last October during an internal review at the Walsall-based company. Homeserve’s call centre staff were found to be selling ‘Complete [...]
OFT warns Wonga over debt collection methods
Payday loan company Wonga used aggressive and misleading methods to collect debts from customers, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found. Wonga sent letter and emails to certain customers suggesting they had committed fraud and threatening to report them to the police if they did not act in the way Wonga suggested. The company [...]
NS&I re-launches investment account
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has re-launched its Investment Account at a higher interest rate than it previously offered. The account now offers 0.75 per cent before tax, compared with between 0.2 and 0.3 per cent previously, depending on the account balance. Deposits and withdrawals on the account can no longer be made at Post [...]
Rightmove reports property downsizing trend
Two in five property owners planning to sell in the next year are planning to ‘trade down’, compared with one in four who plan to ‘trade up’. A survey by property website Rightmove found that moving to a smaller home is the main reason for moving in nine out of the ten regions in the [...]
More people failing to save for retirement
The proportion of people with no pension savings has grown from 20 per cent to 22 per cent over the past year, according to Scottish Widows’ latest survey. The pension provider surveyed 5,200 adults in the UK, aged 30 or over, and earning at least £10,000 a year, for its annual review of pensions. Ian [...]
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