business and finance It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:14:01 +0000 Ms B.M. writes: I had a Barclaycard, and I believe there was PPI automatically included, so I asked a claims company to look into this for me. Full Article
business and finance Basil! I never even use the name...but fraudsters stole it By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:54:59 +0000 S.A. writes: I think some scammers are operating off the back of Beside Asset Management Limited, which you have written about before. Full Article
business and finance 'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:28:27 +0000 I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details. Full Article
business and finance TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam - and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed By Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:03:28 +0100 I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any money. I have filled in several withdrawal forms, but it never happenes. Full Article
business and finance TONY HETHERINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority is a disgrace and your £20k loss is proof By Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:43:41 +0100 I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash. Full Article
business and finance TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm By Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 09:04:33 +0100 'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.' Full Article
business and finance TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Please help...we just want to stop living in fear of Scottish Power' By Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:34:16 +0100 My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than 18 months, as it insists we owe more than £7,000. The company claims we have not paid since 2013 Full Article
business and finance HETHERINGTON: How can my house be using 'industrial' amounts of power? By Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:32:28 +0100 I joined ScottishPower for my electricity in March 2017, paying £190 a month. In March last year, they asked for weekly readings and said I was not paying enough. Full Article
business and finance TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland By Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 10:55:14 +0100 I have received a letter from Lowell Portfolio, claiming an alleged debt of £599 which it says I owe to PayPal. But I rang PayPal and was told that in fact no money is owed on my account. Full Article
business and finance July sees M&A deals worth $4 bn By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 23:51:00 +0530 Year tally hits $20 bn Full Article
business and finance Ten financial experts give their New Year's resolutions By Published On :: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:45:30 +0000 Sir Steve Webb, Director of policy at Royal London:' Check my credit card statement properly. It's so easy to sign up for things on trial, then forget to cancel. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund By Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:12:26 +0000 My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: We caught car theft on CCTV but insurer still wouldn't pay out By Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:13:16 +0000 Our leased Range Rover Velar was stolen in October. The police never recovered it because the thieves ripped out its tracker, which was later found thrown in a ditch. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill By Published On :: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:23:43 +0000 My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450 By Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:15:45 +0000 Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Water torture of our £1,300 bowls club bill By Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:41:37 +0000 I am the treasurer of a 300-year-old bowling club. In October, I received a water bill for £1,335.29 (£1,220.72 actual plus £114.57 estimated). Bills had previously been about £30 per quarter. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017 By Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:42:44 +0000 My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain By Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:21:01 +0000 I was contacted regarding potential fraudulent activity on my Tesco Mastercard in early October 2019. In total, £3,700.20 of illicit transactions were refunded. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: TalkTalk won't let me cancel my care home dad's phone bill By Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:27:07 +0000 My father, 92, was admitted to a dementia care home last September. I have Lasting Power of Attorney. I rang TalkTalk to cancel his account but they refused because I wasn't the account holder. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: TSB - The bank that said 'NO' to my frail 86-year-old mother By Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:12:21 +0000 I took my mother to a TSB branch to open an account because she has been told she can no longer receive her state pension via the Post Office. We took several documents showing her address. Full Article
business and finance Tony Hazell: Why I WON'T sell in the coronavirus panic By Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:29:42 +0000 It's been a sobering week for investors. As someone who has been investing for more than 30 years, I have drawn on all my experience to sit on my hands and do very little. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it By Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:42:07 +0000 I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund By Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:32 +0000 Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up? By Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:29:37 +0000 I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: We waited two weeks for Morrisons order, then RBS blocked it By Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:21:22 +0100 My wife and I received a message from our bank saying there had been an 'unusual' request for payment on our account and it had declined to pay it. The payment was to Morrisons. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus By Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:25:20 +0100 For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! By Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:02:30 +0100 Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments By Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:12:18 +0100 My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month. Full Article
business and finance £186 vanished after my Wayfair account was hacked: ASK TONY By Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:15:54 +0100 The homewares website Wayfair emailed to inform me my account details, including had been changed. I tried to check my account but my password had been changed. Full Article
business and finance ASK TONY:I got a £994 bill... years after I left my student digs By Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:26:18 +0100 In June 2014 I moved out of a student house I had been living in for two years while at university. The accounts were in my name. We always paid the full amount of our energy bill on time. Full Article
business and finance Chennai floods won't impact our revenues: Cognizant By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:42:00 +0530 Reaffirms full-year revenue guidance of $12.41 bn. Full Article
business and finance Big B not hosting any political event: Abhishek Bachchan By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 20:15:00 +0530 However, there are reports that R Madhavan, and not Amitabh Bachchan, would be hosting the event Full Article
business and finance Report Card: India's Economy after two years of Modi Government By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 23:47:00 +0530 Tracking India's Economic vitals, as Modi Government completes two years Full Article
business and finance Piyush Goyal: Work, ideas and targets By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:31:00 +0530 An articulate ex-banker and a chartered accountant by training, Goyal is particular about numbers Full Article
business and finance Nitin Gadkari: The can-do instructor By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:32:00 +0530 This do-spirit of the minister is, however, not matched by more realistic officials, who have a problem keeping pace with Gadkari's grand plans Full Article
business and finance Dharmendra Pradhan: Consistent performer By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:33:00 +0530 Govt has managed to weed out more than 33 million fake or duplicate LPG connections leading to savings of Rs 21,672 crore in the two financial years Full Article
business and finance Congress raps Bachchan's presence in celebration By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:34:00 +0530 Cong hits out, citing actor's alleged involvement in Panama papers; BJP defends choice Full Article
business and finance Suresh Prabhu: Two years of mixed performance By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:34:00 +0530 Cut to 2016 and the narrative has shifted to high-speed trains, Wi-Fi broadband services at stations and use of social media to improve passenger amenities Full Article
business and finance Arun Jaitley: Keeping reform process on By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:35:00 +0530 Two years into the government's five-year mandate, Jaitley has proven to be one of its most reformist voices Full Article
business and finance Modi Govt @ 2: A roller-coaster ride with civil society, academia and media By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:35:00 +0530 These two years have been about the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) civil society versus the others. Entrenching the first in the heart of policy making and atmosphere-building eco-systems has gone hand-in-hand with controlling the dissent of ... Full Article
business and finance Report Card: Modi Government's signature schemes By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 06:23:00 +0530 Tracking the Modi government's signature initiatives and status report Full Article
business and finance Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 06:45:00 +0530 That's one lesson Modi ship's internalised from Vajpayee's exit, that pro-market can proceed if it can be marketed as pro-poor Full Article
business and finance Narendra Modi: Governance and that Hindutva image By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 07:00:00 +0530 Modi seems to prefer that Hindu strongman image remain tucked in reserve, to only come when called; life's been more complicated Full Article
business and finance Corporate India runs at two speeds By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 07:14:00 +0530 India Inc: Looking forward to a stimulus Full Article
business and finance CEO Poll: Modi govt meets expectations of India Inc on reforms By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 07:19:00 +0530 Centre should build consensus on GST Bill. say CEOs Full Article
business and finance Modi to address rally in UP; BJP plans outreach programme on two-year rule By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 09:45:00 +0530 The party on Wednesday released seven handouts on the government's achievements in the past two years in various fields Full Article
business and finance Two years of Narendra Modi's foreign policy: more misses than hits By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 11:27:00 +0530 Two years of Modi's foreign policy can be best remembered for its flip-flops on Pakistan and the PM's blockbuster speeches to delirious non-resident communities and the grand receptions he has received in several countries Full Article
business and finance Modi government a failure on many fronts, says Shiv Sena on anniversary By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:02:00 +0530 Sena also took a dig at the Prime Minister over his frequent foreign trips Full Article
business and finance Two years of Modi government: What kind of celebrations are on the cards? By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:45:00 +0530 From rallies, press conferences in over 150 cities to holding a star-studded evening, a look at what the fortnight-long celebrations will have Full Article
business and finance NDA has failed in key areas like economy: Muniyappa By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:57:00 +0530 The former union minister said "only achievement" of NDA govt was changing names of UPA schemes Full Article