Seventy-one per cent of businesses have furloughed a proportion of their workforce, up from 66% a week earlier, according to a new survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)
The rate of inflation in the UK fell to 1.5% in March, down from 1.7% in February, according to new data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Average rates for equity release dropped to a record low of 4.48% in the second half of 2019 while two out of every five products had rates lower than 4%, the Equity Release Council (ERC) Spring Market Report has revealed
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has reassured customers of London Capital and Finance (LCF) it is doing “everything it can” to reach a point where it can assess claims as efficiently and effectively as possible
UK Finance has issued a warning for consumers to be on the lookout for “smishing” text message scams from criminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak
Thirty-eight per cent of UK businesses have deliberately abandoned an application for banking services in the last year due to ‘slow due diligence processes,’ according to new research from Encompass Corporation
UK consumers are “feeling the financial pinch of the coronavirus” with March showing an accelerated deterioration in the financial health of UK households, according to new data published in the IHS Markit UK Household Finance Index (HFI)
AJ Bell has urged pension savers to “be on their guard” against a potential surge in scam activity during the period of economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic
TSB has announced it has fully reimbursed “every single TSB customer” that was an innocent victim of financial fraud since launching its Fraud Refund Guarantee scheme in April 2019
With the news the Junior ISA (JISA) savings limit is set to increase to £9,000 by 2020/21, according to Wednesday’s Budget, the Government’s announcement has created mixed responses from experts in the financial services sector