Warning Christmas shoppers may lose £100m in scams
Banks say around 200,000 people could fall victim to some of the most common scams over the festive period....
Virgin Media ‘fastest wi-fi’ advert banned by watchdog
Advertising regulator tells firm to withdraw “fastest wi-fi guarantee of any major provider” advert....
Thames Water says it can’t pay back £190m loan
Thames Water boss tells MPs it doesn’t have enough money to pay back a loan due in April next year....
Plans to force mobile firms to set out price rises
Regulator Ofcom is concerned customers are not being given certainty on how much they will pay....
Google loses monopoly case to Fortnite maker Epic Games
A jury found that the tech giant used illegal strategies to maintain its app store dominance....
Scrabble maker Hasbro cuts more jobs
The maker of Transformers action figures and Monopoly will lay off about 1,100 workers globally – close to 20% of its staff....
Renting: Pace of rising costs has peaked, says Zoopla
Rents on new lets in UK are up nearly 10% a year, but the pace of the increase is slowing, it says....
Smile Direct Club: Customer ‘gutted’ over £800 loss
Dentistry trade bodies express “great concern” for patients as Smile Direct Club ceases trading....
UK mortgage lending to fall in 2024 – trade body
Higher interest rates and cost of living pressures will lead to lower lending, UK Finance says....
Smile Direct Club dentistry aligners firm shuts down
Best known for selling clear aligners remotely, it has shut down months after filing for bankruptcy....