Regulating to meet consumers’ needs (UK) The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed approach to ensuring it regulates in a way that truly helps consumers is set out in a consultation on the first of the series of documents, which – as

Interest Rate Rise To Cause ‘Some Pain’ The rise in UK interest rates  is predicted to cause “some pain” for homeowners as mortgage interest payments rise. The Bank of England, who raised the rates a week ago, insist the fallout

Grey matters One quarter of the UK’s retirees ‘unretire’ back into the workforce, according to researchers from the University of Manchester and King’s College London. Since the year 2000, the proportion of over-65s in work has doubled to around 10%.

03/11/2017 ICO targets ‘personal information’ traders (UK) The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has extended its campaign against nuisance calls from the firms which make the calls to the data broking industry as a whole and – appropriately – its first

03/11/2017 More freedom for energy suppliers to tailor cost predictions (UK) Consumers can expect suppliers to give them annual cost projections for gas and electricity that are transparent, accurate and fully reflect the relevant tariffs, under Ofgem proposals to replace