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Nationwide cuts mortgage charges as lowest fastened offers hit 4.5%
Nationwide Building Society is lowering its mortgage rates, along with several other high street banks and building societies. From tomorrow, Britain's second biggest mortgage lender will cut fixed rates by up to 25 basis…
L’Oreal hails ‘lipstick impact’ as financial turmoil drives gross sales…
L’Oreal has seen its sales rebound thanks to a ‘lipstick effect’ on consumer confidence - sending shares soaring.The French firm - whose brands include Garnier, Maybelline and Essie - said sales rose 6.7 per cent to £10.6billion in its…
‘I drive 700 miles a yr and pay £790 in tax!’… ‘It’s past…
Drivers are being forced to scrap perfectly roadworthy cars because the cost to tax them has become so astronomically expensive.Cars between nine and 20 years old that are in faultless mechanical order and passing MOT tests with no…
From vape outlets to expensive parking: What do YOU need to see much less of on Britain’s…
Britain's high streets have changed radically over the last couple of decades, and not always for the better. As online retailers eroded shop footfall and business rates for physical shops rose sharply, several big-name brand shops…
Asos boss hails indicators of inexperienced shoots in turnaround efforts because it trims losses
Asos has hailed signs of a turnaround after it trimmed its losses and grew the number of new customers for the first time in nearly five years. While sales fell 14 per cent to £1.1billion over the six months to 1 March, adjusted…
Investing for freshmen: The finest platforms to get began as an investor
Products featured in this article are independently selected by This is Money's specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to…
Foxtons suffers 35% droop in home sale charges amid ‘subdued’ market
Shares in Foxtons fell 4 per cent on Thursday morning after the group revealed that its fees from house sales slumped 35 per cent in the first quarter. Revenue from the estate agency's house sales divisions fell to £10.7million in the…
Government’s tax take reaches document excessive as Labour’s tax hikes on enterprise…
The Government’s tax take reached an all-time high last year, as Labour's tax hikes on businesses propped up the public finances.The tax office collected £938.8billion in the 2025-26 tax year, which is £63.8 billion higher than last year.…
HMRC to contact younger folks to reunite them with misplaced Child Trust Fund money
Young people with lost Child Trust Fund accounts will soon be contacted by the Government in a bid to reunite them with their money, This is Money can reveal.More than £1.5billion is sitting in as many as 750,000 forgotten CTFs owned by…
Future Isa millionaires: Number of kids with Junior Isa pots value greater than £200,000 doubles
The number of children sitting on Junior Isa pots worth six figures has more than doubled in a year, as they reap the benefits from saving and investing early.Junior Isas can be opened by the parents or guardians of children under the age…
