Money | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/index.html?ITO=1490 en-gb Copyright 2010 Associated Newspapers Ltd Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:46:58 GMT editorial@dailymailonline.co.uk (Editor) Money Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/News_and_Media/Newspapers Money | Mail Online http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mastHead_1_rss.gif http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/index.html?ITO=1490 Prince Charles promotes being 'green' with five staff and a private train tour of UK (costing taxpayers £90,000) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309270/Prince-Charles-promotes-green-staff-private-train-tour-UK-costing-taxpayers-90-000.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-1309270-0B0D5CA2000005DC-748_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The Prince is travelling across Britain in the nine-carriage Royal Train promoting the benefits of sustainable living, including the importance of cycling and walking. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309270/Prince-Charles-promotes-green-staff-private-train-tour-UK-costing-taxpayers-90-000.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:43:20 GMT Metro Bank works magic on customers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309020/Metro-Bank-works-magic-customers.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0A9C916E000005DC-106_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Metro Bank hit its one-year target for customer accounts just five weeks after opening its first branch and could now accelerate its expansion programme, according to chairman Anthony Thomson. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309020/Metro-Bank-works-magic-customers.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:23:17 GMT £95,000-a-year benefits family of 12 re-homed in a £1,000-a-week house... after they trashed the last one http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309201/95-000-year-benefits-family-12-homed-1-000-week-house--trashed-one.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-0-0B0C1156000005DC-825_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Jobless Sam, 36, and Pete Smith, 40, have been given the new house in Bristol to house their feral brood of 10. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309201/95-000-year-benefits-family-12-homed-1-000-week-house--trashed-one.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:06:35 GMT At least two GPs earning a staggering £500,000 a year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309261/At-GPs-earning-staggering-500-000-year.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/05/article-0-044BA4F60000044D-539_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The pay packets to rival the earnings of City bankers are going to a new cadre of doctors who have used the Health Service as a platform for running a business. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309261/At-GPs-earning-staggering-500-000-year.html?ITO=1490 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:46:40 GMT Best mortgage deal: Hunting a home loan bargain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309044/Best-mortgage-deal-Hunting-home-loan-bargain.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309044-0AFBD5ED000005DC-863_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Going to a broker used to be a guarantee of getting the best mortgage on offer - they have specialist knowledge, can trawl the market and often have exclusive deals from building societies or banks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309044/Best-mortgage-deal-Hunting-home-loan-bargain.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:51:51 GMT EMI mediation 'will be short' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308991/EMI-mediation-short.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-02B0F984000004B0-167_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>EMI owner Guy Hands will meet US bank Citigroup in New York tomorrow to try to resolve their bitter dispute before they meet in court next month. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308991/EMI-mediation-short.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:45:43 GMT Nationwide to axe agency network http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308986/Nationwide-axe-agency-network.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-051A1861000005DC-918_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Nationwide Building Society's network of agencies, most of them based in estate agents, faces closure. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308986/Nationwide-axe-agency-network.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:43:49 GMT FSA launches BioDefense shares probe http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309016/FSA-launches-BioDefense-shares-probe.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0A4472000005DC-24_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The Financial Services Authority is investigating the illegal sale of shares in a company linked to Lord Guthrie, a former head of the Armed Forces. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309016/FSA-launches-BioDefense-shares-probe.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:43:13 GMT Off to Brazil to kite surf? We can help http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309067/Off-Brazil-kite-surf-We-help.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309067-0B0AD1AE000005DC-882_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Shopping around for insurance by phone or on a comparison website is easy, provided you are 'normal'. But it is a different matter if something about you or what you need to cover is out of the ordinary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309067/Off-Brazil-kite-surf-We-help.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:38:23 GMT FSA has the key to Lifemark's 'rescue' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309035/FSA-key-Lifemarks-rescue.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309035-0B074BCB000005DC-885_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>A rescue scheme is being proposed that could salvage the savings of 28,000 investors in Lifemark, an offshoot of the collapsed firm Keydata. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309035/FSA-key-Lifemarks-rescue.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:37:22 GMT BP oil spill fallout hits Jupiter dividend http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309062/BP-oil-spill-fallout-hits-Jupiter-dividend.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-023611A900000578-235_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The fallout from BP's catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill is hitting investors in one of Britain's most popular investment funds, Jupiter Income Trust. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309062/BP-oil-spill-fallout-hits-Jupiter-dividend.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:35:51 GMT MIDAS by SIMON WATKINS: Sportingbet in line for boost from the US http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309026/MIDAS-SIMON-WATKINS-Sportingbet-line-boost-US.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0A681DE4000005DC-838_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Midas reckons the London-listed online bookmaker Sportingbet might be worth a flutter. The group, which transferred to the main market from the AIM in May has put in a solid performance so far this year. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309026/MIDAS-SIMON-WATKINS-Sportingbet-line-boost-US.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:33:19 GMT £7.5 billion train scheme derailed http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309007/7-5-billion-train-scheme-derailed.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-09B2A98E000005DC-815_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Plans for a £7.5billion programme to replace the ageing InterCity 125 train fleet are expected to be scrapped next month. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309007/7-5-billion-train-scheme-derailed.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:27:29 GMT Roddick junior's store in trouble http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309024/Roddick-juniors-store-trouble.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B07BB96000005DC-181_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Coco de Mer, the erotic goods retailer founded by Anita Roddick's daughter Sam, will need another cash injection to keep the business afloat after new losses. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309024/Roddick-juniors-store-trouble.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:26:45 GMT Morrisons to challenge online rivals http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309004/Morrisons-challenge-online-rivals.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-00AE8AFC00000259-517_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips will this week give the order for an assault on the online grocery market, challenging established competitors Tesco and Asda. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309004/Morrisons-challenge-online-rivals.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:24:43 GMT Red for von Essen as it pays price of growth http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309017/Red-von-Essen-pays-price-growth.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0A44C6000005DC-972_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Von Essen, the group behind luxury hotels such as Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire, the Royal Crescent in Bath and Amberley Castle in West Sussex, has plunged into the red, due to the cost of financing its rapid expansion. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309017/Red-von-Essen-pays-price-growth.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:24:05 GMT Walsh plans biggest international airline http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309002/Walsh-plans-biggest-international-airline.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-02ABA5BE000005DC-748_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>British Airways boss Willie Walsh is planning to create the world's biggest international airline - overtaking Lufthansa and Air France-KLM - after he has finalised the merger with Spain's Iberia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309002/Walsh-plans-biggest-international-airline.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:23:18 GMT Lisa Buckingham: Put the hold back into shareholding http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309015/Lisa-Buckingham-Put-hold-shareholding.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-002A33C000000258-746_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Short-termism has always been a term of abuse in the world of business. Shareholders used to lambast management for short-term decision making. Companies under threat of takeover criticised investors for taking a short-term view. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309015/Lisa-Buckingham-Put-hold-shareholding.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:22:30 GMT Keydata boss speaks out: 'The FSA, with its armies of half baked lawyers, fresh out of college, was desperate to look tough and claim scalps' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309010/Keydata-boss-speaks-The-FSA-armies-half-baked-lawyers-fresh-college-desperate-look-tough-claim-scalps.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0A1BD4000005DC-338_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Speaking publicly for the first time since his business plunged into administration last year, Stewart Ford has told Financial Mail that he is as much a victim as the savers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309010/Keydata-boss-speaks-The-FSA-armies-half-baked-lawyers-fresh-college-desperate-look-tough-claim-scalps.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:20:15 GMT SpinVox accounts that added up to a disaster http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308984/SpinVox-accounts-added-disaster.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B0A0527000005DC-707_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The scale of financial mismanagement in voicemail-to-text company SpinVox has been laid bare in accounts released by its new owner, American technology company Nuance. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1308984/SpinVox-accounts-added-disaster.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:17:43 GMT ALISTAIR COX INTERVIEW: Smile...our profits are down only 80% http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309032/ALISTAIR-COX-INTERVIEW-Smile--profits-80.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B044F1E000005DC-488_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Few chief executives could bounce into the boardroom with a smile on the day their company announced an 80 per cent slump in profits. But there is something irrepressibly optimistic about Alistair Cox, boss of recruitment company Hays. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309032/ALISTAIR-COX-INTERVIEW-Smile--profits-80.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:08 GMT SPECIAL REPORT: Santander's bungle sours dream holiday http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309040/SPECIAL-REPORT-Santanders-bungle-sours-dream-holiday.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0B03CCBC000005DC-110_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>For the past month, since returning from a round-the-world trip, John and Maureen Price have been trying to get Santander bank to reimburse the cost of their phone calls from Australia to get their debit cards to work. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309040/SPECIAL-REPORT-Santanders-bungle-sours-dream-holiday.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:15:48 GMT JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Answer the phone - it's a simple message http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309059/JEFF-PRESTRIDGE-Answer-phone--simple-message.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-0A87D8C1000005DC-98_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>SHOCKING. That is the only word to describe customer service at Santander bank. Financial Mail has been deluged in the past two weeks with complaints from readers about the Spanish-owned bank. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309059/JEFF-PRESTRIDGE-Answer-phone--simple-message.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:14:52 GMT TONY HETHERINGTON: Avis says I wrecked its hire car http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309061/TONY-HETHERINGTON-Avis-says-I-wrecked-hire-car.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-0-008EE50500000259-424_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309061/TONY-HETHERINGTON-Avis-says-I-wrecked-hire-car.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:14:28 GMT Battle of Britain's last bank branches http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309070/Battle-Britains-bank-branches.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309070-0B0446FA000005DC-727_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>It's a bank that is considering spending more than £4.4billion for a stake in South Africa's Nedbank. But HSBC apparently can't afford to keep 16 British branches open and has told customers that they will have to go elsewhere. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309070/Battle-Britains-bank-branches.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:13:18 GMT 'Our society is planting a flag on a new piece of territory' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309048/Our-society-planting-flag-new-piece-territory.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309048-0B006505000005DC-45_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>The Buckinghamshire village of Wendover has a long tradition in community saving. In 1799, the vicar of the parish, Joseph Smith, founded England's first savings bank to allow the poor to put money aside. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309048/Our-society-planting-flag-new-piece-territory.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:13:01 GMT ASK THE EXPERTS: Do we have to pay the caretaker's tax? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309055/ASK-THE-EXPERTS-Do-pay-caretakers-tax.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/04/article-1309055-0B0AEFBA000005DC-92_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>This week the experts respond to questions about service charges, pensions and money transfers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1309055/ASK-THE-EXPERTS-Do-pay-caretakers-tax.html?ITO=1490 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:12:27 GMT 6million caught in tax debacle... and 1.4million will each have to repay £1,500 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308859/6million-caught-tax-debacle--1-4million-repay-1-500.html?printingPage=true <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/03/article-1308859-0B0820AB000005DC-719_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /><br/>Some will face far higher bills, though the Treasury insists no immediate repayment will be required if the sum is more than £2,000. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308859/6million-caught-tax-debacle--1-4million-repay-1-500.html?ITO=1490 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:21:08 GMT