eBay slashes fees to support struggling small firms during the pandemic By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 31 March 2020 EBay has slashed its fees for business sellers to support entrepreneurs struggling as a result of the pandemic. As of last week, small firms … Read more
Will your bank freeze overdraft fees until summer? What the big six are doing for customers and why they’ve NOT axed planned 40% rates High street banks have set out overdraft measures during coronavirus Includes increased fee-free buffers and writing off some charges Many of the big names have new overdraft rates of nearly 40% … Read more
Universities could face having to slash tuition fees because they ‘won’t return to normal even by autumn’ Universities may have to slash their tuition fees amid the coronavirus outbreak In the past two weeks universities have switched to online or remote learning Experts warned that students unlikely to accept continuing to pay full charges Coronavirus … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Banks have shown a total lack of basic judgement by hiking overdraft fees while the economy goes into meltdown By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 26 March 2020 When the medical crisis became a financial crisis, High Street banks were quick out … Read more
Rightmove is facing a backlash from estate agents who claim it is not doing enough to help them throughout the coronavirus crisis which is seeing them lose business amid plummeting home viewings and sales. The property listing website has offered estate agents a 75 per cent discount for the next four months as the housing … Read more
Thousands of criminals in England and Wales owe £1.2billion in unpaid fees and fines as critics accuse offenders of ‘laughing in the face of the courts’ Money owed by criminals in England and Wales soared to a record £1.2billion Total amount imposed by courts has more than doubled in the last five years It means … Read more
Admitting you need to divorce is not an easy decision. Many people feel trapped in loveless or abusive relationships as the financial burden of a divorce may be too costly – even if the decision to split is the right one. The average legal fees for divorce amount to £8,926 in Britain but can jump … Read more
Estate agent Foxtons blames Brexit for lower house sales last year as the tenant fees ban eats into income sending profits down a third Foxtons’ revenues from house sales fell 10% to £32m; lettings down 2% to £65m Adjusted core profit for 2019 fell 32 per cent to £2.5million ‘Early signs’ of improvement so far, … Read more