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A 30-year-old Volvo HGV covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold at auction for £1.5MILLION next month The 1988 Volvo FL6 was painted by Banksy during a millennium party in 2000 It is understood to be the anonymous artist’s biggest piece of work ever, created before the height of his fame The HGV – … Read more
Those born in the 1980s are financially worse off than the generation before: are they really facing a state pension age of 75? The This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 14:38 GMT, 30 August 2019 | Updated: 14:38 GMT, 30 August 2019 This week, This is Money takes a look at a … Read more
Tea and crumpets. Cricket. Constantly talking about the weather. Premium Bonds. All of these are unequivocally British and the last has captured the imagination like no other financial product since launching in the 1950s. When I interviewed Agent Million some seven years ago – the person whose job it is to deliver £1million jackpot news … Read more
Primary school, secondary school, A Levels, university; ever feel like your life is on rails towards a specific point? Contemporary conventional wisdom is that university is a must for anyone turning 18, as it results in better pay and opportunities over the course of your working life. However, as the cost of university becomes more … Read more
Help! My dad is leaving his house to me, but can I split it with my sister? They recently reconciled and she hasn’t seen the will By This Is Money Reporter Published: 07:42 BST, 29 August 2019 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 29 August 2019 In my dad’s will, the house is left to me and … Read more
Soaring numbers of parents and grandparents are raiding the equity in their homes to help younger relatives get on the property ladder. Estate agents and mortgage brokers have told Money Mail they are hearing from more and more buyers who are able to put down a deposit on their first home only because an older … Read more
BP quits Alaska after 60 years in £4.5bn deal as it moves away from oil and gas drilling BP is disposing of its interests in several oil fields and the Trans-Alaska pipeline to local firm Hilcorp The deal marks a major change for BP, which began working in Alaska in 1959 It also throws the jobs … Read more
Fat cat bosses at some of Britain’s biggest companies are raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of perks on top of their multi-million pay packages, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. FTSE 100 chiefs are enjoying what critics call ‘completely gratuitous’ payments to cover private aircraft use, school fees, family travel, chauffeur-driven cars … Read more
JP MORGAN JAPANESE: Portfolio that avoids cyclical stocks helps this trust rise above the threat of recession Nicholas Weindling has managed investment trust for nearly 12 years He skips cyclical stocks, which are prone to sharp share price falls Weindling prefers to hunt down ‘new types’ of company he believes will thrive By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
Carpetright shares rocket as biggest investor boosts confidence in the embattled flooring firm by taking on debt pile Meditor has bought Carpetright’s revolving credit facility of £40.7million The seeming show of confidence sent Carpetright shares up over 10 per cent By Emily Hardy For This Is Money Published: 11:02 BST, 27 August 2019 | Updated: … Read more