Trapped Woodford investors snubbed by Financial Conduct Authority

Furious Neil Woodford investors have slammed the financial watchdog over its drawn-out probe into the savings scandal. Grilling top regulators at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday, savers asked why the watchdog’s investigation into the fund manager’s failed empire was taking so long. But in a snub to investors who were frozen out of the … Read more

Fresh Covid clampdown derails plan at bus and train operator Go-Ahead 

Fresh Covid clampdown derails plan at Go-Ahead: Government’s work from home U-turn set hits bus and train operators By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 24 September 2020 Plans to restore rail and bus services to normality have been ditched by one of Britain’s biggest … Read more

Venezuelan president’s Bank of England bullion bid goes back to court 

Venezuelan president’s bid to access £800m worth of gold stored in the Bank of England goes back to court By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 September 2020 Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s attempt to access £800million worth of gold stored in the Bank of … Read more

Business support from Government fails to support the self-employed

Rishi’s emergency rescue plan to extend financial help for businesses has kept some firms happy while others accused the Chancellor of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’. Rishi Sunak shared his ‘Winter Economic Plan’ today, which provided an update on the new programme due to replace the furlough scheme among other policies designed to protect jobs … Read more