The online world of vlogging and social media might seem alien to many older people. But a growing number of over-60s are embracing the earning potential of the internet by making videos about their hobbies – and attracting millions of followers. Video website YouTube pays users who let it run adverts alongside their videos. Those … Read more
Video conferencing company Zoom set to reveal how it cashed in during coronavirus lockdown By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Quizzes and virtual parties over Zoom might already be a thing of the past – but the video conferencing company will … Read more
Parents may have suffered a financial blow but some children are set to emerge from lockdown better off than ever. Many struggling families have had no choice but to halt pocket money payments after losing their income. But others say pocket money has become a vital bargaining chip as they attempt to juggle childcare and … Read more
I cashed in my entire private pension which was £91,000. I received around £62,000 and I applied for tax back four months ago. I still work but have been off the last five months with anxiety and depression, so obviously haven’t earned the same as usual. I’ve earned just over £8,000 this year. I bought … Read more
Hargreaves Lansdown chiefs in £6m share sale: High-flyers cashed in weeks before Woodford crisis sent stock tumbling By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 7 June 2019 Two high flyers at Hargreaves Lansdown sold millions of pounds of shares in the company just weeks before … Read more
It wasn’t the first time Crispin Odey has been accused of crying wolf. Over the past five years, Britain’s best-known hedge fund boss has repeatedly predicted a major stock market crash. At one stage, the 61-year-old multi-millionaire seemed so convinced of impending doom that he even faced suggestions (which he dismissed as ‘absolute rubbish’) that … Read more
A cancer patient who cashed in his pension and planned his own funeral after being told his illness was terminal has now discovered he will live. Peter Hinds, 51, from Warrington, was diagnosed with inoperable intestinal cancer in January 2017 and doctors told him he could have just six months left to live. Having lost … Read more