Bride-to-be’s mother slams her $3000 engagement ring and brands daughter’s fiancé ‘cheap trash’

A bride-to-be has revealed her mother branded her fiancé ‘cheap trash’ for buying her a $3,000 (£2, 700) white gold engagement ring. The anonymous man, from the US, has taken to Reddit and told how the bride-to-be was initially happy with the ‘nice little white gold ring with diamonds and a sapphire’ he bought her … Read more

On the hunt for investing bargains? Eight cheap opportunities

Bargain hunting investors have a wealth of choice as the Covid-19 crisis disrupted many industries and economies which remain overlooked – and therefore cheap – despite the vaccine relief rally. With an end to the pandemic hopefully just a matter of time now, global financial markets look set to boom while the optimistic vaccine news … Read more

Should you lock in a cheap holiday now for 2021? How can you protect yourself?

With news of three viable vaccines spreading hope for an end to the pandemic, holidaymakers starved of overseas travel will be eyeing up trips in 2021. In fact, a third of people are planning to treat themselves to a better foreign holiday in 2021 after missing out on their annual break this year, according to … Read more

Supermarket scandal sees honey ‘bulked out with cheap sugar syrups’

Some of the honey on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarkets may have been adulterated with cheap sugar syrups, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Tests conducted on own-brand honeys from Co-op, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda suggest they have been bulked out with cheap syrups made from rice and corn – without the retailers’ knowledge. … Read more

Use cheap borrowing to avoid austerity or tax rises to help the economy recover says the IMF

Use cheap borrowing to avoid austerity or tax rises to help the economy recover says the IMF – as it also recommends targeting the rich to reduce global debts that have hit a record £64 TRILLION By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline and James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 11:39 BST, 15 October … Read more

Philip Green’s retail empire has been ‘taking handouts while making staff redundant on the cheap’ 

Sir Philip Green’s retail empire has been ‘taking tens of millions in government handouts while making staff redundant on the cheap using furlough scheme’ Arcadia made 300 staff redundant and paid then reduced rates, reports say The company, which owns Topshop, accepted millions to pay furloughed staff Staff at Arcadia Group were told by an … Read more

Skin cancer deaths more than DOUBLE in 50 years as British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays

Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays. Official figures analysed by Cancer Research UK reveal that people are dying from melanoma skin cancer at 2.5 times the rate they were in the 1970s. Almost nine in ten cases … Read more

Cheap mortgages may soon be a thing of the past as experts warn ‘perfect storm’ could push up rates

Mortgage rates may be about to get more expensive despite unprecedented measures from the Bank of England designed to keep them low. Brokers say a ‘perfect storm’ of issues indicate that mortgage rates, which are currently still at historical lows, may soon rise as the coronavirus lockdown ravages many households’ finances. At the same time, … Read more

Best energy deals: How to switch supplier and find cheap deals

Those who fail to switch energy supplier could be unwittingly adding hundreds of pounds to annual bills. But moving suppliers doesn’t have to be a hassle. Below we explain how to search for the right deal for you, which providers offer the cheapest rates and what switching involves. If you’ve never switched supplier, you could … Read more

Purple Bricks looks to abandon cheap fixed fees and start charging fees

Purple Bricks looks to abandon cheap fixed fees and start charging estate agency fees from autumn Online estate agent Purple Bricks could change its flat fee pricing structure The agent announced plans for a pilot to test a ‘hybrid system’ in the autumn Planned pilot was set to launch in Spring but was delayed by … Read more