The UK’s consumer economy died during lockdown it’s not all coming back, says ADRIAN LOWERY

The pedlars of crackpot Covid conspiracy theories missed a trick. Forget 5G: a more believable ruse would have been that the US tech giants set off the coronavirus pandemic. Such has been the impact on the FAANG stocks that the idea, fanciful of course, might have gained some traction. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Consumer debt falls a record £7.4bn in April

Britain’s £221billion consumer debt pile shrank by nearly £7.5billion in April, the largest fall ever recorded by the Bank of England. As households cut their spending during the coronavirus lockdown, the amount households they borrowed slumped to £11.8billion, almost half of the figure for February. Although the amount households paid back also dropped, the spending … Read more

Your rights when it comes to returning Christmas presents: Consumer Fightback

From a present you don’t like, to gifts others have already got and shopping in the sales, read our CONSUMER FIGHTBACK guide to your rights By Helen Dewdney For This Is Money Published: 09:36 BST, 27 December 2019 | Updated: 09:36 BST, 27 December 2019 Have you bought someone a Christmas present they didn’t like, … Read more

Free-to-use cash machines could disappear across UK within two years, consumer group Which? warns 

Free-to-use cash machines could disappear across UK within two years unless Government steps in and forces banks to maintain them, consumer group Which? warns Free-to-use cash machines face disappearing within two years, it is claimed Estimated 9,500 free ATMs were removed or introduced charges since 2018 Banks are pushing people to switch from cash to … Read more