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Avoiding Agency commissions? Don't believe the adverts!

I had a flyer through my door this morning, low-quality and poorly produced, and using such choice quotes as SAVE £1,000’s ON ESTATE AGENTS FEES OK, I can’t bring myself to type the res… more »

Negotiation, Negotiation, Negotiation

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is…

supplierswitch wrote 1 day ago: So, the Office of Fair Trading has reported that 81 percent of UK banks’ £8billion annual revenue … more »

Tags: Energy, Add new tag, Brokers, oft, Personal Accounts, Market Study, regulation, Fringleton, hidden fees

New rules to protect consumers against firms

Equilibrium wrote 1 month ago: New rules to protect consumers against unfair business practices will come into force today, opening … more »

Tags: Business News, Internet Business, Online Marketing, online sales, UK Business, consumer protection regulations, National Consumer Council, Trading Standards Authority

Gum crime

jonathanlangley wrote 2 months ago: A bank once had me arrested. I want to admit that up-front, to be honest about potential resentment … more »

Tags: Politics, Christianity, News, Comedy, united kingdom, Banks, gum

OFT and Construction contracts

markdowe wrote 2 months ago: Construction firms facing inquiry by OFT over ‘price fixing’ A RECENT STATEMENT, on the … more »

Tags: PPP, Balfour Beatty, contract tendering, rigged bids, uk construction industry, Price Fixing, competitive tendering, PFI, carillion

A story of spirit: Independent article on The Heathrow clearances

inel wrote 4 months ago: For my American friends, a quick skim of the Wikipedia entry on Britain’s notorious Highland C … more »

Tags: PR, airlines, "Baa", Heathrow, Airports, Heathrow Airport, Heathrow expansion, Sipson, Adding capacity

Bank charges court case opens

frankyonfinance wrote 6 months ago: The court case into unauthorised bank overdraft charges began today. The Office of Fair Trading has … more »

Tags: Other, oft, High Court, Court Case, unauthorised charges, unauthorised fees

Avoiding Agency commissions? Don't believe the adverts!

markharrison wrote 7 months ago: I had a flyer through my door this morning, low-quality and poorly produced, and using such choice q … more »

Tags: Property Investment, Direct Marketing, Estate Agents

European Interchange Reform Delayed (via Reuters)

waytoohigh wrote 8 months ago: According to Reuters, the expected EU proposals for interchange fees has been delayed. It was to be … more »

Tags: Antitrust, Banking, Interchange, interchange fee, Price Fixing, , credit card fees, Dale Hudson, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy

Becta Reports Microsoft

emalyse wrote 8 months ago: Things must be bad when Becta, the UK department of education IT advisory agency, of all people deci … more »

Tags: Computers, Education, News, technology, , Becta, Britain, Licensing, Microsoft

Feel free to Charge!

credituniondirect wrote 1 year ago: Sorry… not that type of charge. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have turned their guns on th … more »

Tags: bank charges, Banking trends, Banks, Credit Unions - UK


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