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HSBC will pay new customers £220 to switch current account

Yesterday

It's a good time for current account switch incentives, with four banks now paying £200 or above to make the move. How does HSBC stack up?

Tenants should expect fewer but bigger rent hikes under new Renters' Rights Bill

Yesterday

Property experts say a plummet in the number of rent hikes in May marks a 'structural shift' in how rents are hiked.

Property asking prices see biggest June drop in 14 years as buyers have the upper hand

Yesterday

Much of the country is currently a buyers' market due to high levels of stock on the market and few people out house hunting.

Scammers robbed victims of almost £1.3bn last year, as tech firms blamed for 'profiting from devastating crimes'

Yesterday

The number of scam cases soared last year as criminals exploited gaps in the system, according to striking data from banking body UK Finance.

How to beat the Premium Bond prize rate AND get a steady income from your savings

Yesterday

If you want to break out of your Premium Bond rut and find an investment to beat them, the necessary strategy will depend on your tax position and other earnings.

As half of job applicants face AI interviews, top recruiters reveal what you need to say to get past the chatbots and secure an interview with a REAL person

Yesterday

Job interviews are nerve-racking enough, especially in a competitive careers market, but today's applicants face an entirely new screening process.

I made so much cash tipping off developers about empty houses that I was able to pay for a cruise. Here's how YOU can do the same...

Yesterday

Linda Williams was waiting at a bus stop in Haydock, Merseyside, when an elderly man struck up a conversation and said something that stopped her in her tracks.

Tax trick that could wreck your inheritance: How to avoid the hugely expensive pitfall of this popular loophole designed to protect your wealth from care home fees and tax

Yesterday

As care home fees and inheritance tax bills escalate, growing numbers of people are being persuaded to take out trusts, which they believe offer a neat solution.

Why your pension has soared 25% in a year… but experts warn the markets could be about to crash. This is what you need to know to keep your retirement nest egg safe and growing

Yesterday

If you've not checked the value of your pension and other investments for a while, you may be in for a very pleasant surprise. Investors' appetite for AI companies is sending stock markets rocketing.

HSBC and Standard Chartered should be encouraged to relocate out of Hong Kong as Beijing tightens its grip, think-tank says

Yesterday

HSBC could be pressured by Beijing to act against British customers if the two countries were at odds over a conflict such as an invasion of Taiwan.

Make the Youth Guarantee deliver - or risk letting a generation down, says Merlin boss FIONA EASTWOOD

Yesterday

Alan Milburn's recent Young People and Work report highlights that too many young people lack clear routes into jobs.

UK theme parks chief blasts youth jobs crisis under Labour

Yesterday

Employers have been left reeling from increases to National Insurance Contributions and the minimum wage.

'Things will get much worse under Burnham': Businesses in Makerfield give their verdict on Manchester mayor's power bid

Yesterday

With Burnham effectively campaigning to be both Makerfield's MP and Prime Minister, he has tried to bring businesses on board with various promises.

Tesco facing fat cat pay revolt at annual general meeting

Yesterday

Advisory firm PIRC is recommending that investors oppose the supermarket giant's pay report.

Online AGMs being used to 'swerve' shareholder scrutiny

Yesterday

Nationwide Building Society, Santander and defence firm BAE Systems are among a growing list of firms to move to a digital-only format that bars investors from turning up in person.

Defence chief slams Labour's dithering over botched military spending plans

Yesterday

Kevin Craven, head of industry group ADS, told The Mail on Sunday that delays to the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) were creating a 'damaging vacuum'.

Lurch to the Left will ruin City, warns stockbroker boss

Yesterday

Julian Morse of stockbroker Cavendish said a swing to an even more 'tax and spend' economy was 'the opposite of what the City is asking for'.

Multi-millionaire tyre tycoon Mike Welch has a positive message for Britain's lost generation of Neets

Yesterday

The Liverpudlian, who set up his first business aged 17 selling tyres on the internet, has now embarked on a new venture that he says will shake up a sector.

More tax pain is on the way for Britons in the autumn, warns HAMISH MCRAE

Yesterday

The Bank of England won't put up interest rates at its next rate-setting meeting this week - or at least the cat would really be among the pigeons were it to do so.

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER: I bought a cello for £192,500 in 1983 and banked on it being my pension... it is now worth millions

Yesterday

Julian Lloyd Webber OBE is a solo cellist and conductor. The younger brother of composer Andrew, he was also Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 2015 to 2020.