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Banks ‘charging more’ for overdrafts than payday lenders
Unarranged overdraft fees can cost borrowers up to seven times more than a payday loan, a consumer group warned.
Thursday 5 November 2026
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Unarranged overdraft fees can cost borrowers up to seven times more than a payday loan, a consumer group warned.
NatWest is making £1bn of additional lending available to UK SMEs to invest in manufacturing, technology and development.
Sales of robot mowers are soaring as gardeners let technology take the strain out of cutting the lawn.
Roman Abramovich will be allowed to visit Britain for up to six months at a time after gaining Israeli citizenship, Downing Street has confirmed however he…
Startup businesses in the East Midlands are to be given the chance to pitch for funding and support to help them reach their potential and grow.
A "pay-as-you-throw" system for household rubbish should be introduced by 2030, one of the UK's biggest waste firms has said
The company blamed weak demand from mobile phones, noting that like-for-like sales were flat across the year and that gross margins continued to be challenged.
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to be sold by its private equity owners for £1.5bn in a deal that could be announced as early as…
New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.
Britain's economic growth was left unchanged at 0.1% in the first quarter, according to official figures.
The Government could sell part of its multi-billion pound stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland in a move which would leave taxpayers facing steep losses,…
WH Smith has been voted the worst retailer on the UK High Street in a survey of more than 10,000 consumers.
The Department of Health has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to consider investigating the owner of Boots over drug pricing.
The Australian owner of Homebase has sold the DIY chain for £1, ending its disastrous foray into the UK.
Charges brought against Barclays bank over a $3bn loan made to Qatari investors have been thrown out by a court, in a major setback for the…