Image copyright Google Image caption Google said that shopping services are now fairer Google is not complying with European demands that it make the search for products fairer, rivals say. In an open letter to the EU’s competition commissioner, 14 European shopping comparison services said the measures put in place by the search giant to …
Image caption Facebook said it had Mr Soros investigated after he had called it a “menace” One of George Soros’s lieutenants has called on US politicians to probe Facebook, after the social network confirmed that it had hired a PR firm to make claims about the financier. The head of Mr Soros’s grant-making network claimed …
Image copyright PA Noel Edmonds has formally kick-started his legal action against Lloyds Bank as he enters the I’m a Celebrity jungle. The TV personality is seeking £60m over an alleged scam involving staff at the Reading branch of HBOS, which was subsequently bought by Lloyds. He claims his former firm Unique Group was destroyed …
Spending within video games creates “problem gamblers” and must be better regulated, a study has found. Computer scientists from York St John University found a strong link between “loot box” spending and problem gambling. In using loot boxes, players of some online games use real money to access in-game functions – but they do not …
Image copyright Getty Images UK sales at Mothercare fell sharply in the first half of the year, with the mother and baby products retailer blaming “challenging” conditions. The company also cited “negative press coverage” caused by its restructuring in May for the 11.1% drop in UK sales. Mothercare warned it expected its performance to remain …
For the first time in the UK, midwifery students are using Microsoft’s HoloLens technology as part of their training. Students at Middlesex University are shown virtual reality images of what is happening inside the anatomy, with the aim to teach them about all the obstetric emergencies that could occur. The technology costs tens of thousands …
Image copyright Getty Images Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a …
Image copyright Getty Images The most “financially vulnerable people” could soon see a cap on the charges they pay if they buy domestic goods on a rent-to-own (RTO) basis. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a cap to make sure that credit charges could not be more than the cost of the product. The …
Image copyright Getty Images The new cap on energy bills is set to cost British Gas’s owner Centrica £70m in the first quarter of 2019, the company has said. The cap, which starts on 1 January, means an average dual fuel customer who pays by direct debit should pay no more than £1,137 a year. …
Image copyright PA Unemployed and low-paid women are to be the focus of a new government drive to improve their lives, cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt has announced. The Government Equalities Office will shift its approach from getting more executives into the boardroom to focusing on Britain’s “invisible women”, she said on Wednesday. Policies will be …