Image copyright Getty Images Some online sellers are offering people free goods in return for positive product reviews, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found. Its investigator joined several “rewards for reviews” groups and was hired to write high-rated reviews in return for free items. Paid-for, or fake, reviews flout rules set by platforms …
Image copyright Leyli Beheshty-Zadeh Image caption Leyli had to arrange her grandmother’s and her mother’s funerals within five months in 2016 2016 was a difficult year for Leyli Beheshty-Zadeh. Her grandmother’s death was followed closely by her mother’s, and she found herself having to arrange two funerals in the space of five months. “The vulnerability …
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Image copyright Esta-Fasttrack Image caption Many commercial Esta sites look official Here’s a word of warning to anybody applying for a US travel visa or Esta online. The top search results in Google are not for the official application forms, but paid advertisements for commercial websites that charge more than five times as much as …
Sir Nick Clegg tells George Parker of the Financial Times how he got his new job with Facebook and what he will be doing for the social media giant. The full interview can be heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Week In Westminster on Saturday, 20 October at 1100 BST. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Glyn Baker / Geograph Shares in property firm Intu have jumped 13% after it said it was mulling a bid from a consortium of investors. Intu owns a number of big UK shopping centres including Lakeside in Essex, the Metrocentre in Gateshead, and the Trafford Centre in Manchester. The consortium is made up …
Image copyright Getty Images Online marketplace eBay says it is acquiring the Motors.co.uk website, making it a “leading alternative” to Auto Trader as an ad site for cars. Under the deal, Motors.co.uk would become part of classified ad site Gumtree UK, also owned by eBay. The combined group would offer more than 620,000 car listings, …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPersimmon boss refuses to answer questions about £75m bonus The boss of house building firm Persimmon has walked off in the middle of a BBC interview after being asked about his £75m bonus. “I’d rather not talk about that,” Jeff Fairburn said, when asked if he had …
Image copyright PA Facebook has hired former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg as head of its global affairs and communications team. The 51-year-old politician was leader of the Liberal Democrats and formed a coalition government with David Cameron and the Conservatives in 2010. Facebook has faced intense scrutiny and the threat of government regulation …
Image copyright Getty Images The plastics recycling industry faces an investigation amid reports firms are illegally profiting from the market and in some cases polluting rivers. The Environment Agency, the regulator, confirmed it had set up an investigative team and was pursuing “several lines of enquiry”. It comes as councils cut back their plastics recycling …