The summer holiday season is fast approaching and although planning a summer holiday is one of life’s great pleasures, it is, unfortunately, an area where scammers and fraudsters abound. Holiday fraud is an all-year-round problem but the increased numbers of people looking makes them more prevalent. In 2018 Action Fraud reported that holidaymakers were swindled…
Ryanair has welcomed a decision by London’s Court of appeal which restricts the consumers right to instruct a third party to act on their behalf. The decision was handed down earlier this year, and means that consumers are required to submit the claim to the airline directly, before instructing a third party to help them….
Who are the Financial Conduct Authority? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the financial services industry in the UK. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. In April 2017, The FCA announced that they were planning to review the motor finance sector. They wanted understand the…
Getting Help If Dementia and Alzheimer’s Occurs Dementia is affecting more and more people either personally or impacting on close friends or relations. Currently, there is no cure and two-thirds of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease other causes include: Vascular dementia Lewy body dementia frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) It can also occur as a combination…
Job-Related Tax Allowances If you are employed in a job that requires you to wear a uniform, specialist clothing then you are probably entitled to claim what HMRC defines as Job Expenses. This is a flat rate allowance of between £60 (for most occupations) right up to £1022 which applies to certain Airline staff. For the…
Air travel – What could possibly go wrong? Well, not a lot really: In 2015 37.5 million flights took to the skies, 68 of these flights had accidents and a total of 4 of these flights had accidents that involved fatalities. So if dying on a commercial flight is your dream way to go, you…
Japanese knotweed which was first introduced into the UK from Japan in the 1850s as an ornamental garden plant is now the Environment Agency’s number one invasive plant species. Although a large proportion of the UK population are aware of the plant many are unaware of the legal ramifications they could face if the plant…
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