• I realise we live in a computer- obsessed world, but various organisations need to appreciate that not everybody has the occasionally dubious privilege of being online.    
  • Nothing divides opinion quite like house prices. Ask 10 people for their views and you’ll get  10 different answers with as many predicting valuations are set to rocket over the coming months as warning that another dramatic slump is on the way.    
  • Community power was in action on Bristol’s waterways this week. The newly formed Community Benefit Society is floating shares to raise the £250,000 needed to bring local yellow and blue ferries into community ownership.    
  • I was in Newcastle this week, and came across a branch of payday lender The Money Shop. Like many other payday lenders I’ve seen, it’s positioned next to a bookies.    
  • Next Thursday evening, London shoppers can get 20 per cent off at more than 120 stores at Seven Dials and St Martin’s Courtyard in Covent Garden. There will also be live DJs and a signing session from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. Shops taking part include Peter Werth, American Apparel, Banana ...
  • Are these the wave-and-pay cards?    
  • Forecasters have called the top of the bond market on numerous occasions over the past two years, but gilts have resolutely not behaved in the way in which many bond fund managers expected. Today, 10-year gilts are yielding  1.9 per cent. Yields may have touched a low of 1.4 per cent last summer,...
  • Vulnerable people are in danger of being pushed into the hands of unscrupulous bailiffs who act aggressively and pile on excessive fees.    
  • You’ll recall my wife and I making a tentative approach to a building society as regards saving with them so we could buy a 6 sq ft studio apartment some time in the early 22nd century. In truth, our sights were set so low and so far in the future because of all we had heard about it being imposs...
  • At the start of the week it looked likely that the Footsie would reach a new all-time high, topping the 6930 record achieved at the height of the dot-com boom in 1999.    
  • According to industry research, fewer than 10 per cent of people are currently offsetting their savings against  their mortgage.    
  • Q: You answered a reader’s letter (Questions of Cash, 11 May) on a fraud committed at an HBOS ATM, where a “skimming device” was fitted to the front of the machine.  The victim was obviously unaware of this, but apparently a subsequent customer was as they reported it to the branch when it ...
  • The deal    
  • Money MOT: Virgin Money is the latest card provider to increase its interest-free credit deal.    
  • The average amount UK adults say would be enough to ensure a comfortable standard of living during retirement is £25,783.87 net per year.    
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  • The Co-op is considering selling or even shutting down its struggling banking business as it looks for ways to fill a capital black hole.    
  • LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position.
  • The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers as it attempts to fill a capital shortfall that is reckoned to be as large as £1.8bn.    
  • The valuation gap with the US is wide and in many cases unjustified, say strategists – and many think it’s time to buy
  • US politicians will be unable to pass major legislation for a while. This is great news for shares
  • I am about to get married and want to protect my family trust from future financial claims
  • Industry groups are stepping up calls for the government to make membership of a client money protection scheme mandatory for letting agents

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