In an incredible turn of events yesterday Barclays Bank was fined £26million for the poor treatment of small business and consumer customers that had fallen into arrears. Reading between the lines on the BBC, Telegraph and the Guardian, it seems Barclays employees harassed those that owed money while also offering solutions that didn’t take into account a customer’s financial position, …
Read More »Money Nerd Gives Hope and Advice to PayDay Loan Borrowers
A new online advice service has been launched that is already helping those that have succumbed to temptation and taken out a PayDay loan. Money Nerd has a wealth of advice for those looking to avoid the high interest and extortionate charges, with more loopholes promised if visitors sign up to the free newsletter. What is a Pay Day Loan? …
Read More »Scams to Look Out for This Summer
We’ve all found ourselves the targets of scams, whether it’s an email that’s gone to our spam folder asking us to reveal our bank details so we can receive a few million pounds or seemingly personal mail from a Russian bride. We even receive mail that seems to be direct from our service providers and banks but when we look …
Read More »Get Your Retail Sales Booming in 2018
November 16th Every retailer experiences drop in sales once in a while. This is inevitable and must happen one time or another regardless of what you sell. It might be due to causes beyond your control such as seasonal sales slump, adverse policies or reduction in foot traffic due to projects around your location. Whatever the reasons are, here are …
Read More »The Leesa Mattress Review
We’ve been reviewing mattresses and seeing if they live up to their claims. Do you really need to only buy one for life? Do they really support every joint while being soft and comfortable too? What is better, memory foam or springs, or should we choose a combination? Some have readily agreed to let us test these for ourselves. Leesa …
Read More »How to Ensure You Choose a PPC Agency that Will Make You Money
I’ve been spending some time looking into PPC and PPC Agencies. I’m a marketer who tends to avoid PPC as I’ll admit, despite training with Google, I really don’t think I’ve the skills for it. It takes a lot of precision and there are very few companies out there who won’t use a client’s account to “test the market” resulting …
Read More »How Will Virtual Reality Affect Businesses?
It wasn’t so long ago that we attended the RBTE and spoke to retail technology experts about the advancements while discussing the demise of the bricks and mortar store. This, investigation and discussion was held with the internet in mind, with data, analytics and automatic customer service. Now, there’s a new boy in town and it’s set to take businesses …
Read More »Penny Skateboard Review
We’ve been playing on this all winter and now spring is here we thought it best to deliver our Penny Skateboard review
Read More »Moonpig Have the Opportunity to Excel – Will They Take It?
Summary: Martina Mercer, marketing director of Money Mate, explains how the recent furore surrounding Moonpig could end up being beneficial for the brand as long as they toe the line… There are a lot of angry customers right now who are shooting down Moonpig on social media, and venting their frustrations to anyone who will listen. The reason? Moonpig’s failed …
Read More »Shopping for Discounts and the Best Places to Get Them
Shopping for Discounts and the Best Places to Get Them It will surprise few people to hear that nowadays purchases need to be considered much more carefully than perhaps they would have been in the past. The UK has been hit hard in recent years with the economy failing, people losing their jobs and the prices of everything from gas …
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