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FTSE 100 regains lockdown losses | Pure Gym IPO doubts

Pure Gym
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Shares lifted to pre-pandemic heights London stocks maintained the bright start to the session and hit a pandemic-era high following a strong performance by energy andRead More

Stability issue

Crypto requires ‘urgent’ regulation says Bank chief

Bank of England
The Bank of England will monitor the currency (pic: Terry Murden) A senior Bank of England official has called for rapid regulation of the cryptocurrency market. Deputy governor for financialRead More

Assets switch

YE Scotland to deliver financial education in schools

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Hamish Buchan and Geoff Leask Financial education to young people in Scotland is to be delivered by Young Enterprise Scotland. It will take on the Stewart Ivory Financial Education Trust’sRead More

Academy places

M&G seeking to fill looming gap in financial advisers

Financial-planning
Advisers are needed to help people manage their money M&G Wealth is hoping to fill a looming shortage of financial advisers by persuading workers to consider a career change. TheRead More

Bank crackdown

Bitcoin falls as China declares crypto deals ‘illegal’

Bitcoin
The price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell The People’s Bank of China has declared all cryptocurrency payments illegal, delivering an unexpected dose of uncertainty into the money markets. TheRead More

134,000 affected

DWP blunders led to £1bn pensions underpayments

Pension
Complex rules added to the problem, says the NAO Outdated IT systems and complex rules have been blamed for more than £1 billion of state pensions being underpaid. The DepartmentRead More

Death announced

Alan Steel, financial adviser, dies after losing Covid battle

Alan Steel
Contrarian: Alan Steel fought against ‘experts’ he believed to be wrong Alan Steel, the Scottish veteran financial adviser, has died after a month-long battle with Covid-19. Mr Steel, who wasRead More

Consumer boost

Rise in contactless spending limit ‘a thief’s dream’

debit card
More flexibility for consumers Consumers will be able to spend up to £100 on contactless cards from 15 October amid warnings that it will be a “thief’s dream” and encourageRead More

Community support

Shared bank branch trials to be extended

Link cash machine
A variety of services are available Trials of shared banking hubs are to be extended in two communities where all branches have closed down. Premises managed by the Post OfficeRead More

Investment

Sandstone launches REIT for property investors

Peter Grant
Peter Grant: interest from client groups Sandstone, the UK-based private property investment and management company formerly known as Grant Property, has launched its long-anticipated Sandstone Residential REIT. It is focusedRead More