Are you aware of the following increases? Minimum wage to rise with effect April 2020 The national living wage (highest rate of the national minimum wage paid to over 25s) was increased from £8.21 to £8.72 an hour in April. New hourly rates: Over 25s £8.72 21 – 24 £8.20 18 – 20 £6.45 Under […]
Ladbrokes Coral fined after customer lost £98,000 The owner of Ladbrokes Coral has been fined £5.9m for not protecting vulnerable customers and for failings in its anti-money laundering measures. The Gambling Commission said that over a three-year period, Ladbrokes and Coral failed to put effective safeguards in place to “prevent consumers suffering gambling harm”. Claudia’s […]
A new price cap for those with standard meters, who are on default tariffs was introduced on 1 January 2019. Default tariffs are suppliers’ basic tariffs and are almost always their most expensive tariff. From 1 April 2019, the price cap has increased to £1,254 for dual fuel. The cap limits the price consumers pay […]