Pragmatist

Sixteen years on from my own initial posts on the subject of a personal assistant that can privately find and buy stuff for you on the web, ...

Are you a cash cow? Today I contacted Vodafone to cancel the 3G contract I took out as part of an iPad offer a few years back. It'...

If the clip below won't work, try here . The Banking Standards Commission has heard that Lloyds Banking Group's payment protec...

Bailing out (of) the UK Two days ago it was all over the national media that ING Direct UK's savings and mortgage business had bee...

Little wonder that the UK Treasury is still trying in vain to persuade financial institutions to supply 'simple' financial servic...

Voda Yoda How apt that Vodafone has settled on a film character from 1980 to advertise the ability to... [sound of trumpets]... charge...

How time flies when you're having fun. When not engaged in rethinking personal data , I've been experiencing the deep joy of reth...

Few people are aware that when you pay using a credit or debit card, your 'issuing' bank charges the retailer's 'acquiring...

Here's a little thought to distract you from the frustration of seemingly insufferable transport delays over the holiday season : might ...

Rupert Murdoch thinks search engines are getting a 'free ride' on News Corp's content. He also sees little value in 'occasi...

If you aren't thoroughly disillusioned with UK politics and hell-bent on doing something about it, I don't know how much more mayhe...

While it's of course vital that we identify and solve our real problems, it's worth keeping a little perspective...

"The entertainment industry scored a rare victory on Friday," says the FT , reporting the prison sentences and fines handed out in...

William Patry made this excellent point in tonight's SCL Annual Lecture , specifically in connection with proposals to extend further...

Maybe I'm confused, but every time I see a TV ad for one of the multitude of financial services price comparison web sites, I wonder wha...

Finally, the Great PPI Robbery is over. The news from various high street banks effectively concedes it was too difficult for them to se...

To keep up my professional development points, I'm currently groaning under more than just the weight of the judgments in the UK overdra...

My refusal to pay for a current account landed me at Alliance & Leicester some time ago, as it also took the extraordinary step of pay...

In these troubled times, we as individuals must take economics into our own hands - cut costs, repair balance sheets. And so on. One needles...

The UK government is planning to promote "attractively packaged content" on the internet, bowing to pressure from copyright owners...