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TONY HETHERINGTON: I smell a rat in this tale of a criminal tenant

I rented out my late mother's house. I chose Howards Estate Agents to find a suitable tenant in full time employment, but it later became apparent they were not and defaulted on the rent.




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'Why would a luxury hotel in Tokyo buy wine I never owned?' TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I invested in wine through the Bordeaux Wine Company which has collapsed. I have now been contacted by Empire Investment Capital Limited, which says it has a buyer for my wine.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Since your last intervention, Revolut has taken £2,500 from my wife!

I had hoped that after your probe into Revolut, we could move on. But it has messaged my wife, saying that her account has been closed and funds returned 'to source'. Well, I was that source. Where's the cash?




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TONY HETHERINGTON: It's your call... but I'd take offer to scrap £1,238 Vodafone debt

My son has experienced no end of problems since upgrading his contract. His phone has been cut off, debt collectors have demanded money, and now he's being threatened by bailiffs.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: I bought wine with Global Wine Exchange for £6,000

Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: We're watching you 

Two South London men awaiting trial on fraud charges have been ordered to hand over £8.6 million.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: £47k bill for new build with no planning permission

In January 2018, my son Michael paid a deposit on an off-plan new build apartment in Smithfield Square, Birmingham. Last year, we discovered that there was still no planning permission.




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I owe £2,232 in tax but the new Chancellor isn't too bothered: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates 

I closed my company in March last year. Final corporation tax due stood at £2,232 and I have tried repeatedly to pay this, but now the company is closed, the Revenue just does not accept it.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: ScottishPower's billing shambles may bankrupt us

P.S. writes: I am secretary of a not-for-profit charity. ScottishPower for some reason reduced the utility payments for our premises from £748 a month to just £1.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Sorry, Barclays, but I find your requests offensive

S.C. writes: I am sending you a request for information I received from Barclays Smart Investor and I wonder whether you find it as offensive as I do.




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It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 

Ms B.M. writes: I had a Barclaycard, and I believe there was PPI automatically included, so I asked a claims company to look into this for me.




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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam - and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed

I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any money. I have filled in several withdrawal forms, but it never happenes.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority is a disgrace and your £20k loss is proof

I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm

'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.'




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TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Please help...we just want to stop living in fear of Scottish Power'

My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than 18 months, as it insists we owe more than £7,000. The company claims we have not paid since 2013




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HETHERINGTON: How can my house be using 'industrial' amounts of power?

I joined ScottishPower for my electricity in March 2017, paying £190 a month. In March last year, they asked for weekly readings and said I was not paying enough.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland

I have received a letter from Lowell Portfolio, claiming an alleged debt of £599 which it says I owe to PayPal. But I rang PayPal and was told that in fact no money is owed on my account.




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Ten financial experts give their New Year's resolutions

Sir Steve Webb, Director of policy at Royal London:' Check my credit card statement properly. It's so easy to sign up for things on trial, then forget to cancel.




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ASK TONY: We caught car theft on CCTV but insurer still wouldn't pay out

Our leased Range Rover Velar was stolen in October. The police never recovered it because the thieves ripped out its tracker, which was later found thrown in a ditch.




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ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill

My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going.




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ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017

My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess.




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ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain

I was contacted regarding potential fraudulent activity on my Tesco Mastercard in early October 2019. In total, £3,700.20 of illicit transactions were refunded.




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Tony Hazell: Why I WON'T sell in the coronavirus panic

It's been a sobering week for investors. As someone who has been investing for more than 30 years, I have drawn on all my experience to sit on my hands and do very little.




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ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it

I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.




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ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.




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ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up?

I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised.




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ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! 

Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months.




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Big B not hosting any political event: Abhishek Bachchan

However, there are reports that R Madhavan, and not Amitabh Bachchan, would be hosting the event




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Report Card: India's Economy after two years of Modi Government

Tracking India's Economic vitals, as Modi Government completes two years




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Nitin Gadkari: The can-do instructor

This do-spirit of the minister is, however, not matched by more realistic officials, who have a problem keeping pace with Gadkari's grand plans




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Congress raps Bachchan's presence in celebration

Cong hits out, citing actor's alleged involvement in Panama papers; BJP defends choice




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Arun Jaitley: Keeping reform process on

Two years into the government's five-year mandate, Jaitley has proven to be one of its most reformist voices




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Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act

That's one lesson Modi ship's internalised from Vajpayee's exit, that pro-market can proceed if it can be marketed as pro-poor




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Narendra Modi: Governance and that Hindutva image

Modi seems to prefer that Hindu strongman image remain tucked in reserve, to only come when called; life's been more complicated




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Corporate India runs at two speeds

India Inc: Looking forward to a stimulus




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CEO Poll: Modi govt meets expectations of India Inc on reforms

Centre should build consensus on GST Bill. say CEOs




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Modi to address rally in UP; BJP plans outreach programme on two-year rule

The party on Wednesday released seven handouts on the government's achievements in the past two years in various fields




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Two years of Modi government: What kind of celebrations are on the cards?

From rallies, press conferences in over 150 cities to holding a star-studded evening, a look at what the fortnight-long celebrations will have




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NDA has failed in key areas like economy: Muniyappa

The former union minister said "only achievement" of NDA govt was changing names of UPA schemes




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FDI in food processing may cross $1 billion in next 2 yrs: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

The government has announced 100% FDI in marketing of food products produced and processed in India in the Budget




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Answering 20 tough questions in 5 minutes can help you meet PM Modi

Centre launches online quiz on government's achievements, the prize for which is a certificate and a chance to meet the PM




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Swachh Bharat, Digital India score poorly, top rating for Railways

Two-part survey by govt gives top ratings to reforms in railways, power and roads. Modi's pet schemes score poorly




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Avoiding reform

Two years in, major reforms seem off the table




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Amitabh Bachchan proud of hosting girl child segment at govt's second anniversary gala

At the event, celebrating two years of Modi govt, the actor stressed on the importance of protecting the girl child




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D-Street turns positive on PI Industries, UPL, Coromandel as revenues rise

PI Industries, UPL are better placed, given pick-up in global demand after a two-year downturn




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Indian-Americans' startup Riversand secures $10 million investment

Riversand is a SaaS Master Data Management and Product Information Management solution provider




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Airbus inks contract with Bengaluru-based startup for talent acquisition

Airbus has signed a contract with Bengaluru-based startup Traxof Technologies to automate the talent acquisition process for Airbus information management (IM) organisations in India and Europe. Traxof was a part of Airbus BizLabs startup acceleration programme Season 4. The startup was chosen after a rigorous boot camp and jury election, Airbus said in a statement on Monday. Traxofs cloud-based, automated desktop and mobile-based solution provides real-time visibility and monitoring of recruitment processes to support the planned ramp-up of IM resources, especially in India for Airbus digitalisation. The platform also allows the harmonisation of workflows of different stakeholders to optimise the process, it said. Traxof solves a real world problem that is shared by a wide range of our internal stakeholders with a simple off-the- shelf solution, chief information officer, Airbus India & South Asia, Carlo Nizam was quoted as saying. Founded in 2014, Traxof ...




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Field service automation start-up Zinier raises $90 million funding

The funding would help it to transform field service workforces with artificial intelligence-driven automation




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Venture Highway raises $78 mn to fund early-stage tech companies in India

With portfolio companies such as Meesho, Sharechat, Moglix, and Cars24, the early-stage investment firm has so far invested in 20 start-ups