Principal Lecturer, Law, University of Portsmouth
High street pawnbrokers: risky, expensive, but a lifeline for so many
Oct 04, 2019 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
With the consumer credit market now saturated by online and payday lenders, it was perhaps no surprise when the Japanese-owned company Speedloan Finance abruptly announced that it was closing high street pawnbrokers...
MasterCard survives £14 billion class action but more could follow
Jul 24, 2017 13:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Convenience often comes at a cost. As consumers, many of us are resigned to seeing a surcharge or processing fee on goods and services when we pay by credit or debit card. At present, it is lawful for businesses to charge...
GDP update: spending dips and saving soars as we stash rather than spend our tax cuts
South Africa is missing out on fresh fruit export growth. What it needs to do
Currency manipulation and why Trump is picking on Brazil and Argentina
How to protect the NHS in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US
Hong Kong: when the citizen-birds rebel
The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails