Posts relating to ‘What’s of interest?’

8 March 2021

Insurance auto-renewal policies have risks that can catch you out! Many insurance companies will provide a facility for you to ‘auto renew’ your policy as a convenience. However, insurance auto-renewal risks exist for the unwary. There are 2 things you should know about auto-renewal policies: It may cost you more! Insurers offer auto-renewal because most… Read more” about the article Risks of Auto-renewal”

22 January 2021

28 Jan 21 was Data Protection Day! – so what? Data protection is not just a big business issue! 4 first-step data-protection tips for a homeworker, an individual, or a family. In the past, one of our staff had a hard drive accident/failure on their home PC. Home and Contents policies may cover a PC… Read more” about the article Data Protection – 4 Hot Tips”

12 January 2021

Can we invent something really useful during lockdown – here’s some inspiration. ‘Plasters for disasters’ In 1920, Earle Dickson invented a dressing for his wife to use when she cut herself in the kitchen. The prototype allowed her to dress her own wounds. Dickson passed the idea on to his employer Johnson & Johnson, a… Read more” about the article Lockdown 3 – time to invent something useful?”

15 December 2020

Loan fee fraud is when you pay an upfront fee for a loan or credit you never receive. Christmas Retail therapy – a loan fee fraud-(sters) Christmas bonus! This scam made up 1 in 8 (12%) of all scam reports last December to the Financial Conduct Authority. This Christmas, 34% of people under increased financial… Read more” about the article Loan Fee Fraud”

17 November 2020

How statistics can cost us money! We spoke in the last two blogs about how it is easy to wrongly see two events in the progress of time as being seemingly connected. COVID-19 The correct analysis of “A causes B” must show them having a “causal link”. The Media is full of stories about young… Read more” about the article Just another statistic? Causal Factors”