£2.5m lost to football ticket scams

11th August 2025 Consumer Lending | #fraud

New data from Lloyds has shown that thousands of football fans have been scammed, with football fans are being urged to guard to against fraud when buying match tickets for the upcoming Premier League season . The data reveals that an estimated £2.5 million has been lost to football ticket fraud over the past two…

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Retail hit by summer setback

Latest British Retail Consortium data has shown that total UK footfall decreased by 0.4% in July (YoY), up from -1.8% in June. High Street footfall decreased by 1.7% in July (YoY), up from -3.0% in June whilst Retail Park footfall increased by 1.7% in July (YoY), up from -1.1% in June. Shopping Centre footfall decreased by 0.3% in July (YoY), up from -1.6%…

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Listed construction companies have issued most profit warnings since pandemic

11th August 2025 Commercial Credit Management |

Listed companies in the FTSE Construction and Materials sector issued eight profit warnings during H1 2025, four times the number issued during the same period last year and the highest total since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. Listed firms in the sector issued three profit warnings in Q2, down…

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