Money
SWANSEA: Leeds Building Society promises its branch will stay open until at least 2031, as banks keep leaving
The mutual says all 51 of its branches, Swansea included, will stay open every weekday with no appointment needed. It…
PHONES INTO GOLD: The Bank of England’s old handsets are being mined for treasure in south Wales
Thousands of decommissioned Bank of England desk phones have gone to the Royal Mint's Reformation Metals plant, where the gold…
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER: Star Trek beams onto a Welsh-struck 50p for its 60th anniversary
The Royal Mint in Llantrisant has put the Vulcan salute on a collectable 50p, with a second coin carrying the…
WALES: Record £447m capital gains tax bill as thousands more dragged into the net
HMRC figures show 18,000 people in Wales paid capital gains tax last year, up nearly a third, after the tax-free…
SWANSEA: Warning over garden furniture cold callers working rural communities
Trading Standards says one resident pulled out of a sale after spotting the invoice didn't match the van, and the…
MARTIN LEWIS: ‘Genuine step forward’ as bailiffs forced to answer to a watchdog
The money expert says most people who get a bailiff at the door are vulnerable. After years of campaigning, the…
ROGUE TRADERS: Crackdown targets the gutter-clean con that fleeced valley pensioners
The scam the UK Government wants to kill off is one Swansea Bay courtrooms know well. New protections will hold…
ENERGY BILLS: Older people in Wales have ‘nothing left to cut back on’ as prices rise again, warns Age Cymru
Ofgem has confirmed a 4% rise in the price cap from 1 October, adding around £5 a month to a…
CARMARTHEN: Swansea Building Society buys Blue Street former TSB for bigger office and more staff
The mutual has bought the former bank building beside the bus station and will move its Carmarthen operation there in…
CHILD BENEFIT: Parents of older teens warned to tell HMRC if child is continuing studies, or lose payments
GCSE results land on Thursday and the deadline follows three days later. Payments for 16 to 19-year-olds end automatically on…
KIDWELLY: Send in a mobile post office, MP tells bosses, as the town’s five-month wait goes on
Dame Nia Griffith has asked the Post Office to send a mobile van to Kidwelly at least twice a week,…