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06/06/2014

Have your title deeds dematerialised? Plus international mobile roaming charges in the UK, retail design on the high street, and are travel companies out of Brazilian currency?

Npower have announced if a customer left them before December 2013 and still hasn't received a final bill they won't be asked for any more payment for the energy used, as long as there wasn't any previous debt that we had told them about. We take a look at the Code of Practice for Accurate Bills

Mortgage companies have spent a decade quietly destroying homeowners' title deeds. A change in the rules in 2000 allowed lenders to destroy the deeds because the important bit about ownership is now digitally held by the Land Registry. However, when things like boundary disputes arise, homeowners want to see the deeds - only to find they've been ditched to save space.

In the week before the World Cup kicks off, is there a shortage of Brazilian currency? Some of the larger Travel companies are saying they do not have enough Brazilian Reals (RAY-ALS) to meet demand.

We sometimes hear from people who go abroad and then get stung with big bills for using the phone or the internet. The mobile phone companies call these roaming charges and the European Parliament is trying to force the companies to get rid of them. But one listener racked up big international roaming charges with his mobile phone company O2, and he never left the UK.

And the 'say-no-to-coldcalling' man, Richard Herman, is back in court next week. He's already claimed more than Β£20,000 in damages from claims management companies who have cold-called him.

The last in our series on brands finds out what happened to Captain Birdseye and whether the gnarly seafarer will ever return from the high seas to our TV screens?

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56 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Jun 2014 12:00

Chapters

  • Energy Bills Code

    Npower at the top of a league table for the worst customer service amongst energy firms

    Duration: 05:55

  • Deeds

    A change in rules how you register your property means details are stored electronically

    Duration: 09:29

  • Currency

    Foreign exchange companies haven't got enough Brazilian Reals to meet demand

    Duration: 05:18

  • NI Roaming

    Big bills for using mobile phone data abroad

    Duration: 04:31

  • Claims Heron

    Richard Herman runs a website which makes compensation claims on behalf of others

    Duration: 06:13

  • Big Brands

    Birds Eye wants to double its turnover to a billion

    Duration: 08:05

  • Tetris

    30 years old today

    Duration: 02:48

  • Hema Retail Style

    Posh pound shops for the middle classes

    Duration: 02:57

Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 Jun 2014 12:00
  • Fri 6 Jun 2014 12:04

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