Care home contracts, Charity recycling
The care home contracts which make consumers pay even after the death of a loved one. Plus overcharging tenants, charity recycling and marketing to mature consumers.
Tenants in house shares are complaining they're being overcharged for utilities by a company called Glide. Glide is a bill management company specialising in student and young professional accommodation. It allows tenants to pay for as many services as they want in one monthly plan. The idea is that each tenant pays separately for bills for like energy, water, broadband, their TV licence and telephone landline. It asks for payment in advance and also takes a deposit worth one month's payment. Listener Emma Johnson moved into a flat in Manchester last year. Glide sent her an electricity bill for double what she could have been paying another provider.
The Care Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ contracts which say you've got to carry on paying even after the death of a loved one.
Charities have always relied on cast off clothes and household items as donations to keep afloat. But as council cuts begin to bite many councils are collecting these items themselves to make money. The charity retail association is urging councils not to take a short sighted view, saying charity shops stop nearly four hundred thousand tonnes of clothing from going to landfill every year. Melanie Abbott has been talking to those feeling the squeeze.
From 1 September 2016 you will need to have a TV Licence to download or watch Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer. This applies to any device and provider you use as you still need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on any channel as they are being shown on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV or live on an online TV service.
And ...When do you stop being young? - when do you start getting old? And when do you become invisible? One listener tells us what she did when she was ignored at the beauty counter because she is a 'mature' consumer
Producer: Maire Devine
Editor: Chas Watkin.
Last on
Chapters
-
Nursing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Costs
Elderly people requiring care homes now face average annual fees of more than Β£30,000.
Duration: 05:54
Glide
Tenants are paying over the odds for utilities through a company called Glide.
Duration: 07:53
Care Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs
The care home contracts that say you've got to keep on paying even after someone has died
Duration: 06:58
Charity Recycling
Donation bins are being taken away and charges introduced to dispose of unwanted goods
Duration: 07:23
Walkers Crisps
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that their competition ads were misleading.
Duration: 05:10
Mature Marketing
Are older consumers being ignored at department store beauty counters?
Duration: 04:34
Broadcast
- Wed 17 Aug 2016 12:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4