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Glasgow Times
03-07-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
NatWest offering certain customers amazing free £85 cash
Upon opening a new Student Account, student customers receive a £85 welcome cash incentive, an overdraft of up to £3,250 and a four-year Tastecard. The offer is available to new and existing customers opening a NatWest Student account. In the first year of university, a student will be able to apply for an overdraft of up to £2,000, with an interest-free overdraft of up to £3,250 made available to students from their third year of study. The initial £85 cash incentive is paid within 10 working days of the account opening. The free tastecard offers discounts to help students make the most of their university experience, providing discounts at hundreds of restaurants and takeaways including Black Sheep Coffee, Domino's and Krispy Kreme. This year, students will also benefit from the Coffee Club with 25% off barista drinks. This is all in addition to discounted cinema tickets and shopping offers. Paul Slinger, Head of Onboarding at NatWest, stated: "We aim to empower our student customers with accounts that provide immediate financial help and long-term value, supporting their success and enhancing their university experience." Students benefit from a range of money management tools offered by NatWest, including a free expense tracker feature in the mobile app called Spending. Split Bill and PayMe features also make it easier to request money from friends and family. Round Ups makes it easier to begin a savings habit with the rounded-up change transferred to a 5.5% Digital Regular Saver. Customers can also benefit from cardless cash withdrawals and the option to check and improve their credit score through the banking app. Recommended reading: NatWest also allows customers to use 'Add Money' which allows for money to be added to an account from other banks without entering account details. To be eligible for the account, a student must be studying a full-time undergraduate course lasting at least two years or studying a nursing course lasting a year or more. Customers will receive £85 cash gift and a four-year Tastecard membership within 10 working days as long as they have not received a student incentive since July 2021.
North Wales Chronicle
02-07-2025
- Business
- North Wales Chronicle
NatWest offering certain customers amazing free £85 cash
Upon opening a new Student Account, student customers receive a £85 welcome cash incentive, an overdraft of up to £3,250 and a four-year Tastecard. The offer is available to new and existing customers opening a NatWest Student account. In the first year of university, a student will be able to apply for an overdraft of up to £2,000, with an interest-free overdraft of up to £3,250 made available to students from their third year of study. The initial £85 cash incentive is paid within 10 working days of the account opening. A post shared by NatWest (@natwest) The free tastecard offers discounts to help students make the most of their university experience, providing discounts at hundreds of restaurants and takeaways including Black Sheep Coffee, Domino's and Krispy Kreme. This year, students will also benefit from the Coffee Club with 25% off barista drinks. This is all in addition to discounted cinema tickets and shopping offers. Paul Slinger, Head of Onboarding at NatWest, stated: "We aim to empower our student customers with accounts that provide immediate financial help and long-term value, supporting their success and enhancing their university experience." Students benefit from a range of money management tools offered by NatWest, including a free expense tracker feature in the mobile app called Spending. Split Bill and PayMe features also make it easier to request money from friends and family. Round Ups makes it easier to begin a savings habit with the rounded-up change transferred to a 5.5% Digital Regular Saver. Customers can also benefit from cardless cash withdrawals and the option to check and improve their credit score through the banking app. Recommended reading: NatWest also allows customers to use 'Add Money' which allows for money to be added to an account from other banks without entering account details. To be eligible for the account, a student must be studying a full-time undergraduate course lasting at least two years or studying a nursing course lasting a year or more. Customers will receive £85 cash gift and a four-year Tastecard membership within 10 working days as long as they have not received a student incentive since July 2021.
HKFP
12-06-2025
- Politics
- HKFP
4 Hong Kong activists fined up to HK$6,600 for fundraising and displaying posters without permit
Four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been fined up to HK$6,600 after being found guilty of raising funds and displaying posters in public without a permit in 2023. League of Social Democrats (LSD)'s chairperson Chan Po-ying, the group's vice-chairs Dickson Chau and Yu Wai-pan, and activist Lee Ying-chi were convicted on Thursday at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts. They were found guilty of 12 counts of collecting money in a public place without a permit and displaying bills or posters on government land without permission. Before the judge delivered the verdict, the four activists unfurled a banner outside the courthouse accusing authorities of 'suppressing freedom of expression.' The offences were linked to street booths the LSD set up on April 2, April 30, and May 28, 2023, in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai. According to the prosecution, they displayed a blank black cloth and handed out leaflets with QR codes for the party's donation link and its PayMe profile. During the trial earlier this year, the defendants challenged whether the black cloth should be considered a poster and therefore regulated under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance. Magistrate Minnie Wat ruled on Thursday that the black cloth, approximately two metres long, had been displayed in an 'eye-catching spot' at the street booth. Referring to footage recorded by the police, Wat said the defendants had told the public that they hung a blank black cloth because they could be fined if any words were written on the banner. Wat sided with the prosecution, saying that the definition of a poster was 'broad' and that the purpose of the legislation was to impose 'appropriate rules to prevent chaos.' As the black cloth was used to 'spread ideas in public' and was displayed for around two hours each time at the street booths, it met the definition of a poster, she said. 'Although the black cloth had no words, it was displayed to express the defendants' political views and opinions about the government,' the magistrate said in Cantonese. Wat also rejected the defendants' argument that there was no evidence they were raising funds at the street booths. She said the court should not focus solely on whether the word 'fundraising' appeared on the leaflets. Even if the QR code was small, that did not mean the defendants were not soliciting donations. 'They could have removed the QR code and their bank account number if they had no intention of raising funds,' Wat said. During the trial, the defendants questioned why the police only filmed their street booths without taking any action. Wat responded that the legislation does not require police to issue a warning before enforcement. She added that the absence of a warning did not mean the acts were not in breach of the law. Chau, who represented himself, said during the trial that the QR code in fact did not work. At the time, the party's HSBC bank account had already been frozen, he said. Wat eventually convicted the four activists on all 12 charges and fined them between HK$1,000 and HK$1,200 per summons. Chan, who had six summonses, received a total fine of HK$6,600, while Chau, with two summonses, was fined HK$2,000. Lee had three summonses and was fined HK$3,000, and Yu was ordered to pay HK$1,000 for one summons. During mitigation, Chau said the LSD was the last activist group still organising street booths to voice their opinions. In response to the magistrate's remark that the legislation aimed to prevent people from 'fighting for space' to hold street demonstrations, Chau said the magistrate's 'aspiration' was 'far from reality.' 'We only want more people in society to express their views to the government. Unfortunately, the government's response is prosecution,' he said in Cantonese, adding that he had been an activist for over a decade and had not previously been prosecuted for carrying out similar acts. Yu, on the other hand, called the case 'political prosecution' and accused the authorities of 'weaponising' laws to suppress civic rights. 'Even if it is not the national security law but just summons, it is eroding our freedoms step by step, until we can no longer even organise a street booth,' he said in Cantonese. Speaking to reporters after the verdict, Chan said she believed they were innocent but was 'not surprised' by the court's ruling. She said the legislation concerning poster displays used to target banners or posters affixed to street barricades by politicians or political groups, rather than those displayed during a demonstration. She added the legislation contained many 'loopholes' and that their street booth should be regarded as a political activity held sporadically, and therefore should not be subject to regulation.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Admin Scraps Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry
The Trump administration is rolling back a Biden-era proposal that would have required poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products to prevent food poisoning. After receiving what the Agriculture Department said were 7,000 comments about the proposed rule — from stakeholders that included the poultry and meat industry, members of Congress, and a risk assessment firm — the USDA withdrew the plan 'to further assess its approach for addressing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry product.' The Biden Administration effort had aimed to reduce salmonella illnesses by 25 percent, per a Federal Register notice, by requiring poultry companies selling chicken or turkey products to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for six dangerous salmonella strains. If the threshold was exceeded or any of the strains were identified, the poultry product would be pulled and subject to recall. Every year, there are over 1.3 million salmonella infections in the United States, the notice stated, adding that rate had not changed in the past two decades. On Friday, food officials claimed that the proposed plan would impose an 'overwhelming burden' on small poultry producers and processors and said the USDA would 'evaluate whether it should update' current salmonella regulations. President Donald Trump's inaugural committee received a record amount of cash, with a significant portion coming from Pilgrim's Pride. The poultry company was the largest donor to Trump's inaugural committee, donating $5 million. Two of the company's executives — CEO Fabio Sandri and Kendra Waldbusser, the company's head of food safety and quality assurance — serve alongside many other execs on the board of the National Chicken Council, a lobbying group that called on the USDA to rescind the proposed plan and 'consider alternative approaches for addressing Salmonella in raw poultry products.' The company agreed last year to pay a $100 million antitrust settlement for scheming with other food companies to keep chicken farmers underpaid. More from Rolling Stone The 'F-ck You, Pay Me' Presidency Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret Trump Says He Wouldn't '100 Percent' Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Admin Scraps Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry
The Trump administration is rolling back a Biden-era proposal that would have required poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products to prevent food poisoning. After receiving what the Agriculture Department said were 7,000 comments about the proposed rule — from stakeholders that included the poultry and meat industry, members of Congress, and a risk assessment firm — the USDA withdrew the plan 'to further assess its approach for addressing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry product.' The Biden Administration effort had aimed to reduce salmonella illnesses by 25 percent, per a Federal Register notice, by requiring poultry companies selling chicken or turkey products to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for six dangerous salmonella strains. If the threshold was exceeded or any of the strains were identified, the poultry product would be pulled and subject to recall. Every year, there are over 1.3 million salmonella infections in the United States, the notice stated, adding that rate had not changed in the past two decades. On Friday, food officials claimed that the proposed plan would impose an 'overwhelming burden' on small poultry producers and processors and said the USDA would 'evaluate whether it should update' current salmonella regulations. President Donald Trump's inaugural committee received a record amount of cash, with a significant portion coming from Pilgrim's Pride. The poultry company was the largest donor to Trump's inaugural committee, donating $5 million. Two of the company's executives — CEO Fabio Sandri and Kendra Waldbusser, the company's head of food safety and quality assurance — serve alongside many other execs on the board of the National Chicken Council, a lobbying group that called on the USDA to rescind the proposed plan and 'consider alternative approaches for addressing Salmonella in raw poultry products.' The company agreed last year to pay a $100 million antitrust settlement for scheming with other food companies to keep chicken farmers underpaid. More from Rolling Stone The 'F-ck You, Pay Me' Presidency Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret Trump Says He Wouldn't '100 Percent' Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
