Stories we've covered - 2001

This page contains links to many of the stories covered on Working Lunch from September 2001, when we set up our website, to the end of that year.

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December

Foot-and-mouth compensation battle

Own a stake in Flying Scotsman

Claiming winter fuel payments

The language manglers

Insurer uses cash prize bait

Lights in the economic darkness

November

Bridge the endowment gap

Investing in your education

A power station of your own

Boom time in Birmingham

High cost of pension charges

Benefit from investment technology

Festive firms' moment of truth

Living with low interest

New law hits fridge recycling

Make your annuity pay

Tesco loses cheap jeans battle

Look around for mortgage savings

Investing in toys

How Rob turned £1,000 into £745

How safe is online shopping?

October

From zero to hero

Problems with online bank accounts

Conmen prey on timeshare owners

Shadows of the past on Tyneside

Railtrack: Questions & Answers

Steer clear of holiday danger

Insurance costs set to rise

What makes British best?

Young business brains

BT charges 'will hit needy'

Ministers urged to boost women's pay

Help for utilities victims

New data laws come into force

Superstition stalks the market

Top Isa funds named

Tesco share scheme confusion

Barclays faced £25m blackmail plot

September 2001

Wigan's Premiership dream

FSA warns of high income risks

Controversy at Claims Direct

Haggling over car prices

Escaping the debt trap

Are credit card loyalty schemes dying

Getting a student bank account

Mobile costs coming down?

Cutting the cost of health insurance

Are interest rates ruining economics?

Why you can't get credit

Cost of calling a mobile

Farmers' markets market themselves

Uncertainty forces withdrawal of bond

First-e bank closes UK operation

Companies cut back loyalty schemes

Dealing with doorstep sales pests

Conmen target donations

Fighting bank fraud

Equitable announces compromise deal

Shopping by mobile phone

Raleigh's very British history

Are penny shares worth a punt?

The future of housing

Pension funds need help

Family asked to return windfalls

Finding the right fund