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Fake Companies, History of Car Finance, Seaside Housing

What happens when a 'fake' Polish company registers at the address of a real UK business?

Thousands of people have had a limited company set up at their address, and registered on Companies House, without them knowing about it. The process of having this company removed from your address is really difficult and takes a long time to do, yet setting up the 'fake' companies is quick and easy. Now, one 'You and Yours' listener has got in touch because she's being chased for debts linked to a fake company pretending to be based at her home. She's now been chased for payments for 7 years and says she cannot get these requests to stop.

Any day now - the Supreme Court will rule on the alleged mis-selling of car finance, where loans were sold, without customers realising that the dealers were being paid commission from the lender, based on the interest rate charged to the customer. But what's the history of car finance, and how has it shaped our relationship with our cars and the car market?

And five years after the lockdown "race for space", it seems we've fallen out of love with the idea of escaping city life for a home by the sea. Prices for seaside homes soared by a quarter between 2019 and 2022. They've fallen right back in many places and are still falling.

PRESENTER - Winifred Robinson
PRODUCER - Dave James

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  • Wed 23 Jul 2025 12:04

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