Festival refunds are not guaranteed so know your rights, warns the Financial Ombudsman Service
4 June 2026
As festival season gets going, many consumers may not understand their rights to getting their money back if things go wrong.
Preventing modern slavery and trafficking
The Modern Slavery Act requires organisations over a certain size to report yearly on what they’ve done to ensure they help prevent acts of modern slavery and trafficking from occurring within their business or supply chains.
Today we've renewed our annual statement (PDF 91KB) setting out what we’re doing to help prevent modern slavery and trafficking, not just because it’s the law, but because our commitment to fairness and doing the right thing is at the heart of our values.
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New complaints coming to the Financial Ombudsman Service have returned to more historical levels, following a previous year of significant increased demand.
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We are reminding holidaymakers to double-check their travel insurance ahead of the spring bank holiday getaway.