Tag Archives: saving money

Retail Industry Feeling the Pinch

Shopkeepers across the UK are finding life difficult as shoppers tighten their belts, and those in areas where there are large numbers of public sector workers are hardest hit. The…

Pensions industry warns against early access to savings

I think that nearly everyone with a private pension has had to dip into it or are seriously thinking about dipping into it. At the moment the age for anyone…

Banks face major shake-up in plans being considered by inquiry

The head of the independent commission examining whether the UK’s biggest banks should be broken up is say the industry must prepare for wide-ranging reforms. This report really does nothing,…

Estonia joins crisis hit eurozone and hopes for the best

Estonia joins crisis hit Eurozone and hopes for the best I can’t help thinking that this is another future bailout, another old Eastern Block country joining the Eurozone while waiting…

Pay delay for Halifax customers

Halifax Customers Pay Delayed by Technical Problems. What is it with our banks? They don’t want to lend us money they want to pay themselves big bonuses but we the…

Santander admits statement glitch

Santander Admits Bank Statement Glitch. The Spanish banking giant have dropped another clanger, this time by admitting they have sent out the wrong bank statements to 35,000 of there customers,…

Osborne: Europe Debtors Should Solve Own Problems

Osborne: Europe Debtors Should Solve Own Problems Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has annoyed most of his European Counterparts by saying” the nations in the region haunted by mounting…

MBNA debt dealings ‘must improve’

“Credit card company MBNA has been forced to improve the way it deals with customers in debt after intervention from a regulator.” Go to Source How often have we heard…

Christmas is coming (very soon)

How many of us think “oh no it’s that time of year again how much is this going to cost”? We have all been there, but the question we keep…