The experts have a difference of opinion when it comes to saving money by trading in your old banger for a new car just because you can get an extra £2,000 off a new car. The main reason for this government incentive is to increase car sales and to boost the economic situation in the [...]

Most of us will upgrade old mobile phones annually for the ‘latest new release’ when we renew our mobile contracts. It’s become an event that we all look forward to as we get to impress our friends with our latest new phone. We watch them go green with envy for ten days while they then [...]

As the cost of cinema tickets rise so the price of taking your family to the cinema becomes more expensive and then there is the outrageous cost of ‘popcorn’. Cinema tickets cost from £4.50 to £8 per person depending where you are in the country. With the advent of Sky TV and video rental shops [...]

Chancellor Alistair Darling announced ‘The Savings Gateway Scheme which will be introduced in 2010. It is a state-funded saving scheme to help lower income families to start saving.  It is part of the Governments long-term plan to support individual savings, it originally started with the launch of the Isas, Child Trust Funds.
This scheme is primarily [...]

For sometime now we have heard the rumours about credit card debts and loans being written off by their various providers. Then last week BBC One showed a Panorama television programme called “Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay” We heard Sir Roy Good an eminent Solicitor who was involved with the drawing up of the Consumer Credit [...]

Free Enterprise

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Mark in Debt Problems, Free Money

After the past weeks of turmoil in the money markets and the loss of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest Investment Bank in America (a bank that survived the 1929 Great Depression, the First and Second World Wars) which was brought down by the after shocks of the 2007 Credit Crunch. It make us wonder what chance we have.
With [...]

Most of us have a garage but we don’t store our cars in it. Our garages are filled with goods we have purchased and now don’t use or want any more. We are a nation of hoarders, our garages are full of goods that we can either swap, recycle and/or sell through eBay or the classified [...]

If you have remortgaged or paid your mortgage off in full in the last few years, then you will also have paid an exit fee to end your mortgage contract with your lender. Agreement to pay an exit fee to your mortgage lender would have been detailed on your mortgage application.
This Mortgage Exit Administration Fee [...]

Saving Money is not just about being frugal and careful with the money you have, it is also about seeing what money you may or may not be entitled to. I discovered a great site that will help you check that you are claiming for everything you are entitled to.

Many of us don’t know what [...]

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