How fit are your finances?
Welcome back!Applying for a new loan or credit card is a competitive business, with the best deals going to the people who have the fittest credit history. If you want to be in the running, you need to remember the old fable and act like the tortoise, taking time to manage your money, rather than [...]
Learn MoreLet’s review the Recession so far!
Does anybody know how to solve the problem?
Billions of pounds have been thrown at our banking industry to save it by the British government, unemployment has risen above two million, saving and mortgage interest rates are at their lowest levels ever, house prices are still tumbling down, inflation is high on food costs at 11.3% [...]
Can small businesses survive this recession?
Tougher times are expected for small and medium sized business. Business failures are expected to rise by a staggering 50% which means that failed businesses could peak around 32,400 in 2010; this would be the highest level recorded since 1992. The Federation of small businesses said that they had recorded a dramatic increase of 214% [...]
Confidence is the key to recovery from this recession
Trying to find anything to be confident about with regards to our economy is extremely difficult at present. Earlier this week, we saw the American’s being full of confidence and optimism for the future as they heralded in their 44th President Barack Obama. We are constantly bombarded with information by the media. Today the media [...]
Greedy City Bankers!
It’s astounding, time is fleeting and still they are bleating about the mis-management of the banks. Yesterday the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Chancellor Alistair Darling agreed to the £37billion requested by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds TSB and the Halifax. We are told repeatedly that they have not nationalised these banks, but [...]
