Gordon it’s time to go
Welcome back!My Money Saving tip today is for Gordon Brown to resign which will save us billions of pounds.
Gordon Brown bedded the bankers and took their advise not to regulate our Banking Industry. Duh! “It’s like God taking advise from the Devil on how to prevent Evilness!”
Your true legacy is that you are an unelected [...]
How fit are your personal finances?
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 the [...]
Are you a debt diva or a frugalista?
If you’re one of the many women who see shopping as a form of recreation, you could be heading for a tough financial future.
A recent survey by Cosmopolitan found that 64 per cent of readers were in debt, with more than half owing upwards of £5,000 on credit cards or store cards. This new generation [...]
Are you a debt diva?
If you’re one of the many women who see shopping as recreation, you could be in for a nasty shock.
A recent survey by Cosmopolitan found that 64 per cent of its readers were in debt, with more than half of these owing upwards of £5,000 on credit or store cards. This new generation of debt [...]
The first time buyers guide to surviving the recession
Recessions come and recessions eventually go but if you were born in the 1980s or 1990s, you may not know what to expect or how to cope during a period of financial uncertainty. This guide gives all you first-time buyers a few pointers to surviving until the next boom comes around.
Your attitude
Stick to the essentials
Decide [...]
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Government to Crackdown on the Credit Card Industry
It looks likely that the government will soon introduce legislation to crackdown on the credit card industry. Proposed legislation will hopefully put a stop to credit card companies increasing credit limits without a direct request from the customer. In the past credit card providers have increased the amount a client can borrow by just writing [...]
A lifetime of debt that could take 93 years to pay back!
A recent survey of 1,407 new debt clients was conducted by the Citizens Advice Bureaux and they found that the average amount of debt owed by their clients’ was £16,971 in 2008 and one client in ten had ten or more credit card debts. More than fifty percent of these clients had four or more [...]
Could you cope if you lost your job?
Most of us will still be in work in 12 months’ time but, with predictions that three million people will be unemployed by the end of 2009, it’s sensible to ask yourself what you’d do if you were one of the unlucky ones.
Advance planning could mean you’ll cope better if the worst happens and will [...]
