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Month: March 2018

literacy
Spend & Save

England and Northern Ireland rank among worst in world for basic financial literacy skills

15th March 20183rd September 2018 admin Comment(0)

A major new study has confirmed what many of us already suspected – that our basic financial skills are in tatters. One in three adults in England and Northern Ireland (NI) can’t work out the correct change from a shopping trip and four in 10 are unable to apply a simple discount on products they’d […]

Chancellor spring statement
Bills

Spring Statement: What it DIDN’T mean for your money

15th March 20183rd September 2018 admin Comment(0)

Squint hard and you could almost see them whizzing by – the chances the Chancellor of the Exchequer had this week to set a few things right, to make everyday life simpler, easier, more affordable. Busy comparing himself with a fictional plaything, Mr Hammond didn’t even give them a wistful backwards glance as he instead […]

Cars on finance declining
Car Loans

British consumers losing interest in buying new cars on finance

9th March 20183rd September 2018 admin Comment(0)

The march of the brand new car once seemed unstoppable. Cheap finance and personal contract plans (PCPs) fuelled a boom in new cars, accounting for more than 80 per cent of all new car registrations. A fall at the start of 2017 was blamed on a collapse in consumer confidence in diesel vehicles and last […]

mothers day
Bills

Mother’s Day 2018: Parents get no reprieve as families fight off financial crises

9th March 20183rd September 2018 admin Comment(0)

In years gone by every Mother’s Day would be heralded not simply by flowers and a lie-in, but a slew of financial companies trying to bag themselves a few column inches by giving them each a monetary value. The marginally more PC among them even occasionally acknowledged the value of a “parent” instead. The last […]

Citizens Advice demand stronger complaints process
Business

Citizens Advice urges UK Government to strengthen consumer complaints process

2nd March 201812th September 2018 admin Comment(0)

Citizens Advice has called on the Government to strengthen the complaints process for consumers after finding that poor services and faulty goods affected the lives of millions in the last year. Some 14 million people suffered the knock-on effects of consumer problems in 2017 alone that affected their lives, finances or health, a survey of […]

ISAs
ISAs

Isas: Everything you need to know

1st March 20183rd September 2018 admin Comment(0)

There’s an awful lot of fuss about saving and investing at this time of year. On the countdown to the end of the tax year, all of a sudden the adverts become more prominent and everyone, it seems, is telling you that you need an Isa. And yet millions of us don’t bother shielding our […]

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