Feb 19 2008
According to the government 2012 will be a year of plenty with the golden shower of the Olympic Games to sustain us; but not everyone is quite so sanguine with fool.co.uk leading the chorus of doomsayers who believe that life could get very hard for people living in the UK.
Lets not discuss the cost of [...]
Feb 16 2008
With the savings ratio at an all time low, and more and more people struggling to balance bills at the end of the month, the government is asking what is to be done to improve people’s management of their finances.
Proposals to integrate financial education into secondary schools sounds far too little – a question of [...]
Nov 20 2007
1.7 million people had debt problems in 2006/07 according to charity Citizens Advice, this shows that not only the US has a credit problem
It’s scary how much debt people on average are getting themselves into and of course, debt levels vary widely across the UK. So here are a few easy tests to see [...]
Oct 12 2007
Firms that offer IVAs in England and Scotland are considering withdrawing services that help citizens set up IVAs. Financial services companies are increasingly unhappy about paying upfront fees and also want to restrict IVAs from becoming an easy option for debt-laden consumers. For creditors, an IVA can mean only recovering 30% of outstanding debt [...]