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Valentine’s day gift guide: Top 10 under £10 Feb 3,2012
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, which means shops nationwide are now filled with tat masquerading as sentimental gifts. If Clinton Cards had their way, we'd all believe the only way to say I love you is with a five foot teddy bear and a Forever Friends card . Make your presents more meaningful (and ...
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Cheap winter holidays: the ultimate guide
Itching to take to the slopes but baulking at the prices? No problem. From cheap resorts, to accommodation, to lift passes, to transport, to lessons, we have the ultimate guide to saving on your ski and snowboard holiday this year. When? ...
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Gender insurance directive: the battle of the sexes gets costly
Gender discrimination is a horrible thing. Men who hold open doors for you, offer to pay for dinner and carry your bags, might be what most women want, but we also wish for equality. We should be more careful about what we wish for. Who would have ...
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6 easy ways to make extra cash
1. Take part in a police identity parade I did this a couple of times back in my student days. You turn up, hang around for a bit, make like youre in The Usual Suspects ...
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Are you a finance cheat?
Ive realised that I cheat when it comes to money. Cheaty cheat cheat. I convince myself that Im spending less, with sneaky little tricks that Ive honed over the years. Heres a little list of ways I cheat my brain into thinking its spending less: I ignore the ...
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Low rates support house prices
06 Feb 2012House prices rose by 0.6% in January, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. Despite the modest monthly increase, the price of the average property in the UK was down by 1.8% year-on-year to ...
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Rise in bank staff stealing from customers
03 Feb 2012Junior bank workers who are not rewarded as lavishly as those at the top of their trade are increasingly topping up their meagre pay with ill-gotten gains. Instances of crooked bank staff stealing money through ...
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OFT to probe gym contracts
02 Feb 2012If you’ve signed up for a lengthy gym contract you never use but can’t get out of, help could soon be at hand. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced an investigation into unfair ...
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House prices fall for second month in a row
01 Feb 2012The winter freeze on house prices continued in January as property values fell for the second consecutive month, according to the latest data from Nationwide. Average house prices fell by 0.2% last month after an identical ...
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Average water bills to rise 0.5% above inflation
31 Jan 2012Average water and sewerage bills will rise by 5.7% from April, the water regulator Ofwat has announced. The above inflation increase will bring the typical water bill to £376 per household, up by an average of ...
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Buying now cheaper than renting
30 Jan 2012Owning a home has become considerably cheaper than renting one over the past three years, according to a study by Halifax. Research from the building society found homeownership was more than £100 a month cheaper ...
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Cost of raising a child hits £218,000
27 Jan 2012The cost of raising a child to the age of 21 rose by 3.3% to£218,024 over past year, according to a study by LV=. The insurer’s annual Cost a Child report found cash-strapped British parents now ...
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UK families increase debt by half
26 Jan 2012Cash-strapped UK families increased their levels of personal debt by 48% over the past year, according to a report from a leading insurance firm. Aviva’s Family Finances report found the average British family currently owes some ...
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