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Gender insurance directive: the battle of the sexes gets costly Feb 1,2012

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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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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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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Rise in bank staff stealing from customers

03 Feb 2012

Junior 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 ...
OFT to probe gym contracts

02 Feb 2012

If 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 ...
House prices fall for second month in a row

01 Feb 2012

The 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 ...
Average water bills to rise 0.5% above inflation

31 Jan 2012

Average 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 ...
Buying now cheaper than renting

30 Jan 2012

Owning 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 ...
Cost of raising a child hits £218,000

27 Jan 2012

The 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 ...
UK families increase debt by half

26 Jan 2012

Cash-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 ...
Housing transactions fell by 1% in 2011

25 Jan 2012

The number of houses sold in the UK fell by 1% last year, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Just 869,000 homes changed hands in 2011, 11,000 ...