New figures from
Scottish Widows has revealed that over 30,000 policyholders have yet to claim an average £2,070 cash payment from when the bank was ‘demutualised’.
Scottish Widows has now launched a campaign aimed at identifying policyholders who have yet to claim demutualisation payments. All claims must be made by March 2010.
The payouts originate from ...
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- Friday, September 18, 2009, 14:11
- Household Finances
Dawn raids involving 50 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers have lead to 5 people being detained, potentially saving the taxpayer millions of pounds in fraudulent tax credit claims relating to fictitious children.
Seven addresses in the Govanhill area of Glasgow were searched under warrant with follow up visits to around 30 tax credit claimants' addresses in Manchester, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Glasgow to ...
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- Friday, September 18, 2009, 14:10
- Featured, Household Finances
Almost one in four working Brits are contemplating escaping the UK economic blues and heading for a job overseas within the next two years (23%).
As part of its Money Moves campaign Foreign Currency Direct asked a GB representative sample of over 2,000 adults whether they were considering looking for a job abroad as a result ...
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- Friday, September 18, 2009, 14:09
- Household Finances, Personal Finance
A boom in the popularity of bicycles has in turn led to a boom in bicycle thefts, according to figures from M&S Money.
Cycling has grown in popularity in recent years as Brits aim to reduce travel costs, get fit and help the environment. A recent poll by the Association of Cycle Traders showed that 83% of bike shops were experiencing an increase in turnover compared ...
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- Thursday, September 17, 2009, 13:55
- Featured, Household Finances
In a survey of 3,188 UK motorists commissioned by
insurance provider, Admiral, it has been revealed that the stigma of ‘worst driver’ has passed from white van drivers to boy and girl racers.
During Admiral’s Annual Survey of British Motorists, drivers were asked to select as many types of motorist they wanted from a list, ...
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- Thursday, September 17, 2009, 13:54
- Household Finances
Road Safety Minister Paul Clark today confirmed new measures that will make it an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured. It is believed that the change will make it easier to catch uninsured drivers and keep them off the roads.
Paul Clark said:
“Each year
uninsured and untraced drivers kill 160 people and injure 23,000, and uninsured driving costs ...
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- Thursday, September 17, 2009, 13:54
- Featured, Household Finances
Complaints to water companies in England and Wales dropped last year by nearly 15%, according to the Consumer Council for Water.
Companies with a considerable drop in complaints included Severn Trent Water, with 40% fewer complaints, and Thames Water, with nearly 27% fewer complaints on the previous year's figures. Southern Water's complaints dropped by 48% but ...
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Half of Brits are so scared of losing their job that they are risking their health, and the health of others, by working through illness, according to the results of a survey commissioned as part of Simplyhealth's Bothered Britain Report. The report investigates how attitudes and behaviour have changed in the past year towards health-related ...
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- Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 13:48
- Debt Management, Household Finances
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation was 1.6% in August, down from 1.8% in July. This means that the cost of living is now rising at a slower pace, according to the Government's target measure.
The official report states that the largest downward effect on the CPI annual rate change came from gas, where prices ...
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- Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 13:47
- Featured, Household Finances
The employment rate and the number of people in employment have fallen, according to new figures released today by the Office of National Statistics.
The report shows that the number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have increased, as has the number of inactive people of working age and the inactivity rate. Growth in ...
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