As the challenges of the current economic environment continue, almost two-thirds (63%) of Britons are more aware of their finances and are making an increased effort to look after their accounts, according to new research released today by National Savings and Investments (NS&I).
Of those, almost half (48%) state now that they know exactly how much money they have in all of their accounts. This is ...
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As Japan, France and Germany achieve freedom from recession by recording a 3 month period of economic growth, consumers in Britain are confident that our own economy will soon do the same.
Research from uSwitch.com reveals that 6 million (13%) consumers believe that that the UK economy will emerge from recession before the end of 2009, ...
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- Monday, August 24, 2009, 13:52
- Debt Management, Household Finances
We are all familiar with the tradition of giving gifts to the bride and groom, but now the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) are reporting a new trend which encourages wedding guests to make a donation to charity instead.
CAF, a charity that encourages giving to other charities, partnered with department store John Lewis to study wedding ...
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- Monday, August 24, 2009, 13:51
- Household Finances
Research from M&S home
insurance has revealed that almost a quarter of student cyclists at UK universities have been the victim of a bike thief.
As thousands of students prepare to head to university, the poll of 2,000 students suggests student cyclists should ensure they are insured before leaving home. Bike theft is a growing crime in the UK, with the latest British Crime Survey ...
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- Friday, August 21, 2009, 14:52
- Household Finances
By the autumn, almost 20 million (39%) Brits will have attended a festival or outdoor event this summer, putting £2.3 billion worth of personal possessions at risk.
According to research from Post Office
Insurance, revellers heading off to concerts and music festivals such as V Festival and Reading, each plan on taking more then £450 worth of personal items. Among the 5.3 million people who ...
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- Friday, August 21, 2009, 14:52
- Energy, Featured, Household Finances
From the 1st September 2009, the EU will begin the mandatory phase out of 100W and frosted incandescent (old fashioned) light bulbs. This follows on from the voluntary initiative to phase out old fashioned bulbs, which started in 2007.
Energy-inefficient light bulbs cost people more money to run than the energy efficient alternatives and are bad ...
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- Friday, August 21, 2009, 14:50
- Energy, Featured, Household Finances
Energy supplier E.ON have launched a new fixed price online energy plan called FixOnline 3, which gives consumers the option to fix their prices until 1st December 2010. This means that E.ON now offer the second
lowest energy prices available right now
To access the deal and lower their
household bills, E.ON customers must ...
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The Co-operative Bank
Credit Cards has released new research, which identifies the effects different weather conditions have on our shopping habits.
The study compared two consecutive weekends where the weather was vastly different. During the last weekend in May, it was hot sunny with a national average temperature of 24°C, but in the first weekend ...
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- Thursday, August 20, 2009, 15:23
- Featured, Household Finances
It's good news for
Britain's ailing economy as the Office of National Statistics has revealed that the volume of retail sales in July 2009 rose by 3.3% compared with the same month in 2008.
Total sales volume in the three months to July was 1.6% higher than the same period a year ago. ...
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- Thursday, August 20, 2009, 9:37
- Household Finances
Insurance brokers regularly negotiate an increase of up to a fifth on claims offers made by
insurers, according to new research from the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA).
The research also revealed that while the vast majority of brokers surveyed (91%) have secured increased payments for clients over the past year following an initial lower offer from insurers, 58% of brokers said that they had ...
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