People in debt and looking for an option to alleviate such arrears could turn to a secured loan, according to a financial site.
The online financial advice company has claimed that a number of alternative debt solutions currently on the market are offering Britons ways in which to curtail what they owe. A spokesperson...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Motor insurance customers may find more checks are conducted before they are accepted for car finance in the future, after dealers were advised to crackdown on fraudulent applications.
Global information services company Experian has claimed the automotive industry needs to be careful as fraudsters have recently start...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010None of us want to see our relatives in financial trouble. We often want to help with small gifts of money to an elderly parent who needs a new kitchen appliance or help with the heating bill. That is what family is all about. However, it seems more of us are doing more than the occasional handout.
Some 3.3 million fa...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Recent figures released by the Accountant in Bankruptcy found that the number of companies going to the wall has risen by over 150 per cent compared to the same period the previous year. In real terms, this amounts to more than 3,700 businesses going under. The number of individual insolvencies has also soared - by aro...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010With Children in Need just around the corner, many people will soon be dipping into their pockets as a host of stars and celebs put on hours worth of entertainment to raise huge amounts of cash to fight poverty.
Giving money over the phone is the most common way of donating, and with Children in Need the telephone num...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Traveller’s cheques used to be the only way to take money safely abroad, before everyone had credit cards. Still, nowadays many holidaymakers can choose to use traveller's cheques as a way of carrying cash when they go on holiday.
The traveller’s cheque is a pre-printed document of a fixed monetary value; ...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010We have all been there. After a particularly expensive month; perhaps there were a few family birthdays, a holiday or Christmas, we have run out of money earlier than expected and payday seems a long way off. Most of us will somehow scrape through until the money comes through but for some people the money needs to com...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010One way of raising money quickly can be to turn to a pawnbroker - but there are many things to keep in mind when dealing with one of these stores.
The stereotypical image of a pwnbrokers shop is a dark, small room with some crooked old-man sat behind the counter. While this may not be far from the truth, the much imag...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Even though Brits have been warned that the current economic troubles are unlikely to go away anytime soon, many households are still throwing money down the drain by failing to make the most of
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