Travel insurance is often touted as the first line of protection against crooks, but it can also prove handy when (inadvertently or not) tourists step onto the other side of the law.
A poll by the travel insurance industry has revealed that almost half of all Britons risk a brush with the local gendarmerie when drivin...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Many of us are able to save regularly despite feeling the pinch in the credit crunch. However, it seems we are not always getting the best deal by not shopping around.
Financial analysts have warned that savers should be prepared to regularly review their savings accounts when rates tumble across the board. Some will ...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Tidying up a scruffy garden can add as much as £8,600 to the value of your home claims new research, but most people are missing out by failing to exercise their green fingers. Two thirds of homeowners missed out on the premium when they moved home last year, passing up a potential £5.9 billion in total. Th...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010As the summer music festival season kicks in, experts are warning that failure to check cover could leave people in a stickier situation than the mud in front of main stage.
A leading online comparison firm has pointed out that 90 per cent of incidents at festivals concern thefts from tents.
While most people will re...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Every year thousands of fresh faced young people arrive at university with a sense of achievement, nerves and excitement. For many it is often the first time they have been away from home for more than a couple of weeks and it can be daunting to think you are now your own keeper. The years of preparation to get here ha...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Everyone who has ever applied for a loan or credit card in the last ten years will have been offered Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). Many of us are still not really sure what they are signing for and financial institutions still seem to be glossing over the benefits.
The consumer group Which has stated that custo...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Debt is common amongst most age groups in the UK but it seems that some are more likely to have high debts than others. People aged around 30 carry the highest amount of debt, it has been claimed.
The demographic - dubbed the Friends generation in Alliance & Leicester's research - has unsecured debts of over &poun...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010There are some individuals you know who always get in the first round or never do. But what is the correct balance. People in the UK have difficulty when it comes to when to pay and when not too according to recent research.
A new survey has revealed that people in Britain are not fully aware of the correct financial ...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Your car keys, wallet, and handbag – these are some of the most valuable items in your home but isn’t it always the way that they are often treated as less than that. Slung into corners and abandoned these items should really be treated with more respect. Apparently many of us even keep such things in the k...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010The reality as of the early 21st century is that in the UK (and probably elsewhere) the current young generation risks being in the unenviable position of growing up poorer than the previous generation. This is a bitter pill to swallow and could mean relying on parents for support for longer and a bleak retirement.
Pa...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Happiness is an elusive quality; some say it is free, some say it cannot be bought. It seems according to recent research from a high street bank that it can be bought, however, at around £10,000 per year.
The bank has worked out that each day people spend an average of £29 on pursuits which make them happ...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010We all enjoy our time off but we often do not expect to pay for a break we will not be going on. It seems the country's children are still relying on their parents to fund their lifestyle including holidays.
Teenagers looking to head abroad for their holiday this year will do so in the knowledge that their parents wil...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Owning your own home has been identified as a major priority for Britons under 30, according to a new study.
Alliance & Leicester research has found that more than half of 18 to 29-year-olds believe buying a property is an achievable goal before they hit 30. Getting married was another big priority picked out by c...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Despite the government’s ban on smoking indoors many of us are still lighting up, even in the coldest of weather. However, not a few people took the ban as an opportunity to give up.
We have all heard the stories of chronic health failure for those who smoke. Smoking related diseases range from lung cancer, hear...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010The mad rush Fighting for a parking space Swearing until your throat gets sore That's right, it's time for Christmas shopping again!It can be a tormenting experience when what seems like the entire British populous converge on all of the major cities and shopping centres, but this year it seems like the internet i...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010People in the UK are known for their stereotypical fear of having their ‘dirty laundry’ in public. We, as a nation, tend to be taciturn and close mouthed about personal matters and it seems this is true when discussing money matters.
The majority of people in the UK believe that money is a personal subject...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010What a nightmare, you are just about to start a long journey in the car and your MP3 player has packed up. What do you do Listen to the radio and try to fix it when you get home or stop at the next services chuck it and buy a new one as they are cheap as chips anyway
A significant amount of people in the UK, more th...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Instead of moving house, many people are now doing up their existing home in an attempt to beat the credit crunch. As an additional saving DIY has become more popular, yet there are problems with this DIY revival. DIY may not be the saving it seems as it is claimed more than half a million people in the UK have their h...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010With the credit crunch stretching on and on and the winters getting colder and colder, despite the government telling us we are going through Global Warming, life in the UK can sometimes seem a bit bleak. No wonder, then, that many of us are just counting the days until we have our two weeks in the sun.
According to n...
15:36 Mon 24th May 2010Many of us are feeling the pinch as the credit crunch stretches on and on. For most of us this means doing without little luxuries like eating out, a night on the town and apparently going abroad on holiday.
There are close to seven million people in the UK who have not left the region to go on holiday, it has been re...
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