As we struggle to make ends meet in our own homes it’s sometimes easy to forget the charities on which so many others depend. So do we cut our charity giving during recession or continue to dig deep in the knowledge that charities need the money even more than ever?
Section 75; what is it and why do you need to know?
Given the mix of tasty fruit and banana skins 2011 offered we thought we’d look into our crystal ball to give our view as to what 2012 might hold for UK personal finance.
Given that January is traditionally the time of year we start to flick through holiday brochures and dream of distant (warmer) lands we thought we’d investigate how to get the biggest bang for your Buck (or Euro etc).
Google launched its new Wallet application, which allows consumers to shop by simply tapping their smartphone at a PayPass checkout, in September. The app uses a relatively new technology (in terms of its applications to personal finance and payment methods) called near field communication (NFC) to send payment information to the reader and carry out [...]
With Christmas just a couple of months away, many of us will be thinking about applying for a new credit card, or using an existing one, to help us manage the cost of buying presents, food and other festive essentials. Credit cards with introductory offers, such as 0% interest on purchases, are a great tool [...]
Let’s face it, Christmas can be an incredibly expensive time, and often a time that our wage packets are unable to handle. In order to prepare for your purchases over the holiday period, you might be looking to apply for a credit card.
Everyone enjoys doing their Christmas shopping in their own way; you could be [...]
In the video below, Pensions Minister Steve Webb speaks to Director General of Saga, Ros Altmann, about the government’s plans for change and why he thinks pensions have an image problem
Pensions have been a hot topic in the past 12 months with the Government announcing a major overhaul of the pensions system. As a result, [...]
Post Author: Marghaid Howie, Gas and Electric Reporter
Ofgem wants suppliers to reduce the maze of tariffs, and SSE and British Gas has been the first to react.
SSE, which includes Atlantic, Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro and Swalec, has removed its online-only tariffs, giving access to customers who prefer to manage their account by phone and with [...]
This is a guest post by Bryony Merritt, spokesperson for Birkbeck, University of London, and is in repsonse to the news article ‘Average students debts set to exceed £53k’ we published on 16th August 2011. All views are those of Birkbeck, University of London, and may not wholly reflect the views of compareandsave.com.
Over recent months [...]
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