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.

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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 [...]

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If you’ve ever wondered how the UK credit rating system works, then you’re not alone. On average 165,000 people in the UK search online each month for the phrase ‘What is Credit Rating?’. What’s more, there are countless posts in forums from consumers asking credit-related questions, which are often answered completely incorrectly. aqua card, a [...]

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Is the UK starting to get back on its feet after the recession of 2008 – 2009 or is the situation still as perilous as ever? If this video by debt management company Payplan is anything to go by, there is still a long way for the UK to go in order to get its [...]

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Reality often doesn’t conform to perception. How do you perceive those who are struggling with unmanageable levels of debt for example? Are they male or female? Are they married or divorced? What areas do they live in? Do they own their own homes or do they rent? Think about it for a moment. Debt has [...]

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The National Lottery will help fund a new initiative designed to help financially-excluded people in the UK access financial products and to help them manage their money more effectively. The ‘Improving Financial Confidence’ project will work alongside the voluntary sector and social housing providers across the country to help financially-excluded people avoid going into debt. [...]

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How good is your credit rating? More and more Brits are suffering from a poor credit rating. Credit Action, one of the UK’s main debt charities, reports that there were 1,716 County Court Judgments (CCJs) issued in the third quarter of 2010 and that the Citizens Advice Bureau deal with 9,389 debt cases every day [...]

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While there is no magic answer that works for everyone for managing money successfully and avoiding debt, there are several things that anyone can do regardless of their financial situation. If you’re used to spending frivolously, then you may go into shock if you try them all at once. Ease into it if you must, [...]

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You can now buy legal advice and DIY legal documents online with your credit card at legalcentre.co.uk. The legal advice site allows you to buy personal legal document templates for Wills, Tenancy Agreements, Parking Ticket and speeding fines, plus many more, and you can use your credit card to make the purchase. If you can’t [...]

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You need £3000. What do you do? A number of options are available to you depending on what you need the money for i.e. if you need it for existing debt consolidation or to go out and buy something. If you have outstanding balances on several credit cards, and want to make it easier to [...]

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