By Jane Porter on
Friday, February 17, 2012 9:51 AM
Every now and again you read some survey results that are really shocking.
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By Jane Porter on
Monday, January 16, 2012 3:31 PM
Isn’t it stark raving bonkers that we send our children to school to study maths for more than a decade, but we don't teach them how to stay solvent in adulthood?
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By Jane Porter on
Friday, January 06, 2012 3:44 PM
Even in a boom, January is a particularly bleak month. Given the current economic uncertainty it’s hardly surprising then that so many of us are feeling low. In a bid to lift the mood this Friday afternoon, here are some reasons to be cheerful…
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By Jane Porter on
Friday, December 23, 2011 11:14 AM
Congratulations goes to Which? today. Their super complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) looks to have paid off.
Ministers are due to announce a ban on fees for electing to pay for items by debit or credit card, which is a huge victory...
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By Jane Porter on
Friday, December 16, 2011 11:55 AM
It’s incredibly disturbing to learn that increasing numbers of students are looking to the sex trade to make ends meet during their studies.
Calls from students to the English Collective of Prostitutes’...
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By Jane Porter on
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:59 PM
At 4.8 per cent, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) fell slightly in November, from 5pc in October. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) was also...
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By Jane Porter on
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:43 AM
Unscrupulous individuals and companies are on the look-out for vulnerable people at this time of year and some will even knock on doors in a bid to secure business. They know it’s easier to tempt people...
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By Jane Porter on
Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:20 AM
It's been confirmed that the auto-enrolment 'staging' deadline has been rolled back one year for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Instead of the planned date of 1 June 2014...
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By Jane Porter on
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:50 PM
Financial worries, and making debt repayments, are stopping people from saving enough for their retirement.
This is according to...
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By David Cornwell on
Monday, November 21, 2011 9:40:38 AM
Christmas is coming but for a lot of us the goose may well be anorexic. Juggling ever increasing bills when income is not going up and job security is a distant dream is difficult to say the least.
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