09th November 2006
The financial services industry is highly regulated and companies
selling financial products or advice must adhere to a stringent set of
guidelines set out by the industry’s independent regulatory body, the
Financial Services Authority. The FSA has w...
09th November 2006
There’s a wide range of government benefits to support you as you bring up your family if you’re on a low income and need assistance. This is a brief guide to some of the key benefits that you may be eligible to receive.
Child benefit – almost ever...
09th November 2006
Unless you’ve managed to build up a large private pension or have a great deal of savings, it’s not always easy to get by in retirement when you’re no longer earning. There are various ways in which the government can help give people of pension age...
07th November 2006
If you’re incapacitated for any reason and are unable to work, you may
qualify to receive certain benefits from the government to assist you.
This is one of a series of guides to government benefits, in which
you’ll find practical information on th...
06th November 2006
It’s an age old problem for parents – how to handle pocket money for
their kids. How much should you give them? How often? What should they
spend it on? All these questions have troubled parents for generations.
Here’s a brief guide to using pock...
18th October 2006
Most of us find ourselves having to part with our hard-earned cash
almost on a daily basis to just keep ourselves going. Have you ever
thought about exactly what you’re spending though? A great deal of
people never bother to budget – yet they could...
18th October 2006
Basic principle of a mortgage is very simple: you borrow money to buy a
house and pay back the loan with interest. However, nowadays there are
so many products available that it can be mind-boggling. Here’s a guide
to methods of repayment and interes...
12th October 2006
Having children isn’t cheap these days, especially in the long term –
the older they get, the more they cost. Higher education prices
continue to soar and it’s almost impossible to get onto the housing
market without having some capital or homeow...
12th October 2006
Definition of bankruptcy:
Bankruptcy is one method of getting out of debt. It is a court order that transfers
responsibility for dealing with creditors to the Official Receiver, who
also takes control of the debtor’s money and assets and distribute...
