08th April 2008
In short, store cards are best avoided, with much more favourable lines of credit often available. These cards are often offered at store checkouts by staff who are simply told to sign up as many customers as they can – many often boasting one off disco...
28th March 2008
Considering there is an estimated three million UK motorists set to take their cars abroad this year, its pretty shocking to hear that 17.2 million Brits have admitted to not knowing if their car insurance will cover them whilst they are there.
When t...
27th March 2008
Known as the “Land of the Long White Cloud”, New Zealand is a sparsely populated country, made up of 2 main islands. Considering its size New Zealand is a country crammed full with majestic scenery, exhilarating activities and a population world reno...
26th March 2008
Hiring a car and making your own way around Australia is by far the best way to fully experience and immerse yourself into the Oz environment. With your own car you can free yourself from the constraints of any schedules or set routes, leaving your holida...
12th March 2008
As mobile phones are becoming increasingly more advanced, consumers are making use of being able to access their email or bank accounts on the move. With many of today’s mobile phones coming closer to miniature computers than traditional phones the need...
11th March 2008
As mobile phones become more and more central to our lives, the desire to have them serve more purposes has grown. In the future, the hope is that mobile phones' will become a multi-purpose swipe card, used for nearly everything from getting into building...
10th March 2008
Considering the wealth of methods that malicious users employ to gain access to other people’s machines, you would expect the general public to be better protected while online.
However, a survey conducted in 2004 found that even though 63% of respo...
03rd March 2008
It’s no secret that the UK has a mounting debt problem, with the average household now owing an estimated £8,958 (not including mortgage payments).
If you factor in those that also have some form of unsecured loan then this number jumps to a startl...
28th February 2008
At the end of last year the UK had a staggering £1,409 billion in personal debt, a rise of 9.3% on 2006 figures.
This ever rising level in consumer debt has meant that lenders have had to make allowances to compensate for less than credit worthy appli...
26th February 2008
Cheap fixed rate mortgages have been few and far between since the summer of 2006, when interest rates began to rise. Five 0.25% interest rate increases between August 2006 and July 2007 made finding an affordable fixed rate mortgage impossible for many c...
26th February 2008
Natural gas has been the fuel of choice for the UKs energy requirements for over 27 years now; this is reflected in the fact that we are the world’s third largest consumer of natural gas.
With both usage and prices on the increase it’s vital that ...
21st February 2008
The recent move by one of Britons biggest card providers, Egg, to cancel 161,000 of its customer’s credit cards’ has left many consumers anxious.
The move was supposedly made to protect Egg, as they stated they targeted only “high risk” custom...
21st February 2008
Gas is an excellent source of energy, used predominantly across the UK to heat homes and other buildings. A badly maintained boiler and heating system though, not only costs more money, but could also prove fatal!
There are a number of checks and prev...
21st February 2008
Although standard travel policies often take numerous situations into account, there are some applicants or situations that they will either charge vastly inflated premiums for or simply not cover at all.
The following are some examples of this -
T...
20th February 2008
It was estimated that last year that Britons made over 65 million trips abroad, with previous years showing these figures to be ever increasing.
Considering the number of things that can go wrong with a trip and all of the extra expenses that can crop...
