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Loans Slump Helps Trigger Rescue Plan From The Bank Of England

March 2008 saw the lowest ever number of people taking out mortgages to buy homes with the amount falling by 46 per cent over a year to 35,417 house buyers wanting loans. At there peak, banks were handing out over 3,000 mortgages a day; however that nu... Read >
Author: Phil

Reliant Consumers Fuel Credit Card Fraud

New findings have shown the continued large presence of credit card fraud as consumers continue to rely on their credit cards. A large percentage of British consumers struggle with credit payments and rely on their cards for finance. A Post Office study f... Read >
Author: Drew Swainston

Bikers Should Get The Same Right As Drivers

It has been revealed by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) that recent changes to the law have meant that cars which emit less that 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled will be exempt from paying Road Tax or Vehicle Excise Duty, despite this, ... Read >
Author: Jemma

Motorists Turning Greener

Alistair Darling's recent budget went a fair way to encouraging motorists to adopt greener options. Recent research by the AA has indicated that there has already been a trend in recent years of motorists looking at environmental friendly issues and f... Read >
Author: Sav

End of the crunch show

Up until today it had not seemed to be a good week for news emanating from the Bank of England. Firstly, we had the news that in March the number of mortgages approved had dropped from 72,000 in February to just 64,000. Then yesterday brought governor M... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

First Time Buyers: To Buy or Not to Buy

For first time buyers hoping to step on to the property ladder the current market uncertainty is a cause for concern. Although house prices are falling the cost of borrowing is rapidly rising and it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise the money fo... Read >
Author: Carole

Bikers Should Get The Same Right As Drivers

It has been revealed by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) that recent changes to the law have meant that cars which emit less that 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled will be exempt from paying Road Tax or Vehicle Excise Duty, despite this, ... Read >
Author: Jemma

Compare Gas Prices: Dolphins and the Offshore Industry

The discovery of oil and gas deposits in the North Sea was justly celebrated at the time. People's lives were transformed as cheap energy made cold rooms in winter a memory for millions. Of course there were doubts: the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 saw ... Read >
Author: mlauterwein

Think carefully before buying that dream motor

The UK economy is at best struggling, and at worst may be on the verge of recession. Add that financial uncertainty to the latest increases in vehicle excise duty announced during Alistair Darling's first budget and it's easy to see why leading motor in... Read >
Author: mpressman

Is the time for the rise of the electric car?

New chancellor Alistair Darling has firmly nailed his environmental colours to the mast in his first budget by substantially increasing vehicle excise duty for larger vehicles; although to many motorists and motoring organisations he has combined a huge... Read >
Author: mpressman

Financial misery forces Brown to abandon plans for early election

The combination of a slowing UK economy and his chancellor's first budget may finally force Gordon Brown to shelve any plans he had for calling a general election in early 2009, as voters will be forced to tighten their belts over the next year. Rumour... Read >
Author: Vicky Cochrane

Bargain basement time?

Last year's pre-Budget statement saw a change in taxation announced which was widely welcomed by the buy-to-let industry, as the chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling revealed major alterations to capital gains tax. Up until now, the tax had been... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

He’s no Darling to motorists

Alistair Darling has hit motorists hard in his first budget as chancellor and he is justifying his swingeing tax and fuel duty hikes as ‘cracking down on pollution'. Even though the chancellor delayed the 2 pence per litre increase in fuel duty due... Read >
Author: mpressman

Unbiased Shows Record Amount Of Unnecessary Tax Being Paid

Britons are wasting billions of pounds in unnecessary tax payments, a new set of research shows. In the latest TaxAction study carried out by Unbiased it was revealed that over the course of this year a total of 9.3 billion pounds will be frittered awa... Read >
Author: ARouse

Prepay Energy Customers Left With 'Hefty Price To Pay'

Those Britons who are paying for their energy through a prepayment scheme are losing out on millions of pounds, according to findings by a price comparison website. In a study carried out by moneysupermarket, it was revealed that the typical person mee... Read >
Author: ARouse

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