by Steve | Sep 22, 2017 | Insurance, News, Personal Finance
It’s good news for anyone who’s been harassed with unwanted calls concerning PPI – Your Money Rights Ltd. has been slapped with a £350,000 fine for making a record 146 million illegal calls in just four months. After an investigation by the Information...
by Steve | Sep 8, 2017 | News, Personal Finance
He always said he’d be back – and now he is. In a bid to raise awareness of the upcoming mis-sold PPI deadline, the Financial Conduct Authority has enlisted the help of the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Well, sort of. In the latest adverts, on air...
by Steve | Sep 1, 2017 | Business, News, Personal Finance
It was supposed to be so easy. The new pound coin was introduced earlier this year, and we all have until the 15th October to spend the old-style coins or trade them in at the bank. It couldn’t be simpler. Well, it seems even the best-laid plans go wrong, if the...
by Steve | Aug 24, 2017 | News, Pensions, Personal Finance
Say goodbye to those unwanted pension salesmen calling you up at all hours of the day – the Government has announced a crackdown on the scams which have cost thousands of savers tens of millions of pounds. The ban on cold-calling and unsolicited text messages and...
by Steve | Jul 27, 2017 | News, Pensions, Personal Finance, Saving
The Government has confirmed that they intend to increase the age of retirement, from 67 to 68, at a faster pace than previously thought. Originally, the intention was to increase the upper age limit by 2044; now David Gauke, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said...
by Steve | Jul 14, 2017 | Credit Cards, Debt, Loans, Mortgages, News, Personal Finance
Lenders have been warned by the banking sector’s watchdog to stay vigilant after highlighting the possibilities of another credit crunch. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) reviewed the stability of all forms of consumer credit,...