by Steve | May 25, 2017 | Business, News, Personal Finance
In what may seem like a boon for companies across the country, the number of sick days we’re taking off work is falling. That’s the word from insurer Aviva, in their latest Working Lives Report, which is designed to study the issues most affecting...
by Steve | May 17, 2017 | News, Personal Finance
The Bank of England’s governor, Mark Carney, has said that the ‘Brexit effect’ is starting to take hold as we see a slowdown consumer spending. Many economists and financial experts have been warning since the June 23rd referendum that the slowdown...
by Steve | May 11, 2017 | Personal Finance
Something that we’ve heard recently is the idea that people should ‘run their finances like a business’. It may sound like a motivational soundbite, but we think that there may well be some truth behind it. After all, the purpose of a business is to...
by Steve | May 4, 2017 | Infographics, Pensions
It’s been well-documented that savings rates for UK households are fairly abysmal – a report from the Lords Exclusion Committee found that 40% of all savers have less than £100 stashed away. But no less worrying is a recent study from lender Lending Works that shows...
by Steve | May 3, 2017 | Credit Cards, Debt, Loans, Mortgages, News, Personal Finance, Property
Consumer lending is slowing down, from a 10-year-high of 7.2% last October to 6.1% this March. That’s the verdict from the British Bankers Association (BBA). March’s lending figure is also down compared to February’s 6.5%, with those seeking credit cards...
by Steve | Apr 25, 2017 | News, Personal Finance
How many NatWest customers have been the victim of financial scams since 2016? According to the bank’s own figures, it’s a whopping 7,000.The bank, which is co-owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, prides itself on creating ‘safe, simple...
