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British people saving close to £1trillion

For all the negative press screaming pessimistic headlines about BritainÃs personal debt crisis there is an upside " as much as Brits are apparently busy accumulating frightening levels of debt weÃre also surprisingly prudent when it comes to savings.

In fact according to a recent report by Alliance & Leicester Savings Brits are currently saving £867 billion with forecasts suggesting that at if the current growth...>>> more

Five Key Ways for You to Save When Booking a Holiday

For many people, taking a foreign holiday is one of the biggest luxuries of the year. It’s a welcome break from the everyday routine of heading to work, but it can often be expensive. When and where you want to go, and how much you are prepared to spend when you’re out there will all contribute to one of the most intensive spending periods of the year, but there are plenty of ways to save. With more airlines offering >>> more

Personal debt in UK worst in Europe

That Britain is slipping into a personal debt crisis has been well documented for a number of years now. The UK's burgeoning levels of personal debt have, for a long time, far outweighed that of our European neighbours. Indeed, figures released last year revealed that the average consumer in this county is £3,008 in debt compared to an average figure of £1,558 across the rest of Western Europe. Alarmingly the UK is now...>>> more

Car Finance – What are your options?

Thinking about how you plan to finance your new car before hand can save you hundreds of pounds. The end result will still be you driving a new car but the same cannot be said about finance options.

Whether you borrow the funds from a bank or building society or borrow the money from family or the dealership from which you purchase the car can effect how soon the car is paid off by a matter of months, hundreds of...>>> more

One in five homeowners take risk on no buildings cover

A study by Nationwide building society has revealed that as many as one in five homeowners have left themselves exposed by not investing in building insurance for their property, an oversight that would mean that they would have no cover in the event of flooding or a house fire.

Although, unlike car insurance, insuring your home is not a legal obligation the fact that so many people are willing to take a chance and not...>>> more

How to Profit from Debt

Most people will tell you that debts are bad, but it’s becoming clearer that not all debts are bad. Because banks and lenders are operating in one of the most competitive markets in the world, they’ll do a lot to get your custom, and one consequence of this is to offer you a limited time of free debt. There are a number of ways that you can manipulate this debt to make money and as a basic rule the more debts you take out,...>>> more

Gift Buying

There always seems to be an occasion looming; birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, marriages, Christmas, Halloween, St. Valentine’s Day – the calendar always seems to have an event up its sleeve. And an event generally means a gift or two…

There is now a renaissance in gift-buying, with the onus being on original and meaningful, rather than just expensive. The most thoughtful gifts aren’t always necessarily...>>> more