Price comparison websites have really taken off in a big way. Consumer magazine Which? reckons that around 6.5m of us visited one of the largest three sites – moneysupermarket.com, gocompare.com and confused.com – in April …
These are tough times for those of us who want to be in cash. With the Retail Price Index (RPI) now at 5%, almost none of us are making a real return on our money …
There’s a lot more to the Women’s Institute (WI) than learning to make jam while posing for nude calendars. It seems the credit crunch is making people turn to the WI for the penny-pinching tips …
About now, those of us yet to complete a self-assessment tax return start to worry about the 30 September deadline, after which HM Revenue & Customs refuses to do the sums for us. But with …
New inheritance tax rules announced last October, allowing the transfer of unused allowances between spouses and civil partners on the first death, should not lull you into a “false sense of security”, says Harriet Meyer …
This article is taken from Money Sense, Merryn Somerset Webb’s free weekly personal finance email. Sign up to Money Sense here. Feeling a bit more cash-strapped than you were a few months ago? Not to …
Almost £5bn of benefits go unclaimed by older people every year so check with Citizens Advice (www.adviceguide.org.uk) or call Age Concern (0800-009966) and make sure you are claiming everything you are entitled to, says Stephen …
Fancy a new webcam? A free railcard? Or perhaps £100 in cash? If you’re about to become a student, you’re in luck. These are just a few of the offers high-street banks are chucking at …
HMRC (Revenue and Customs) hasn’t been shouting about it, but there’s good news for Britain’s 3.6 million self-employed workers, says James Daley in The Independent. New guidance issued by HMRC states explicitly that self-employed workers …
With forecasts that inflation this year could turn into deflation next, as commodity prices fall and the economy slows, bonds look increasingly attractive. Many offer a fixed income – useful if interest rates on cash …