You can now hire a range of life's luxuries – and some necessities – whether it be a handbag, car or television. Rosanna Spero looks at what's available.
CARS
With the rapidly increasing cost of running a car, it can make sense to hire one instead, especially if you are only going to use [...]
As major users told MPs that European power monopolies were effectively holding Britain to ransom, the extent of the UK's suffering was spelled out by the respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
It said UK energy prices have jumped 13.6% in the past year, adding hundreds of pounds to domestic bills. This compares with [...]
Poor administration means they can have no access to their money for months.
Savers have put a huge £146bn into Isas, attracted by the tax-free interest. Those who have deposited the full amount since their launch in 1999 could have built up more than £50,000, including interest.
A combination of the credit crunch, which makes some [...]
By Jabulani Leffall
It could start with "you never think it can happen to you," or "just when you thought it was safe." But why go out that way or for that matter come in that way, it's as cliche as an American tourist getting yapped for his belongings on a trip to foreign country.
Rewind.
A red-headed [...]
I was skimming through the internet yesterday and found a great deal - a free one month trial to Blockbuster Total Access! The Blockbuster Total Access plan allows you to select movies online and they will send them to you in the order you have them selected. One of the advantages of this plan over [...]
The study from thinkbroadband.com highlighted a digital divide between the regions, especially between rural and urban areas.
Andrew Ferguson, of thinkbroadband.com says: 'Ofcom say the digital divide doesn't exist. In terms of people wanting broadband and being able to get it, it would seem the divide has been removed.
'But a divide does [...]
The shares dropped by 22¾p in early trading to an all-time low of 65½p. So great was the fall, that trading was temporarily suspended for nine minutes at 8.05am.
B&B, the UK's eighth-largest bank, announced that profits, which fell by 50% last year, almost halved again in the first four months of 2008 - [...]
The bank announced it will reduce its unauthorised overdraft charges from £35 to £22 and bring in a 'personal reserve' buffer of £250 on average above customers' agreed overdraft limits.
The new 'personal reserve' offer aims to reduce costs incurred by going overdrawn without permission, but will allow customers to go [...]
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