It's the tenth anniversary of World Smile Day tomorrow, a day which celebrates the creation of the famous yellow smiley face created by Harvey Ball in 1963. In the spirit of putting a smile on someone's face www.prezzybox.com is offering shoppers the 20% discount by entering 'SMILE' at [...]
The amount you can make depends on where you live and how successful you are at renting it out. Commuters, air passengers and even football fans who could walk to a stadium from your home, are the ideal target audience. You earn money by letting other people [...]
Nowadays consumers have a variety of choices. There are a number of annuity products available in the market. One of the most popular annuity products is fixed annuity. It has proved to be a very valuable tool in case of retirement planning. Fixed annuities are available in two major forms. One is for those who [...]
Is this a legitimate body and what exactly are they campaigning for? G.S.Richard Hunter, head of UK equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, replies: Bradford & Bingley tried to raise £400m last summer, some through a rights issue. Existing shareholders were invited to buy 19 new shares for every 25 they owned at 55p, [...]
The over-50s can top-up their Isa from £3,600 to the new £5,100 limit from October 6, but Halifax has found the average Isa saver in this age group holds just £11,288. Savers could have more than £30,000 saved in their Isa if they had made the maximum contributions since the product [...]
The over 50s, who often rely on savings interest for income, have been seriously affected by plummeting savings rates over the past year as the Bank of England base rate fell to a historic low of 0.5% in March. However, lending website Zopa has seen the number of people over 60 [...]
At the same time, the study of population trends shows they will bear a greater burden of caring for sick or frail loved ones.
The Office for National Statisticspaints a bleak picture of shrinking pension incomes forcing people to stay in employment into their late 60s and beyond - while increasingly being left to care [...]
Bank of England Governor King gave an interview to Newcastle-based newspaper The Journal in which he said the UK needed to once again become a net exporter, and that the fall in the value of the pound had helped that process. He told the Journal: 'That rebalancing of the UK economy that [...]
The big six energy suppliers received some of the worst customer satisfaction scores. Npower came bottom for the third year running with a measly 28% overall and British Gas wasn't far behind with 38%. The Which? Switch satisfaction survey compared the customer service, accuracy of bills, easy of [...]
The notes acknowledged that inflation may rise sharply in coming months, stoking the debate among observers on whether the BoE may be going too far with its measures to boost the economy. MPC members say the 'sharp rise' would be temporary and 'would have little implication for policy' unless it [...]
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