Archive for March, 2006

Dogs and owners grow sick of kennels

Posted in insurance, News on March 31st, 2006 Comments Off

Dog owners have spent £46m over the lifetime of their pets, due to poor kennel conditions, with 12% of pooches attracting an illness and 4% sustaining an injury after time spent in kennels.

Banks move to tackle over-indebtedness

Posted in Banking, News on March 30th, 2006 Comments Off

Consumers could benefit from a joint campaign between a number of high street banks and Callcredit, a credit reference agency, to launch a responsible lending initiative dealing with consumer indebtedness.

Pensioners work part-time to bridge savings gap

Posted in News on March 30th, 2006 No Comments »

The number of part-time pensioners in the UK is set to rapidly increase to one in five of those planning to retire in the next five years.

Consumers still unconvinced about A-Day

Posted in News on March 30th, 2006 No Comments »

UK consumers are not confident about the affect of upcoming changes to pensions rules on 6th April, with 47% unsure if they will encourage them to save more.

House prices Spring back in March

Posted in News on March 30th, 2006 No Comments »

Spring may not have sprung yet in terms of the weather, but house prices have seen a spring bounce in March.

British women miss out on pension benefits

Posted in News on March 29th, 2006 No Comments »

Women are missing out on pension tax relief as six in 10 do not contribute to a pension fund.

Reality of relying on state pension highlighted

Posted in News on March 27th, 2006 No Comments »

Pensioners who rely on a state pension spend less on their weekly grocery shopping than the average Brit spends on dining out in a week.

Borrowers to waste £200m in charges

Posted in News on March 27th, 2006 No Comments »

Borrowers will spend more than £200m on higher lending charges in 2006, with some first-time buyers spending nearly £4,000 on this and stamp duty alone.

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