Motorists could save up to 76 per cent on comprehensive car breakdown cover by shopping around, according moneysupermarket.com.
The price comparison website claimed that comprehensive breakdown cover can vary from £32 to £133.20 a year, depending on the insurer.
However, moneysupermarket.com urged motorists to ensure they had adequate cover with the long weekend ahead.
Richard Mason, […]

Homeowners will use this bank holiday weekend as an ideal opportunity to get into DIY projects, as they choose to improve rather than move, Nemo Personal Finance predicts.
As the cost of moving house continues to grow, homeowners are looking for ways to better invest funds into their current property, says Nemo. And it claims many […]

Nearly two thirds (64%) of Brits believe people are becoming less neighbourly a study compiled by Norwich Union Insurance has found.
The insurer said friendly neighbour relations in the UK have slumped to a serious low, with millions of Brits not even knowing the names of those living right next door to them.
More than one in […]

Some 28 per cent of British drivers will make an early getaway to beat the bank holiday traffic queues, according to a survey from moneysupermarket.com.
The price comparison website said that one in ten (11%) bank holiday drivers will leave on Thursday, and a further 17% will have made their escape by mid afternoon on Friday.
Richard […]

Lloyds TSB has launched a new student account aimed at Britain’s Muslim students, aimed at helping them to manage their money without compromising their faith.
According to Islamic law (Shariah), customers cannot pay or receive interest (Riba) on their money and deposits held in accounts cannot be invested in certain industries, such as gambling or alcohol. […]

UK “multi-trippers” are spreading their money over several holidays a year, rather than just splashing out on one trip, according to research from the Post Office.
With the average traveller taking 1.4 trips in 2006, research from Post Office travel services shows that people are cutting budgets so they can spread their money across extra […]

Britons consistently underestimate the value of the healthcare treatments they receive on the NHS, according to new research by Legal & General.
The findings of Legal & General’s ongoing Health Uncovered Index show that Britons underestimate the cost of common medical treatments by over a third (38%), undervaluing the financial benefit of both the NHS and […]

Brits spent £36.4bn on purchasing new and used cars last year, new research from Halifax Unsecured Personal Loans has revealed.
This amounts to 4.5% of the total household disposable income spend in the UK, an average of £1,490 per household a year. This is a £13.8billion rise from 1995 where the total amount spent was £22.6bn.
Over […]