Some 8.6 million adults are struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills following recent price increases, new research has revealed.
The research from comparison website MoneyExpert.com shows that many households are finding it difficult to pay their household bills, with as many as a quarter of poorer households finding it difficult to pay for the […]

Parents need to make sure their children’s home contents are insured and that they are security-conscious when they go to university, Churchill has warned.
The home insurance provider gave the warning after its latest research revealed that student thefts were costing £126million per year.
The research reveals that nearly half of all students (47%) suffered from theft […]

Investors are increasingly looking to put their funds into ethical investment products, new statistics from IFA Promotion have revealed.
Research from IFA Promotion, the organisation promoting the benefits of independent financial advice, said 1,933 people had searched www.unbiased.co.uk for an ethical investment independent financial adviser (IFA) in the last quarter – an increase of more than […]

Almost a half of all British adults (45%) carry credit cards in their wallets that they haven’t used in the last 12 months, a new report has claimed.
The Morgan Stanley Credit Card report investigated the use of plastic by British credit cardholders and found that the average UK adult carries 1.2 cards in their […]

Pensioners’ costs have risen by a third (34 per cent) in the last ten years, new research from Clerical Medical has found.
The Clerical Medical Pensions Report measured pensioner inflation including housing costs, which account for 25 per cent of the average pensioner’s expenditure and found that pensioner inflation was 3.9 per cent, the highest […]

Scottish businesses are failing to harness the internet to boost orders and sales, new figures from the Lloyds TSB Scotland Business Monitor have shown.
The report revealed that only 60 per cent of Scottish production and manufacturing companies and just 72 per cent of service firms had websites.
Some 53 per cent of the production sector […]

Parents are continuing to support their children into their mid-20s, new research from engage Mutual Assurance has revealed.
The latest 3GB (Three Generation Britain) research from engage Mutual Assurance canvassed the opinions of over 2,200 people, and found that millions of parents were still supporting their offspring after they reached 18 – whether they remained in […]

The number of people going bankrupt is set to rise sharply, according to a report by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
 
The DTI estimates that the number of insolvencies would double by March 2009 to 28,000 a quarter if the current rates of increase are maintained. This is on the back of a […]