Thursday 17 May 2012
Business

Your Money

Lost your job? There is hope!

Help is at hand if you lose your job

With the UK now officially in a double dip recession, although hopefully not for too long, the threat of redundancy is a very real one for many.

Don't pay the price of falling into a CPA trap

A recent report from Consumer Focus says that far too many bank staff are giving their customers bad advice about how to cancel Continuous Payment Authorities (CPAs).

A helping hand on to the property ladder

The state of the housing market is a source of endless fascination for British people, and at the moment it's in an odd situation.

Cutting back is the key to saving cash

Making sure your money is working hard during the economic downturn is important.

Start to prepare for your care

Prepare for your care Your Money isn't renowned for its jollity. To be fair, its job is to offer sage financial advice, not bring a weekly dose of wit into your lives, but sometimes the topic covered almost seems designed to make you wonder how you'll cope

Where there's a will there's less trouble

None of us like to consider our own mortality, which may well be one of the reasons behind some recent survey results which claim that 60% of the population in the UK do not have an up-to-date will.

Strategies to help you beat April

April is a big month in the financial calendar. For most companies it's their year end and a time to start totting up the balance sheets.

As April approaches, it is time to think ISA

ISAS make regular appearances in this column, and with good reason. They are one of the very best ways to save and they're very simple to operate.

Appy days are here for those who shop around

A software solution gives handsets touchscreen functionality IT seems that pretty much everyone has an iphone or other similar I-do-everything-you-could-ever-wish-for phone these days.