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Life insurance and inheritance tax planning

Can life insurance provide the answer to today's troubled inheritance tax times? This depends on the type of plan implemented. You could find your careful financial estate planning is torpedoed by cri...

Should you risk a no-deposit mortgage?

With most mortgage providers now looking at 'affordability' rather than multiples of salary as key to the size of a home loan, you may be able to borrow more than you originally thought. A 100% (or hi...

Credit? Always read the small print

The terms and conditions of any financial agreement, particularly if it involves you obtaining credit, are there for a purpose. No, not for allowing the continued prosperity of the paper and printing ...

The cost of insuring your motor

According to the AA, it now costs more to insure your car than ever before. The AA British Insurance Premium Index reveals that in the last three months of 2006 the average premium quoted for a compre...

ISA winners for 2007

ISA season is upon us and it's time to decide where to put the £7,000 you can invest without incurring tax on the profits. New rules on ISAs are due to come into effect sometime this year but the fact...

Six savvy tricks for smart shopping in the sales

After the Christmas spending binge comes the financial headache. But what do shoppers typically do? They dull the pecuniary pain with a hair of the dog chaser and head straight for the New Year sales ...

Hot air rising

With the cold weather upon us, it's time to wrap up warm and turn up the central heating but with rising energy bills, how much is it going to cost to heat your home this winter? Start of one free...

Seven steps to eradicating your overdraft

"Money doesn't talk, it swears," wrote Bob Dylan. He might have added that, on Planet Overdraft, it swears most vociferously. This is somewhere you don't want to go but if you are already a resident ...

The weighty issues of life insurance

When it comes to life insurance and body weight, it can be difficult to win. There is no doubt that the fat issue is not going away but thinness looks set to cause underwriting problems too. One solu...

Banking current account tips for small businesses

No get rich quick scheme will ever tell you this but there is a simple way budding entrepreneurs can make more money - just review your business current account, check out the charges, choose the most...