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Inflation Pressures Expected to Relent in 2009

Consumer price inflation rose to 2.4% above the Bank of England's target rate last month, with the now familiar infusions of higher food and energy prices lifting the headline CPI number to a higher-than expected 4.4%, ...

A borrower's survival guide

Household finances have been badly stretched in the past year as the cost of energy has increased by 17% and the cost of food by 12%....

Take stock of summer spending by ditching sting-in-the-tail store cards

Splashing out on a brand new summer or autumn wardrobe may cost shoppers far more than they had initially expected, according to Alliance & Leicester Personal Loans....

Abbey Issues New Fixed Rate One Year Bond Paying Up To 6.75%

Abbey Savings launches on Monday (4 August 2008) its latest one-year savings account for customers looking for a guaranteed return on an amount of money they can lock away for one year....

LLOYDS TSB Results a fund managers view

UK Growth & Income Fund Manager and Banking Sector Specialist, Chris White, gives his views on the Lloyds Interim Results...

Financial compensation service handles 22,000 claims

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) improved its service to consumers while cutting its costs during 2007/08, according to its annual report out today. At the same time, the Scheme passe...

Investors driven back to large caps?

Market jitters could drive UK equity investors back to large-cap stocks after a five-year period of relative neglect. So says Fidelity International, the mutual fund manager. Even before the recent...

Yorkshire Bank launches student package

Yorkshire Bank has announced details of its 2007 package for students. The package, which has all the advantages of a normal current account, offers an overdraft facility of up to £1,000 in the first ...

Investment - Ludgate open for business

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Skipton gives help with HIPs

With three working days to go until the August 1st deadline, sellers of four or more bedroomed properties requiring a Home Information Pack (HIP), are being offered a helping hand by Skipton Building ...

Insuring that caravan?

The summer holidays are here and millions of Brits will be off on their holidays over the next 5 weeks. This year around 2 million will be taking to the road with a caravan in tow, accounting for...

Get bonding with Newcastle

Newcastle Building Society has announced the launch of a new Fixed Rate Bond - the latest deal paying 6.15% gross/AER through September 10th 2008. Current customers who've held an account with...

Chancellor launches initiative for lenders

Following Gordon Brown's statement about the need to take further steps to improve the way the mortgage markets work the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, has announced a number of new in...

'Little Britain' on the Costas?

Many Britons are snubbing the chance of buying homes in Spain because it's too full of UK ex-pats already. Despite this, 4 in 10 mortgage advisers see Spain as the best long term market for investme...

eSavings from B&B

Bradford & Bingley has announced the launch of eSavings4 - the online savings account giving an annual bonus rate of 6.01% p.a. gross/AER for the first 12 months. eSavings4 - available to savers...

Bonds - New fixes from Nationwide0

Nationwide Building Society has announced the launch of a new range of fixed rate bonds paying up to 6.15%. The Society's new Two year Loyalty Fixed Rate Bond, paying 6.15% gross pa. (4.92% net), ...

Banks pay you to bank with them

According to Moneyfacts.co.uk, the financial information provider, current accounts are big business for the banks. Indeed, this has been made clear by several banks who over the last 6 months have be...

Moneyfacts Awards recognise top financial products

The 2007 Moneyfacts Awards ceremony drew several hundred attendees from the UK's personal finance industry. The ceremony is one of the key events in the financial industry's calendar. Representatives ...

Home prices rise despite HIPs 'panic'

House prices gained further momentum in April despite increased supply triggered by the forthcoming introduction of HIPS (Home Information Packs), says RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyo...

Watch out, there's PPI about

People arranging a personal loan over the telephone or internet should watch out as they may unknowingly buy expensive payment protection insurance. So claims Which? Magazine. When the consumer a...

Growth on the up as confidence rises?

Optimism among UK companies about the state of the general economy rebounded sharply in April which indicates that above-average growth economic is likely to be sustained throughout the second quarte...

Mortgage demand eases as interest rates rise

Latest figures (March) from the BBA (British Bankers' Association) show that mortgage demand may be weakening in the face of rising interest rates. March's gross mortgage lending was £18.6 billio...

Claims management services now regulated

With immediate effect all claims management companies will now be regulated by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Known in the trade as 'ambulance chasers' those firms authorised to provide th...

Best mini cash ISA deal?

Act quickly to get your hands on the best mini cash ISA. That's the message coming out of moneyfacts.co.uk as the financial information provider publishes its 2007 mini cash ISA survey This year'...

Days of 'cash is king' are numbered?

Almost three quarters (73%) of European debit cardholders are in favour of having their existing debit card replaced by one that can be used uniformly across Europe, new research commissioned by Maste...