Personal Finance NewsA new YouGov survey commissioned by TotallyMoney investigated consumer credit confidence and found: 9.8 million adults (19%) are not confident in making financial decisions Almost a third (29%) would find it difficult to cover an unexpected £100 expense Two in five (41%) don’t understand how credit companies make lending decisions Just one in five (19%) believe […]
Property investments can incur a lot of disputes if you’re not careful. Here’s our top tips on how to avoid them. Investing in property can be a lucrative strategy. However, it can also involve a lot of risk-taking and parties can sometimes find themselves in conflict over property disputes as a result. Those involved with […]
Insight from M&S Travel Money reveals that the value of the pound has increased against eight of the top ten currency destinations over the last 12 months, with sterling gaining as much as 66 per cent on the Turkish lira – M&S Travel Money’s third most popular currency destination of 2023. As holidaymakers continue to […]
This month’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Hereford & Worcester and Essex. The August draw saw the prize fund rate increase to 4%, and the odds improve from 24,000 to 1 to 22,000 to 1, meaning that each £1 Bond now has its best chance of winning a prize in almost 15 years. This […]
A saver with £1,000 in Premium Bonds still likely to win nothing But someone with average luck and £50,000 in savings now stands to return 3.45% over a year in August compared to 3.2% in July This would work out as an extra £125 through the year in prize winnings Analysis by actuarial consultancy OAC […]
More than a quarter (29%) of people have not yet booked a summer holiday, but more than three quarters of them are still planning to go away, according to a new survey* by travel insurance provider, Multitrip.com. Almost half (48%) are hoping to travel to Europe, more than a quarter (26%) worldwide, 7% UK, and […]
Over half (55%) of hire car drivers pay for their holiday using a credit card, and a third (32%) use their usual credit card for purchasing things whilst abroad, according to a new survey of over 1,000 hire car drivers, carried out by Opinium on behalf of iCarhireinsurance.com, a leading supplier of car hire excess […]
Holidaymakers are once again likely to face a summer of travel disruption. Whilst the recently announced strike by 2,000 security officers at Heathrow has now been called off, it follows BA’s IT meltdown and the electric passport gates failure during half term, as well as ongoing disruption caused by French air traffic control strikes, which […]
HSBC UK has unveiled its new student account offer for those starting university, offering a mix of benefits to support students with their finances and help student wellbeing with free access to the meditation platform Headspace. The account offer, which is now available, includes: · £100 in cash, to be transferred directly into the opened account · A one year […]
