Category Archives: Personal Finance

George Osborne this afternoon delivered his third budget since the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition came to power. Although the budget wasn’t expected to contain many surprises as most of the key points had already been “leaked”.  It certainly wasn’t … Continue reading →

The consumer association recently conducted an undercover investigation into the suitability of investment advice provided by high street bank and building societies.  In total 37 advisers were tested on their investment advice, only 5 were found to have given good … Continue reading →

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) fell to 5% in October down from 5.2% in September.  This is mainly as a result of falls in the price of food, air transport and fuel.  However inflation still remains way above the Bank … Continue reading →

Last week was “Write a Will Week” and research by Unbiased shows that an alarming number of people don’t have a will in place.  The results showed that over 29.5 million adults in the UK don’t have a will in … Continue reading →

A recent poll carried out on behalf of unbiased.co.uk says that over 72% of adults in the UK are concerned about their personal finances.  Worse still is that over 13.5 million UK adults haven’t done anything to sort out their … Continue reading →

The latest data from Halifax part of the Lloyds Banking Group shows that house prices were up 1.2% in October but prices were down 1.8% over the last year.  That leaves the average house in the UK valued at £163,311. … Continue reading →