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Can you afford to give to charity?
Just a couple of years ago many of us were happy to give generously to a range of worth causes, and we were prepared to whip out our debit or credit cards whenever there was a charity appeal, sign up to monthly donations for charities, and make one off payments to worth causes. However, household [...]
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Two building societies to merge»It has recently been revealed that two building societies, the Yorkshire and the Barnsley Building Societies, are to merge, with the larger Yorkshire building Society agreeing to the merger with its smaller rival in a form of rescue bid. This is one of a number of recent mergers and takeovers in the world of banking [...]
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August retail sales levels cause surprise»According to recent reports industry officials were pleasantly surprised recently when data showed that there had been an unexpected surge in retail sales levels for the month of August. The rise in retail sales levels was not a huge one, but many industry experts had been expecting sales levels to fall by around 0.5%, so [...]
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Drivers breathe sigh of relief over petrol prices»Over the past six months things have become more and more difficult financially for households in the UK, with a range of soaring costs making it harder and harder to make ends meet. Amongst the rising costs that consumers have had to put up with are rising energy bills, soaring food prices, and rocketing petrol [...]
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Sixteen year high for inflation in UK»According to recently released figures the level of inflation in the UK has now reached a sixteen year high, with inflation for September registering at 5.2%. The high cost of food, oil, and energy has been blamed for pushing inflation levels up to such a high figure, and the level of inflation is now way [...]
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Government takes steps to help homeowners»The government has recently taken steps to try and help homeowners by changing court protocols in order to make it more difficult for lenders to take court action without taking other steps first in cases where homeowners have fallen behind with mortgage repayments.
It is hoped that this will help to reduce repossession levels, and lenders [...]