The Government is to probe the collapse of Christmas hamper firm Farepak, it was revealed today
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This Is Money: Surge In Insolvencies Predicted
The number of Brits claiming insolvency could increase fivefold by the end of the decade as consumer struggle with their debts
Motley Fool: Eight Tips For Cheap Calls From Abroad
By now anyone who cares probably knows this, but in case you don’t: Britons are charged heavily to both make and receive calls from mobiles when abroad. We’re also charged extra for texts and to listen to voicemails.
Motley Fool: Save Money By Saving The Planet!
It’s Energy Saving Week from 23 to 29 October, which gives me an opportunity to talk about two of my favourite topics: slashing your bills and protecting the environment.
This Is Money: Cable Giant To Take On High Street
Cable giant Ntl:Telewest will try and bring the wow factor of four-play media to the High Street when it relaunches as a Virgin brand next year
This Is Money: Charles Faces Tax Bill For Millions
An MPs’ committee has accused the Prince’s aides of ‘jiggery-pokery and fiddling’ of the Duchy of Cornwall’s accounts, escaping millions in tax
Motley Fool: AIM Matures
London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) for small and growing companies has been a roaring success. More than a thousand companies are now members and some of these companies aren’t small. New Star Asset Management (LSE: NSAM), for example, has a £1.1bn market cap while gold miner Peter Hambro Mining (LSE: POG) is currently worth around £940m.
Motley Fool: How To Spot An Investing Fault Line
I missed an earthquake by five minutes last month. Instead of thanking Ronson, the God of Close Shaves I cursed my luck that the most exciting thing to happen in Cerrig y Druidion in the last ten years passed me by even though I was there. I happened to be driving the one mile from my sister’s house to my mother’s and my car tyres insulated me from the shock. It was only a minor tremor but that’s big news in Denbighshire.
Motley Fool: BP: Crisis? What Crisis?
They say that bad things happens in threes, and BP (LSE: BP.) will probably be hoping that events at Prudhoe Bay will mark the end of its spell of ill fortune.
Motley Fool: Remember The Big Bang?
Are you old enough to remember the Big Bang? Not the birth of the universe, but the birth twenty years ago of the deregulated London stock market that we take for granted today.