Investors are being urged to be cautious about putting property into their pension schemes.
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10% Interest on Savings from Alliance & Leicester
Premier Regular Savings account promises great rate but comes with strings attached.
Cutting Phone Bills
Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has published a guide to saving money on your phone bills. The trouble is, it all seems so complicated and is such a minefield that I can’t be bothered to read it all the way through. I personally think it’s sometimes better just to stick with your current provider than […]
Standard Life Shares Windfall
Standard Life policyholders in line for free shares as company demutualises.
Odds of Winning The Lottery
I have to admit that since I found out that you can take part in the National Lottery online a few months ago, I’ve been playing every week. It’s far more convenient than having to remember to get a ticket, and I was lucky enough to win twice in a row a couple of weeks […]
New SIPP Rules
The pension industry is currently gearing up for big changes to Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) next year. When A-Day arrives on 6th April, it will mean that those with SIPPs will be able to put a wider range of assests and investments into their pensions to gain relief on them from the tax man. […]
Cut Costs Of Using Your Mobile In Europe
E.C. launches new website to help cut the cost of using your mobile phone on the continent.
Review Of Lending Service Zopa
Zopa is a “person-to-person” lending service (the “eBay of banking”) which launched to mixed reactions a few months ago. Being a new service, people were naturally sceptical (me included), as to how it would compare to the banks. On the one hand, it cuts out the middleman (the banks), allowing users to set their own […]
Child Trust Fund: What To Do?
Recent reports suggest that many people have still failed to invest their child trust fund vouchers (about 50%, in fact). In some cases this is down to ignorance, although in other cases people are biding their time, as they are unsure about what they should do with them. It’s worth noting that parents have until […]
Take Care With Travel Insurance Claims
If you’ve just returned from or are just about to go on a holiday, then you might find this article on travel insurance claims on The Telegraph website an interesting read. It is estimated that about 5% of policyholders will make a claim on their insurance, and although many people think that travel insurance will […]