The big story of the day is the 1-year change to stamp duty announced by the Government.
In a bid to stimulate some interest in the housing market, the lowest threshold for paying stamp duty has been raised from £125,000 to £175,000 until September next year.
Research suggests that around 50% buy new cars using the finance deal offered by the car dealer: big mistake! Here are a few more tips for paying for your new car.
Links to other interesting money articles on 1st Sep 2008.
Ok, so it’s hardly a massive windfall, but this month millions of us will be getting a £60 tax rebate in our pay packets, thanks to the mess the Government got into earlier in the year. It certainly won’t break the bank, but it’s always nice to get something back from the taxman. The question […]
Links to other interesting money articles on 30th Aug 2008.
Students around the country will be looking forward to returning to university in the next few weeks, and although it’s been a few years since I went to uni, I thought I’d put together a few money tips for students.
Here’s what’s been going on in the world of personal finance and money today: From Money Watch: Tips for coping with redundancy – A recent survey by the TUC suggests that 13% of workers (over 3 million in total) are worried about the threat of redundancy – hardly surprising given all the talk about recession […]
A recent survey by the TUC suggests that 13% of workers (over 3 million in total) are worried about the threat of redundancy – hardly surprising given all the talk about recession and the current state of the economy.
What can you do to minimise the effects of losing your job?
Links to other interesting money articles on 27th Aug 2008.
Here’s what’s been going on in the world of personal finance and money today: From Money Watch: Lloyds TSB Change ‘Pants’ Password – A Lloyds TSB customer who had his telephone banking password set to “Lloyds TSB is pants†rang up to find they had changed it to “no it isn’tâ€. He’d changed it when […]