FIRST-TIME buyers in Scotland are increasingly struggling to get on the property ladder, despite housing still being more affordable than south of the Border.
Money Links For 10th Oct 2006
Links to other interesting money articles on 10th Oct 2006.
Motley Fool: Five Great Credit-Card Deals!
Nerdy facts: a credit card has an area of roughly six square inches, and there are around 75 million in circulation in the UK.
Motley Fool: Banks Behaving Badly!
Although these days I think of myself as a good guy, I used to be on the dark side of the financial Force.
This Is Money: Peugeot Brings Forward Plant Closure
Unions have reacted angrily to Peugeot’s announcement today that it will close its Ryton plant in January, six months earlier than it had promised
Motley Fool: Cover For Nasty Ailments
What are the disadvantages of critical illness? I mean the insurance policies, not any actual illness. We all know the disadvantages to the latter, but hopefully not too intimately!
Motley Fool: Shares Tips From A Nobel Prize Winner
Many congratulations to Professor Edmund Phelps for snapping up this year’s Nobel prize in economics. Along with Milton Friedman, Prof Phelps helped to show that governments cannot reduce unemployment below a natural rate by boosting demand. Curiously, no one knows precisely what the natural rate of unemployment is, though it is reckoned that 5% is a reasonable ball-park figure.
Motley Fool: How To Transfer Your ISA
Last night I mentioned to my husband that I had just sent off the forms to transfer my Mini Cash ISA to a bank with a better interest rate. Well, as the Bank of England base rate has recently gone up, so too have savings rates, so it made sense to shop around for a better deal.
This Is Money: Banking Costs Hit Small Business
Small companies are being hit by higher bank charges, with costs for overdraft borrowing rising by 10% to £8.8bn in 2005
This Is Money: VAT Fraud Continues To Dent Economy
Half a billion pounds was added to the trade deficit today as the UK continued to count the impact of VAT fraud on the economy