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Cyber Security Week – Protecting Your Information and Avoiding the Scammers

Cyber Security Week – Protecting Your Information and Avoiding the Scammers

Cybercrime indiscriminately affects organisations and individuals in some form or another. The ripple effect caused by this type of scam impacts private individuals and large organisations alike. As s...

Overboard on Overdrafts: Changes for Consumers Coming Soon

Overboard on Overdrafts: Changes for Consumers Coming Soon

With the FCA announcing changes to regulations around overdraft fees and charges, consumers should (in practice) be able to more easily compare the true costs of an overdraft. However, questions still...

HMRC Scams: Shutting out the Fraudsters

HMRC Scams: Shutting out the Fraudsters

Scammers and the scams they employ evolve with changing attitudes, technology and their knowledge of the processes applied to bring them to justice. Many legitimate businesses are mimicked by these fr...

Have you received a PPI Refund? Your Financial Institution or PPI Claims Company may still owe you a tax rebate

Have you received a PPI Refund? Your Financial Institution or PPI Claims Company may still owe you a tax rebate

Have you received a refund for a PPI settlement in the last 4 years? Many consumers who received a refund had tax automatically deducted from their total, and as such, will be entitled to a full or pa...

Demystifying Financial Products: A Short Guide to Pensions and ISAs

Demystifying Financial Products: A Short Guide to Pensions and ISAs

As the old adage goes - ‘save the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves’. This maxim supports the notion that maintaining a savings account and investing leftover cash can push individuals i...

The Dread of Debt: Regaining Control of Your Finances

The Dread of Debt: Regaining Control of Your Finances

The UK consumer credit lending market demonstrated an increase in the amount of outstanding debt of approximately £9.9 billion over a two-year period between the end of 2017 and December 2019. To put ...

Safety In Numbers – Protecting Your Hard-Earned Cash

Safety In Numbers – Protecting Your Hard-Earned Cash

As confusion surrounded the potential administration of airline Flybe last week, many consumers understandably found themselves panicking about the security of their bookings and hard-earned money. Al...

Gym Memberships & Not Overdoing It – Physically or Financially

Gym Memberships & Not Overdoing It – Physically or Financially

I did it! I finally made it past the induction and first stint on my own at the gym. The apprehension was awful. The walk to my first session was nerve-wracking, but nevertheless, I did it!

“New Year New Me” – Getting Over the Festive Pinch: How to Gain a Steadier Footing Moving into the New Year

“New Year New Me” – Getting Over the Festive Pinch: How to Gain a Steadier Footing Moving into the New Year

We all do it. Well, I know I do. We make that list in the week between Christmas and New Year of all the things that we promise ourselves that we will do over the course of the next 12 months that wil...

Sunshine Saturday: Making the Most of Your Rainy-Day Funds When Booking a Holiday

Sunshine Saturday: Making the Most of Your Rainy-Day Funds When Booking a Holiday

First, we had Black Friday, then Cyber Monday and now Sunshine Saturday? If you’re anything like me, you’ll struggle to simply ascertain what day of the week it is over the festive period! While ‘Take...

Boxing for a Bargain – Boxing Day and January Sales: Avoiding ‘Binge Buying’ and Fighting in the Aisles

Boxing for a Bargain – Boxing Day and January Sales: Avoiding ‘Binge Buying’ and Fighting in the Aisles

In 2018 it was estimated that on Boxing Day alone, UK consumers spent approximately £8.8 million a minute on sales which offered up to 90% off the regular ‘day-to-day’ prices. The enticement of the ma...

“Waste not want not” - Avoiding Food waste – Food Planning for Christmas Day and Making the Most of Leftovers

“Waste not want not” - Avoiding Food waste – Food Planning for Christmas Day and Making the Most of Leftovers

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and unfortunately the most wasteful in terms of the amount of food that is bought, cooked and ultimately disposed of. Christmas is a costly time for the majori...

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