How to beat supermarket tricks

Supermarkets target shoppers with price cuts, product placements, BOGOFS and display tactics, we investigate how can you beat them at their own game

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How do with-profits bonuses work?

With-profits bonuses are meant to smooth out the returns in investing and avoid losses, but how do they work?

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Consumers to save millions under new credit card protection

The Government-led crackdown on credit card companies is expected to save consumers around £300 million a year.
The crackdown comes after the Government warned credit and store card firms to “clean up their act” after it launched a review of the industry in a consumer White Paper in July 2009.
According to Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, the [...]

UK and US credit ratings safe for now

Moody’s Investors Services has today announced the credit ratings of the world’s four largest AAA-rated nations are viewed as safe.
According to Moody’s, the world’s four largest AAA-rated sovereign nations, which include Germany, France, the UK and the US are currently “well positioned despite their stretched finances”.
In its quarterly report assessing the prospects of the triple [...]

Should my son quit school to work?

My son is desperate to leave school after his GCSEs but I’m worried if he drops out he will never earn as much as he would if he went to university

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Cartel customers face £30k court fees

Some Cartel Client Review customers could find themselves further in debt to the tune of £30,000 after its legal firm botched their court cases

the Royal Courts of Justice in London