Archive for February, 2007
The Price Of Travel
There has been a lot of talk about the petition against road pricing that is currently available for anyone to sign up to on the No10 website. There are 1,500,000 signed up supporters as I write this. That’s a heck of a lot of people who feel strongly enough to waste a few minutes filling [...]
Banks Ordered To Compensate Customer
Banks have been dealt another blow in their battle to fend off claims against overdraft charges after the Financial Ombudsman ordered Alliance & Leicester to compensate a customer for closing his account, reports the Telegraph.
Big Rises in Bankruptcy and Homes Repossesions
This weeks sees news that..
There was a 59% increase in the numbers of people declared insolvent.
Bankruptcies rose by 34% & IVA ’s doubled.
The number of homes reposessed following defaults on mortgages rose 65%
No one seems to be expecting a sudden meltdown of the countrys financial
industry but these figures are significant increases.
They may just demonstrate that [...]
