Archive for August, 2009
Take Care If You Want To Save Money Doing DIY Home Improvements
The news that house prices rose at their highest rate in one month in July since 2004 will have brought a little cheer to some people’s lips while those still hoping to get on the housing ladder may be disappointed but with the August bank Holiday upon us there will be plenty of people deciding [...]
The Financial Cost of Habitual Behaviour
We all buy things all the time and sometimes they are significant purchases that we notice but often we have habits and habitual behaviour that makes it all so common we hardly even notice. I have been looking at some figures for regular purchases and it starts to get scary when you look at them [...]
Are Bonuses Ever Good For Consumers?
There are new rules released today by the FSA for the financial industry and they say they require bonuses to be more closely linked with banking results to reduce the risk of bonuses encouraging risk taking by financial company employees. The rules are aimed at reducing the risk taking that many believe was the ultimate [...]
