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| Mobile phone companies have been warned to cut texting charges voluntarily before new European Union rules force them to do so. The pressure came as a survey showed how mobile phone roaming charges have dropped since European Commission legislation last summer. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – January 18th 2008 |
| Retail giant Marks and Spencer today reported its worst quarterly trading for more than two years, as it is revealed a 2.2 per cent drop in Christmas sales. M & S boss Sir Stuart Rose – Knighted in the new year Honours list – said market conditions became tougher in November and December, as he unveiled the drop in third-quarter like-for-like sales – the groups first in nine quarters. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - January 9th 2008. |
| New Parents will be handed money advice packs by the UK’s finance watchdog. The packs contain advice on budgeting, benefits and the cost of childcare. They will be distributed by midwives to mothers in the early stages of pregnancy. The Parents Guide to Money also addresses such topics as maternity leave and savings. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - February 19th 2008 |
| Churches are being warned their Gift Aid claims will lose 11 per cent of their value following changes to the basic rate of income tax from April 5th. | |
| Money | The Church of England Newspaper – 1st February 2008 |
| The average household debt in the UK is £8,920 (Excluding mortgages). This figure increases to £20,740 if unsecured loans are included. Each household pays approximately £3,740 interest on their total debt (this is about 9% of take-home pay) Consumers will borrow an additional £335m today Citizen Advice Bureaux will deal with 6,600 debt problems today Two-thirds of teenagers do not believe they have a good knowledge of finance One in five teenagers do not view being in debt as a bad thing. The average consumer debt for 24yr olds in 2006 was £13,351. Personal loans make up the largest part of this debt, followed by credit cards. Homebuyers under 25 owe an average of £20,290 on unsecured credit. Nearly half of young Britons aged 16-24 say their friends put pressure on them to keep spending even when they have run out of money. All statistics based on figures up to end of October 2007. | |
| Money | Direction February 2008 |
| There is little evidence that HM Revenue and Customs has got the tax credit system under control. High levels of error, fraud and harsh measures for receiving over payments have left some tax credit recipients wishing they had never joined the scheme, said the Commons Public Accounts Committee | |
| Money | The Sentinal, 5th February 2008 |
| Almost two thirds of Britons are risking their future wellbeing by failing to set aside money for social care in later life, a report today suggested. A survey found 64 per cent of people said they had no plans to save any cash to fund care they may need in their old age with a similar percentage expecting to rely on family and friends. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 25th January 2008 |
| A top economist warned today that the UK risked falling into a full-blown recession as it entered its weakest period of growth for more than 15 years. Roger Bootle, advisor to accountants Deloitte , said he expected the UK economy to grow by two per cent this year and 1.7 per cent next year, the lowest two-year growth rate since 1992. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 28th January 2008 |
| The Cost of raising a child has soared by a third in the past five years to reach more than £186,000 research has shown. It costs an average of £186,032 to raise a child to the age of 21, £8,859 a year, £738 a month or £24.30 a day, according to friendly society Liverpool Victoria. The group found that the expenses associated with having children in creased by 33 per cent since 2003. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - December 7th 2007 |
| Businesses were today warned against talking themselves into a recession as confidence in the economy fell. In a survey of 600 UK firms by accountants Grant Thornton, 14 per cent were optimistic about 2008 – far below the 43 per cent this time last year. Grant Thornton’s Alysoun Stewart said they must stay positive. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - January 7th 2008 |
| According to research from Lloyds TSB, the average person will overspend by £147 this Christmas. And, if a survey by Callcredit is correct, the average person will not think its their fault. Seventy-five per cent of consumers, says the credit reference agency, “believe that they’re not responsible for overindebtedness”. So, as a nation we overspend at Christmas (often not paying for one Christmas before the next one arrives) but somehow it’s not our fault! | |
| Money | The War Cry - November 2007 |
| Nine out of ten believers prefer Christian banking. That's the finding of new research which found practising Christians said they were not happy with the ethics of high street banks and almost two out of three said they like the idea of a faith-based alternative. "Nine out of ten respondents told us that they thought a Christian bank would be much more ethical that high street alternatives" said Kingdom Bank Chief executive Peter Jessop. | |
| Money | The Way - November 2007 |
| New car sales fell last month by the biggest year on year margin for almost 18 years, official figures out today were expected to show. New registrations in October 2008 dipped by as much as 25 per cent compared with October 2007, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders was expected to announce. The figures would be the worst since June 1991 when sales slumped by more than 31 per cent compared with June 1990. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - 6th November 2008 |
| UK Debt: The facts. -Total UK personal debt at the end of July 2007 stood at £1,355 billion. -Britain’s personal debt is increasing by £1 million every four minutes. -On an average day in the UK: the average household debt increases by over £13 and 317 people are declared insolvent or bankrupt. -Children aged 11-16 are to receive lessons in managing money and how to avoid debt, in a new subject called ‘economic wellbeing and financial capability’ due to recently - announced changes to the national curriculum. | |
| Money | Faithworks - Autumn 2007 |
| Three-quarters of Britons admit they hide cash around their homes, with the average person having more than £100 stashed away, a survey showed today. Most people have around £127 hidden in their house, but eight per cent said they had between £300 and £1,000 in their home, according to insurer Cornhill Direct. | |
| Money | The Sentinel - September 28th, 2007 |
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