With tough financial times both behind us and ahead, many people are dreading the thought of Christmas rather than relishing in the warm spirit that the holiday season brings. This year has seen some of the harshest government cuts since Margaret Thatcher was in power. Meanwhile, petrol and diesel prices are sticking at record highs, [...]
All of the ‘big six’ energy companies have now hiked their prices in time for winter, and for the second time this year, leaving British consumers even harder pushed in a difficult economic climate.
These huge increases in prices have left people wondering why the suppliers are allowed to hike their prices when the cost of [...]
This is a guest post by Bryony Merritt, spokesperson for Birkbeck, University of London, and is in repsonse to the news article ‘Average students debts set to exceed £53k‘ we published on 16th August 2011. All views are those of Birkbeck, University of London, and may not wholly reflect the views of compareandsave.com.
There have been [...]
This is a guest post by GetMeIn.com – a part of Ticketmaster, the world’s largest ticketing company. It provides a safe and guaranteed way for people to buy and sell concert tickets and sports tickets to their favourite gigs. It guarantees all purchases, including last minute ones, with its 150% ‘Fan Guard’ policy. We asked [...]
A news story (Credit card PIN security ’should be improved’) we published yesterday on the site has prompted me to write this piece on PIN protection.
Christine Grahame, a Scottish National Party MSP, had her card taken from her bag after a visit to Asda in October 2009. The thief, who Ms Grahame believes spied on [...]
During my daily news peruse, I found a story that really grabbed my attention on timesonline.co.uk (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/borrowing/article6844492.ece).
The article reports that MPs are going to look into “the impact that shopping around for the best loans and credit cards has on consumers’ credit ratings” and it got me thinking that the way the current credit check [...]
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