Archive for April, 2007

Interest rate rise “cannot be ruled out”

by on April 3rd, 2007

TweetShareHoward Archer, chief UK and European economist at Global Insight, maintains that the MPC could vote to increase the base rate of interest nationwide when the decision-making meeting is staged on Thursday April 5th. Any rise in the base rate would further increase the financial pressures on the millions of Brits facing debt management and [...]

Weddings ‘costing guests billions’

by on April 2nd, 2007

TweetShareGuests splash out a combined total of £13.8 billion annually on attending nuptial celebrations in the UK at an average of £340, figures released by Churchill Home Insurance has revealed. These amounts include the traditional ‘stag’ or ‘hen’ night, which in many cases can become an entire weekend’s worth of pre-wedding celebrations and a struggle [...]

CCJs up by a third in 2006

by on April 2nd, 2007

TweetShareWith the UK’s debt management mountain continuing to rise the findings demonstrate that after 14 years of reduction 2005 and 2006 have seen the number of County Court Judgments (CCJs) rise. And as millions of Brits struggle to control their debt problems, the Registry Trust reports that close to 844,000 people were faced with CCJs [...]

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