Archive for May, 2007

TweetShareWith debt management difficulties affecting millions nationwide, experts from the Alliance Trust Research Centre claim his reforms have failed to address the financial problems being faced by Britain’s elderly and poor populations. “Brown has failed to address the spiralling cost of living of the oldest and the poorest groups in society,” remarked Shona Dobbie, head [...]

TweetShareThe claim from Helen Wanless from Age Concern comes after a public accounts committee revealed that around a third of elderly Britons are not taking up their credits and a report from the Consumer Credit Counselling Service which suggests the burden of debt management is increasingly shifting to older generations in the UK. It is [...]

TweetShareBradford & Bingley’s head of mortgage products Andy Wiggins insists that money lenders are doing their part towards enhancing financial understanding and that their websites offering relevant information are “pretty well used”. And with debt management concerns being dealt with by consumers across the country, Mr Wiggins suggests that given the importance of good personal [...]

TweetShareHandbags owned by women around the country contain credit card details, National Insurance Numbers and receipts, which can give criminals an opportunity to access information they need to carry out fraudulent activities, according to the credit reference agency Equifax. And with debt management problems facing thousands of Britons, around 80 per cent of women are [...]