I don’t want to be offensive to the punk community, but it’s not very often that they have an in depth point to make; they more often than not just cry, off with their heads. They often fail to see the lines of commonality that bind there anarchist dreams to those of all the [...]
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Personal Finance 2012: Guest Post from Ash of SterlingEffort.com
January 31, 2012
We’ve been busy lately at Cashzilla Towers! We’ve been talking to some of the best finance writers online, and this week we’re delighted to host their ideas and opinions about how to manage our personal finances and private banking in 2012. Today’s guest writer is Ash from Sterling Effort. Save, save, save. Building a [...]
Mortgages to be rationed in 2012
January 5, 2012
Ever dreamed of buying a house? Well you’re a crazy fool and you should lower your ambitions. Houses are for people with huge sums of cash in reserve. If you don’t own a house now then you probably never will so just deal with it. What’s that? You want a flat. Well sure you [...]
Happy 2012 – A Ban on Excessive Card Charges
December 28, 2011
In a move which will no doubt delight consumers, the Government has revealed plans to stop companies charging excessive credit and debit card surcharges. The new regulations will also force those charging card fees to reveal the cost before consumers have clicked through a multitude of webpages. The new regulations follow a lengthy campaign [...]
UK Economy Will Suffer 2012 Downturn
December 12, 2011
The UK economy is going to suffer a more severe economic downturn in 2012 than previously predicted. Experts had predicted growth of 0.6% in the coming year but now econmomists at Standard Chartered bank say that the economy will in fact contract by 1.3%. However, other institutions say that Standard Chartered’s prediction is at the [...]
Canada is right on the plastic money
November 22, 2011
It can often be extremely difficult to tell the difference between genuine and fake notes for instance but Canada is looking to make it even tougher to forge notes.
Economic growth up 0.5% – That’s good, right?
November 1, 2011
Figures out today reveal that British GDP has grown 0.5% in the last three months which is better than most analysts expected. But what does that figure mean exactly?
Currency Fail: The Euro
October 19, 2011
It seems that the Euro will slowly filtering its way out of circulation and now the world’s leading economists are looking for a way for countries to opt out of the currency effectively – for a cash prize obviously.
Inflation rises to 5.2%
October 18, 2011
It has just been revealed by the Bank of England that inflation has risen to 5.2% – its highest level in three years. The figure is up from 4.5% in August, and rising energy costs seem to be the main culprit to blame for the hike. These figures are bad news for the British public, [...]
What Has Understanding the Weather got to do with the Price of Cheese?
October 12, 2011
Governments around the world are trying to tell us that the worst of the 2008 financial crash is over, yet things don’t seem to have improved much; what’s worse, no one seems clear on what exactly went wrong, and why? However, back in the 1960s a mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot, was watching the fluctuation of cotton [...]

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