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  So the Christmas tree and decorations are down, you have cleared away all that drink from new year, well what is left of it anyway (!) and made your new years resolutions… then the credit card bill comes in! Panic! Did you really need to buy all that? Did you treat yourself too much? [...]

The National Union of Students has revealed, through an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast programme, that, alarmingly, an increasing number of students in England are turning to prostitution to fund their way through higher education. Speaking on the programme, Estelle Hart, the NUS’s national women’s officer, said: “In an economic climate where there [...]

The majority of us will at some point have come up short money wise at least once in our life. It may have been an unexpected bill or expense that put you off your budget but how did you handle it? There appears to be a worrying growth in the number of businesses offering payday [...]

Here is the second in our monthly instalment of business Case Studies. This month we bring you Plastic Data Card. Plastic Data Card was started in 1992 by Jim O’Carroll who was looking to capitalise on a growing demand and decided to start his own company to make the most of this demand. The Kent [...]

A select number of corporate jets and commercial airlines will be awarded free carbon allowances, in light of the new expenses caused by the Europe Commission’s new carbon emissions trading scheme. The new arrangement will see airlines having to produce a permit for every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted by their aircraft. This has been [...]

Ok so we all thought our money was safe in the bank . . .until they gave it away to people who couldn’t afford their loan repayments and crashed the whole financial system. So how about trusting our money with internet giant Google?

Since the banks lost all our money on the giant roulette wheel of the stock market, finance has come to the forefront of the news. They just don’t keep it simple enough. We’re really simple, so here’s our guide.

The world of insurance is a confusing one, let’s face it. In the past there were just a handful of insurance types, namely car, home and life. There were a few other periferary types, like travel, but these didn’t really take off in quite the same way until people started travelling more. Now it seems [...]

This is a guest post from the Fox a writer at Money-Fox.com a personal finance blog which aims to put a little bit of cash back in your pocket. As fuel and car insurance costs continue to rise, owning a car is becoming a costly business. But follow these 5 simple fuel saving steps and [...]

A little financial planning and budgeting can make all the difference on your marriage.