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9 tips for buying a home with a partner
Buying a home with your partner or friends can be a much needed boost to get on the property ladder – helping to raise a bigger deposit and making your dream that extra bit more affordable. Checking...
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Although financial education became a compulsory part of the secondary-school curriculum in England in 2014, some pupils are still missing out, particularly in primary schools. Research commissioned by...
View ArticleHow Matt turned his credit rating around
Matt managed to turn his credit rating around a short space of time and now owns his own home – here he tells us how he took control of his credit history to achieve what he wanted. After running up...
View ArticleFirst Time Buyers: 5 tips to check your credit history
Could your credit history prevent you from getting a mortgage? Experian research has found that more than a quarter of people in the UK looking to buy their first home before 2016 – around 1.81...
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A Bag Don’t Come For Free
Yes, it’s now 5p for a ‘free’ bag! As you may know, from Monday 5 October that’s how much it’s likely to cost you for a single-use carrier bag at the supermarket. It’s been in force for some time in...
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Contactless payments are on the rise
Have you made a contactless payment recently? Today? Contactless payments – a quick and simple way to pay for items of £30 and under – are changing the way we spend money. You can touch your debit or...
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Switching bank accounts – some things to consider
Your new bank will probably credit check you It’s become quite common nowadays to switch credit cards in order to get 0% purchase deals or balance transfers, but less so to change the current accounts...
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Wedding guest: how much does it cost?
Being a wedding guest should be great fun, but for some of us the ‘wedding season’ can be a source of financial pressure and domestic strife. In this week’s news, one wedding guest said on the Mumsnet...
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5 tips for an ‘ace’, money-saving Wimbledon visit
A visit to Wimbledon fortnight is, for many of us, a highlight of the British sporting summer, along with the Open and the British Grand Prix. Most of the tickets for the Show Courts, of course, have...
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How to avoid the Identity Fraud horror story
At Halloween people spend a lot of time, effort and money pretending to be ghosts, monsters and other scary characters. But online identity fraudsters can spend the whole year prowling the web for the...
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