69% of parents questioned are concerned about their children’s ability to understand their finances – a 7% rise in the number of parents concerned about this issue two years ago.
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We may be coming to terms with the need to cut back on new additions to our wardrobes, but it seems that it’s actually the weekly food shop which is hitting us where it hurts. The Daily Mail has confirmed…
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The fact is that whenever anyone mentions the term “IVA Factory”, it’s like a sour taste in your mouth. The connation it creates is everything one would naturally reject. It implies clients are a number rather than a name and that the goal of the day is about churning out business and hitting targets rather than making a difference to people’s lives.
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You and your partner may have had it hot and steamy when you first got together, but it seems the recession has caused so much worry to the running of a household, that we’re now more pre-occupied with budgets and…
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Child Trust Funds offering £250 contribution to your child’s future, are only actually being made use of by two thirds of those receiving them in the poorer areas of our country.
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One in five parents are now dipping into their children’s savings to help them during the credit crunch.
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