The Insolvency Service has reported an increase in the number of women who have been declared insolvent from 2000 to 2009. Is this due to poor money management by women? or is this more of a social issue due to the pay inequalities many women face compared to men?
During early customer market research of people in serious financial difficulty, it became apparent that there was a human tendency to assign the feeling of the burden of debt to an almost imaginary creature that followed you everywhere. It was clear that people regularly used this mental imagery technique as a way of coping. Hence the debt monster which you can tame.
Seemingly well-off people are secretly struggling to manage their debts whilst keeping up appearances within their communities. Is being is debt something people should be ashamed of?
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A report by Tesco Finance has revealed that couples spend an average of 10 months saving up for weddings. What options are there for people who are in debt and want to get married without making their financial situation worse?
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There has been a lot of talk about debt during the general election. But are they talking about your sort of debt? See what the parliamentarians are saying right now.
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More than one in ten of Britain’s voters has a personal debt problem. Yet, we’ve heard very little said about debt from any of the political parties. Our mountain of personal debt seems, to us, not to feature in political debate.
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