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.
Continue reading the "IVA Factories – a good thing, or not?" »
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…
Continue reading the "Finances put out the fire for lovers" »
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.
Continue reading the "The children of the recession" »
One in five parents are now dipping into their children’s savings to help them during the credit crunch.
Continue reading the "The Bank of Mum and Dad" »
If you’ve been enjoying the low mortgage rates we’ve been graced with, courtesy of the recession – beware, things are about to change. According to the Daily Mail and Moneyfacts, eight financial institutions have already raised their Standard Variable Rates…
Continue reading the "What comes down, must go up….I’m talking mortgage rates of course" »
As I get reports in from the office, staff are walking to work through the snow – public transport has come to a halt and cars have been covered in white. I recall we haven’t seen weather like this for…
Continue reading the "As the snow falls, the heating bill goes up and up and up" »