As the dark nights draw in, staying in rather than going out is often the easier, and more preferred option. And with the X Factor and Strictly on our screens in the run up to Christmas, intertainment is more popular…
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It seems the recession has started playing funny you know what’s with our heads! News this week confirms people around the UK are more worried about getting burgled than they are about failing to meet their mortgage payments and consequently…
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Apparently not! Aviva Insurance Group have confirmed 40 million people in the UK plan to scrap their budget lifestyles and return to their more relaxed form of spending as soon as the recession is over and their disposable incomes recover.…
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The summer of 2008 was what I would call, the summer of denial. No one could see the oncome of the “crunch” and even if they did, they closed their eyes to it, hoping it would go away. But of…
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When the recession first started taking effect, it was clear many of us just cut back here and there; and as it continued to make headway, most of us quickly adapted our lifestyles to budget effectively – ensuring we could…
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It’s rare I’m ever lost for words but after watching the Dispatches programme on Marlin, I was both shocked and dismayed that companies like this are still getting away with harassing and bullying people with debt worries. http://tinyurl.com/kkbs28 In the…
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