Archive for February 1st, 2009

01 Feb

How to save cash as a prudent parent

But there are ways to save money which have no impact on the quality of your offspring’s childhood.
Here, Money Mail’s Charlotte Beugge brings you ten ways to ease the financial burden of having a family…
1. Reap your rights
Your quest to save money should start months before your child is born. Be aware that mums-to-be get […]

01 Feb

Car makers raise prices 5% after bailout

Ford said it would today raise prices by 5.2% on its best-selling Ford Focus with prices going up an average 4.7% across its range.
US-owned Vauxhall, part of the General Motors group, will announce its price rises later this month, a spokesman said.
The decision by the giants of the US car industry which have not […]

01 Feb

Picking up the pieces with debt advisers

It is the voice of someone who has given up the fight. After struggling to protect her home from creditors for more than a year, she realises she has failed. It is 11.20am and Financial Mail is listening in on phone calls to debt charity National Debtline.
The caller, a middle-aged woman, has […]

01 Feb

10 Innovative But Obscure Sites That Put Money In Your Pocket

By Greg Go

01 Feb

The last hurrah of New Star’s old stars

They booked into the Plaza Athenee, a luxury hotel situated between the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysee, where rooms cost up to £7,000 a night.
Famous guests at the 98-year-old hotel have ranged from Rudolph Valentino to Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy and, more recently, Sharon Stone, Beyonce and Britney Spears.
It […]

01 Feb

Cheap and Green: How to Go Green and Save Money

By Greg Go

01 Feb

A rate cut to benefit pensioners

Interest rates on new equity release loans have fallen from about 8% to nearer 6% in the past five years.
But because rates are fixed for life at the start of the loan, existing borrowers have not gained.
Borrowers can, however, switch deals and an estimated 10,000 could save up to £30,000 each in interest payments […]

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