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  • Green Shoots in the UK Economy and Markets?

    Green Shoots in the UK Economy and Markets?

    There’s been a lot of positive talk in the UK housing market over the last few days or so……..Onward Christian Soldiers…..Relaxation of the credit stanglehold?Total net lending to individuals rose by £0.3 billion in October. The twelve-month growth rate fell to 0.7%, and the three-month...

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  • UK Consumer Law Tested for Loan Protection

    UK Consumer Law Tested for Loan Protection

    Insurance Blogger loves a peoples champion and as this test case has shown UK consumers may now have far more rights and loan protection under UK Consumer Credit Law than was previously realised…. And the UK Courts will probably be filling up with cases as...

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  • Credit Card Companies – Don’t you just love them?

    Credit Card Companies – Don’t you just love them?

    Online businesses are at Serious risk from Banks and Credit Card companies On the day that CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention service announced that the number of cases of identity fraud in the UK in the first quarter of 2009 was up 40% on last...

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  • Credit Cards – time to bring the Banks to order!

    Credit Cards – time to bring the Banks to order!

    The Bank of England steering committee are meeting today to discuss Interest Rates and are likely to drop the base rate by at least half a percent to 1.5%. This will be the lowest UK rate for over 350 years. Will it make a difference?...

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