Archive for UK News
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Credit check quiz
According to the Bank of England’s Credit Conditions survey, most lenders expect to see a small increase in the amount of credit on offer in the coming months. But this good news needs to be tempered by the thought that would-be borrowers need a better-than-ever credit rating, especially if they w...
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Car Insurance For Ladies
In today’s modern era of sexual equality, many people think that there is (or at least should be) no difference between men and woman when it comes to quoting for car insurance. However, this is not the way that motor insurance companies look at the issue. They take a number of major differences i...
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Unemployment in the UK at 2.38m
Official figures show that unemployment in the UK is now at 2.38m, the highest level since 1995. The jobless rate increased to 7.6%, the highest in more than 10 years. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit increased by 23,800 in June to 1.56 million, which was less than analysts had f...
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Young Drivers and Learner Drivers Car Insurance
Some of us forget how much hassle and torment was involved in taking our first tentative lurches forward in our first car, but every year thousands of new drivers celebrate as they obtain their first set of wheels. Many of these new drivers will be young people who have waited until their 17th birth...