Category: "Money chat"

Car scrappage scheme - basic maths

I always apply the ideal, "if it sounds too good to be true, then it usually is!" When the car scrappage scheme was brought in by the government, it looked too good to be true. Why hadn't it been done before? How similar to the european scrappage plan… more »

Bereaved savers insulted

The story: A lady's husband died whilst she was pregnant. He had saved a substantial amount in an ISA and over a year later, the bank still haven't paid her! Disgusting as this is, the house of commons committee has decided to, "Issue new guidelines" -… more »