Brave enough to buy now?
As I write this article the FTSE-100 has fallen by about 31 per cent since the start of 2008. Banks are going bust and turning to the Government for help, governments in Europe, UK and USA are co-ordinating surprise interest rate cuts and injecting billions into the financial system without, it would seem, any effect.
Video guide: Time to get your finances in order
In our latest Money Matters video Chris McDonald of Cumberland Building Society gives some tips on how to ensure your finances are set up to ease the pain of the credit crunch.
Keeping your money safe with banks
Paul Dickson, of Armstrong Watson, talks about the crisis currently engulfing the British banking system and offers advice about which banks to use and why you should think seriously about putting your money outside the UK.
Advice from the experts
Don’t expect pre-Budget fireworks
The traditional British firework night is a feature of this time of year. We are taught to remember, remember the fifth of November – but how many of us do remember the origins of the tradition?
Personal finance news
Take home pay blow for retailers
The rate at which workers’ take home pay is increasing fell sharply during October signalling tough times ahead for retailers.
Rising fuel costs and food bills have left us all feeling the pinch. Phillip Ward of the Cumberlnad Building Society has some tips on surviving the credit crunch.
A Carlisle law firm has been named the best in the north west for its farming division.
In our latest Money Matters video Chris McDonald, of the Cumberland Building Society, offers advise to home owners facing the end of a fixed-rate mortgage deal.
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