Public sector facing job cuts
There was a time when working in public services was probably one of the safest positions that anyone could go for. To make that career choice even better careers in public services are very diverse too.
However, this sector is set to be hit with cutbacks; in fact around 350,000 jobs are likely to be lost [...]
Japan wants single Asian currency
The opposition finance minister in Japan, Masaharu Nakagawa is laying out plans for what he sees as a way of uniting Asia with a single currency.
This plan could be put forward if hi party are elected in the next Japanese elections, which must take place before September of this year.
With the dollar not being as [...]
Mortgages approvals increase
The best indicator on the state of the property market is the amount of mortgages approved by lenders, this not only shows the amount of properties being sold, but also how much for.
In April there were around twenty seven thousand mortgages issued by lenders, that is an increase of almost four per cent on the [...]
Fraudster’s getaway on last minute bookings
For credit card fraudster to succeed they rely on the credit card being valid and that the system does not pick it up, otherwise all of the illegal work would have been for nothing.
There is a growing sector for credit card fraud where the credit card and the fraudster are able to get away, literally!
The [...]
The figures never lie
Sometimes it is only when things get so bad, that all the finance secrets start to come out. As with the financial institutions who managed to hide their exposure to bad debt, so do individuals sometimes hide the truth about their current financial status.
These lies often lead to a serious breakdown the relationship, so what [...]
Older workers worst in financial crisis
It was not that long ago when the older more experienced worker was being hailed as the saviour of many businesses. This was especially so in the retail sector, who were only too quick to announce what a good these older people were doing.
But now it seems as the financial crisis continues, companies are having [...]
Online fraud scares consumers
Although it may seem from the figures that are often released online sales are on the rise, so that would mean that the average consumer would be ok with conducting their business online. Not necessarily so, because in a recent survey it has been found that a third of internet users are not happy to [...]
May 7, 2009Trouble for city from the EU
History shows that major financial and economic centres are delicate to say the least Europe is littered with cities that once prospered as financial centres, yet are today a small shadow of their former self.
London should be aware of this because the main factor involved in the demise of these once high and mighty cities [...]
Goldman Sachs tries to silence blogger
On some occasions bloggers have caused despair and problems for certain people, this is put down to the fact that they are unregulated and therefore write what they want about whomever they want.
One such blogger Mike Morgan has got under the skin of US bankers Goldman Sachs who have instructed a top law firm Chadbourne [...]
Bee’s contribution to the UK economy
There has been a lot of talk about the reduction in the honeybee population, not just here in the UK but around the world. Somehow, the significance of this has been overlooked after all; the honeybee is just an insect and therefore would not be missed.
Yet recent research has shown that the humble honey bee [...]
Financial crisis could be worse than the depression
The international monetary fund (IMF) are warning that there are some serious worries that there could be comparisons between the lead up to the great depression and the current financial crisis.
Despite the attempts by governments around the world to prevent this from happening the fear is that this may not be enough to prevent the [...]
Hackers find how to steal PIN numbers
It used to be that hackers who wanted o steal PIN numbers would have to do this one by one; this would normally mean that they would have to use skimming, cameras fitted to ATM machines or by phishing attacks.
However, in the US it has been found that when a PIN number in entered the [...]
Lessons in Personal Finance
These days more than ever are times when personal finance should be taught to young adults, especially if they are leaving home to go to college or just starting out on a new career. Whatever the route taken, personal finance is going to take up a large part of their life from now on.
Yet with [...]
Motivating kids for finance
Motivating kids for finance
The key to a secure future for today’s youngsters is for them to be taught at an early age about the basics of finance. It seems that they are growing up with the belief that you can have everything now and pay it off as you please, the never, never as it [...]
Organising business finances
This time more than ever is when business people should be organising their finances in order for their business to run more smoothly and efficiently. It is a matter of making things count and not missing out on anything at all.
There are some simple steps that the small business owner can take in order to [...]
UK getting more into debt
Ever since the credit crisis began we have heard the term “Fiscal Aid” this where the government introduce fund into the economy like the funding of the banks and the cut in VAT, these investments are supposed to support the country’s finances.
However, the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King has issued a warning [...]
UK banks not too good online
The UK’s top five banks did not fair too well when they were road tested by the finance 1000 website index, this is where banking and finance websites are tested and graded to certain standards.
Yet none of the UK’s top five banks websites made it into the top ten, in fact the UK’s leading [...]
Twitter can save you money
Twitter used to be laughed at as being a waste of time, after all who can bothered with sending and reading short messages? Well as it turns out quite a lot of people and the information, being sent around the Twitters can be very useful indeed.
Money matters has become one of the hot topics on [...]
Credit crisis can be good for your bank balance
The current financial crisis is going to have different effects on different people; it all depends on how their finances were holding up at the time when the credit crisis first started.
However the recession can be good for some people as there are many opportunities for UK consumers to get some great deals and [...]
Wasting energy will cost consumers pounds
This time last year most people in the UK were celebrating their good fortune of living in a booming economy which in turn fuelled foreign holidays, cars and just about anything else that you could think of, then all of sudden it stopped.
Almost over night things began to crash around us, but as people tighten [...]