Pension scams are back in the news with revelations that consumers have had millions of pounds stolen from their pension pots in recent weeks. The scams take various forms. In some cases money is simply stolen from your pension fund and transferred to somewhere else never to be seen again while other involve your pension buying high risk assets that…
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It’s good to see charities like StepChange encouraging people to take action and speak to someone when they have problem debts that they can’t keep on top of. It’s very easy to bury your head in the sand when you have money problems and if you do this the only thing that you can be sure of is that your…
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January and February are difficult months financially for many of us as we juggle our funds to try and make sure that we are able to pay all of the bills that drop through the letterbox over the next week or so as well as cope with the fact that an early salary or wages payment in December makes January…
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I bought some microphones a few years ago to use when I’m playing music. I can’t remember exactly when I purchased them but it is certainly long enough to make them well outside of any warranty period that a manufacturer should cover, and indeed probably outside any protection that I could reasonably expect to have under consumer rights legislation. They…
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