According to research by a leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) provider, The Children's Mutual, children in the UK are set for a bumper Christmas this year, receiving £5 billion of presents. With generous friends and family set to spend 20% more than last year on youngsters, it seems the recession ...
The Children's Mutual, a leading Child Trust Fund provider, has captured the career aspirations of kids in the UK in its new webmercial and microsite.
Dressed to reflect the most popular career choices, babies from seven to 11 months are seen acting out different job roles in the 50 second web ...
Saving money has become the chic thing to do. Nowadays clipping coupons and bargain shopping is not only done by strange and eccentric people – it has become the norm for typical, everyday people as we do our daily spending. It seems the more you save the more you are ...
Dreaming about a better day or time is a normal and healthy part of life. Without dreams our life would be dull and boring because we would have nothing to aspire to. As children we dream about how wonderful our life will be when we become adults and when we ...
November 20th 2009
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The Solo 401k is designed for the self-employed and offers powerful features not found in traditional 401k or IRA retirement plans. The Solo 401k offers unique tax benefits to those who open an account before the New Year.
The clock is ticking for taxpayers to secure their end-of-the year tax breaks ...
L&C's October survey of people arranging life insurance through them showed 44% of people were over the age of 45.
This is despite the fact that life insurance gets more expensive with age. In the survey, the average monthly premium for the 56+ group was 35% more than for those aged 26-35. ...
Borrowers with interest only mortgages need only answer 3 questions – the current value of their property, the size of their mortgage and either their current monthly mortgage payment or interest rate. Borrowers on a repayment mortgage will also need to know the remaining term on their mortgage. The calculator ...
November 17th 2009
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NS&I's 'Families, Finance and the Future' report has shown that before having children, Britons believe you should have an income of at least £25,000 per annum to ensure financial security, while 20% of those surveyed said that they would seriously consider not having children because the cost of having them ...
Hargreaves Lansdown has been named the Best Online SIPP Provider of the year at the Technology Administration and Service (TAS) Awards, 2009.
The awards programme, which is organised by the Pensions and Investment Group of the Financial Times, aims to recognise achievement by providers of products and services to UK advisers.
It is ...
Leading Child Trust Fund provider The Children's Mutual is pleased to announce the launch of a new cartoon guide to Child Trust Funds - the first of its kind in the marketplace.
The cartoon guide is a five minute animation in a graphic style reminiscent of perennial children's favourite, Fuzzy Felt. ...
November 12th 2009
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Lloyds TSB has announced that it would offer its student account holders, starting University this autumn, an increase to their interest-free overdraft while the Student Loans Company processes a backlog of applications for grants and loans.
To help affected first year students manage their money, Lloyds TSB student account holders who have ...
Prudential has revealed that UK businesses are bracing themselves for a surge in staff looking to delay retirement with around 1.8 million people expected to be working beyond traditional retirement ages in just 10 years.
The findings from new research commissioned by Prudential among finance directors at UK businesses found 24% ...
November 11th 2009
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In 2010 millions of Americans will be able to do something they have never done before—convert their IRA into a Roth IRA account. Current 2009 limitations do not allow anyone who makes more than $100,000 per year to convert their traditional retirement funds into a Roth IRA.
However, beginning in 2010, ...
Indiana Campaign Finance is one of the leading payday loans providers, extending instant financial assistance to its customers. The processes at Indiana Campaign Finance are very simple which makes it a trouble free process to acquire loans for emergency purposes. By keeping the formalities as little as possible, we provide fast ...
With any insurance policy, the consumer should take the time and care in making a checklist with their insurance agent to make sure all their bases are covered. Only a personally tailored business insurance policy stands the chance of being efficient while also providing the necessary amount of coverage, according ...
One unforeseen consequence of the current recession has been the increasing number of Americans who have stumbled into entrepreneurship after losing their jobs to round after round of layoffs. Many of these people have taken one look at a job market where the unemployment rate is nearly 20% in some ...
The Children's Mutual, leading Child Trust Fund provider, has revealed that expectant parents can earn over £200 by using its new shopping portal CTFCashback.co.uk to kit out their babies' nurseries.
Research shows that on average, British parents spend £3,383 decorating and furnishing a nursery with a further £605 spent on prams, ...
Saxo Bank, the online specialist in trading and investment, has announced the acquisition of a 40% stake in Initto, the Danish owned software and IT services provider. Initto has around 200 employees based mainly in India and Ukraine and the acquisition of Initto will enable Saxo Bank to continue to ...
Experian, the global information services company, is partnering with Citi to provide an automated International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and Bank Identifier Code (BIC) conversion and validation service for SEPA-compliant cross-border payments. While Experian's Data Conversion Service will be delivered across all 31 countries in the SEPA region, the partnership ...
Barclaycard has announced that EAT, a leading sandwich, soup and coffee shop, will rollout contactless technology and payment across its entire network of 100 stores from mid November. The rollout of contactless follows a successful pilot project in 24 London based EAT stores over the past 18 months.
The rollout, which ...
