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18 Mar 08
Dustbin Tax? What Next, Breathing Tax!?
What is Pay-As-You-Throw?
It has been in the news for over a year, but what is the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) scheme we keep hearing about and how will it affect us? Put simply pay-as-you-throw schemes will allow local councils to charge families for the amount of rubbish they produce. My question is: is this a sensible way [...]
13 Mar 08
2.2% Inflation – Get Real!
Are we paying more for less?
You may have heard in the news recently, families are having to pay an extra £1,300 a year in household bills as food and fuel prices rise at their fastest rate for 17 years. Shoppers are paying 4.9 per cent more for their weekly groceries compared with a year ago. [...]
09 Mar 08
Beat Thy Neighbour (and friends and family)
The 11th Commandment?
Do you feel you pressured to wear the latest fashions? Do you feel the need to have the latest mobile phone or gadget? Is your car costing you more than you can really afford? You are not alone, the cost of keeping up with the Joneses is driving more and more Britons into [...]
09 Mar 08
Rocketing Interest Rates???
We keep on hearing it one the news, we see it in articles in the papers and on the internet; the property market is crashing apparently? What’s more, if the media scare mongering is to be believed we will all lose all our money and may as well kill ourselves now! The end of [...]
