http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Rich+Green Finances Rich Green Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=5321&ca=Finances The British government at the beginning of this year officially launched its Child Trust Fund (CTF) initiative in an effort to encourage parents and children to develop the savings habit and to teach children the value of saving their own money. Chancellor, Gordon Brown said, "The Child Trust Fund i... Finances Rich Green Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=5112&ca=Finances In their efforts to cut costs more and more finance companies are looking to use offshore call centres to provide their customer services and administration. This is especially prevalent in the insurance industry, where it seems as if there is a newspaper announcement of previously UK based services... Finances Rich Green Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4742&ca=Finances The housing market has been buoyant over the past few years, but mortgage providers and first-time buyers are both now facing a tough time. Following announcements from the Bank of England that there has been an overall decline in the total number of UK home-buyers, and a declaration from the Financ... Finances Rich Green Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4471&ca=Finances Following in the footsteps of many of its high street competitors, Alliance and Leicester has announced that it will no longer accept new customers onto its Online Saver and Direct ISA accounts. The interest rate for the Online Savers account is also being cut from 5.35% to a straight 5%. Richard Br... Finances Rich Green Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4123&ca=Finances A “rate tart” is someone who switches from one zero per cent introductory credit card deal to another to avoid paying interest; however they may be set to become something of the past. Recently a number of the major credit card companies, including Egg, Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland and MBNA... Internet Rich Green Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4074&ca=Internet Consumers take customer care into their own hands It was reported in ‘Marketing’ magazine this month, that Britain is becoming a “disaffected nation”, with each adult apparently making an average of 12 complaints to service providers each year, based on a “Service in Britain” survey by ASR (Andrew S... Finances Rich Green Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=4038&ca=Finances The UK attitude toward debt has received a major shift over the past few years. Where once the UK was seen as a nation that held up thrift as being virtue and considered debt a vice, it has now changed to owing £1.3 trillion on mortgages, credit cards and other loans. The main cause of this growth i... Finances Rich Green Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3840&ca=Finances It’s a worrying time for current and prospective students. Figures from the Prudential, show that a third of UK university students have considered abandoning their studies due to the financial strain they have encountered. It is not surprising that many prospective students are finding the need to... Finances Rich Green Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3898&ca=Finances For once finances seem to be going in favour of the UK motorist, with Esure (http://www.esure.com/) announcing plans to double its share of the UK's car insurance market - a move which is likely to spark a price war, other internet-only direct insurers passing on to consumers savings based on their... Finances Rich Green Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=3828&ca=Finances Findings from a recent study by APACS show that the amount of overseas fraud exploiting UK debit and credit cards has hit a five-year low. However with ID fraud as one of the UK's fastest-growing crimes, this should not be a cause for credit card protection complacency. The figures show credit card...