Finance in the UK

There has been much controversy in recent months over the pension deficit in the UK. The black hole facing pension schemes of the FTSE 350, the 350 largest public companies in the UK, is now equal to...

The battle over the legal status of charges levied by banks for unauthorised overdrafts has been one of the top consumer news stories of the year. Thousands of bank customers, convinced that these...

In a life full of financial uncertainties, there is one thing that you can cling to as an absolute fact: the taxman will always be trying to take money off you. How much tax you have to pay, however,...

With the introduction of Pay As You Earn, or PAYE, the system of income tax payment became far simpler for employees; no action on the part of the taxpayer was required, as the entire process was...

The UK consumer finance market is, in many ways, unique amongst European markets. This is primarily because the majority of adults in this country own their house, rather than renting it like their...