Birmingham Midshires, a leading provider of fixed rate bonds, has announced the launch of a new 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond. From today, savers will be able to secure an attractive fixed rate of interest at 6.40% gross/AER for a full year.
Birmingham Midshires’ 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond is unique to the marketplace in offering […]

Gross lending reached a new May record of £30.6 billion according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
The figure is up by 12% on April’s lending total of £27.4 billion and is 5% higher than the same month in 2006 (£29 billion). However, the rate of year-on-year growth is not as high as […]

The majority of homeowners who have gardens (92%) will be spending a staggering £56million on their gardens over the next three months, with one in ten homeowners spending in excess of £500 according to a survey by esure home insurance. The value of household contents will increase as a result and as the longest day […]

Insurance comparison website Insurancewide.com argued today that industry experts are missing the point in the controversy about comparison websites sparked by the new Direct Line advertising campaign.
“The focus of industry debate about price comparison websites has largely ignored the fact that price is not the only issue when directing customers to the best insurer […]

Banks are on course to put ‘hole-in-the-wall’ machines into Britian’s poorest areas.
The initiative, spearheaded by Britian’s high street banks, will see more than a million customers, who currently have to travel or use machines for which there is a charge, able to access their money free the British Bankers’ Association said today.
Angela Knight CBE, chief […]

With just over a week to go until smoking in enclosed public spaces is banned, Charcol.co.uk is urging anyone already considering using the ban as a catalyst to giving up smoking to also think of the financial benefits as additional motivation. Someone with a 25 year repayment mortgage could save over £29,000 in interest and […]