From Glastonbury to Benicassim: A beginner’s guide to festival finance
Almost 2 million people will attend a festival in 2017, spending and losing millions of pounds unnecessarily
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What can investors learn from previous hung parliaments?
Here’s what history tells us about the financial effects of hung parliaments and coalitions
Payday lender complaints have tripled over the last year, reveals data
Complaints about payday loans increased by 227 per cent over the period and all complaints relating to consumer credit increased by almost 90 per cent to just under 26,000
Uncertainty of a hung parliament to impact pensions and property
Market volatility, dumped tax changes and shelved reforms will feature in hung parliament Britain
Sterling exchange rate tops list of UK consumers' financial concerns
Research done by Yahoo and published on Thursday reveals the most frequently searched for terms in the 12 months to the end of April
Personal borrowing hits record high with 35-year-olds taking the brunt
Aged 35? Your debt is about to catch up with you as a lifetime of record borrowing comes home to roost
Household water bills to stay high as plans for reform are halted
You’re a prisoner to your unhelpful and expensive water supplier. But plans for a major overhaul that could have increased competition have been shelved
Borderless banking: British travellers look for post-Brexit solution
A new style of bank account may be about to revolutionise the way we spend money overseas. And it's all thanks to Brexit
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Retiring five years later could add £46,000 to pension pot
Failing to save enough for a comfortable retirement? Don’t panic
Election 2017: What each party’s manifesto means for your money
What do the party political promises pledge for your purse?
Shareholders need greater power to curb board directors’ pay, says IoD
Increasing shareholder power is becoming a political priority
Staying unmarried may be more expensive than tying the knot
Getting married can be an expensive business. But not nearly as expensive as not being married
UK homeowners face future of shrinking properties
The latest property trend gives ‘downsizing’ a whole new meaning, but do we really want to live like this?
UK workers do not feel rich 'unless they earn £370,000 a year'
Early in their career – defined as up to five years’ experience - employees need to earn 'as little as' £93,000 annually to feel wealthy
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Global factors to be aware of for international money transfers
The murky world of international money transfers can be daunting at the best of times, but with so many global factors buffeting the exchange rate of major currencies on a daily basis, it often seems like you’d need a PhD in economics to cost-effectively send money overseas or even just to compare money transfer services.
John Lewis' 'Never Knowingly Undersold' policy fails to drop prices
The slogan has been a cornerstone of the department store’s marketing campaign since 1925 and guarantees that it will refund British shoppers the difference if they can find the same product for less elsewhere
How to haggle yourself cheaper clothes, houses and cars
Food, houses, clothes, bank fees – you can haggle on anything if you just know how
Hackney homes are most expensive in UK relative to average wages
In the north-east London borough, the average annual wage is £33,800 and the average house price is a lofty £575,511 – equating to a ratio of 17.03
You have 24 hours left to spend your old £5. What you need to know
Shoppers are being warned that after Friday 5 May the old paper note featuring prison reformer and philanthropist Elizabeth Fry will cease to be legal tender
7 ways to save enough for retirement
Most of us aren’t, all of us should. Here are seven steps you can take to save up a better retirement pot
The insurance penalty paid by prisoners’ families
They may be innocent, they may be vulnerable, but the families of offenders face higher premiums and even flat refusals