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Make it less of a blow when you’re told to go
With 40,000 jobs being cut in the City, employees are being advised to scrutinise their contracts, and negotiate the best package possible
In case income dries up
With mortgage costs rising and job losses now expected in the financial services and other sectors, homeowners are being advised to protect themselves against loss of income
BUDGET 2008: Rewards for the virtuous and the elderly
Non-drinking, non-smoking, non-driving pensioners who carry wicker baskets to the shops appear to be the winners in a Budget that was heavy on indirect “sin” and green taxes. But the measures announced on income tax, National Insurance (NI) and stamp duty were light enough for the chancellor to have swapped his despatch box for a now potentially taxable plastic bag.
Please can I have more?
More than 1m with-profits policyholders at Norwich Union are in line to receive “inherited estate” policy bonuses averaging £2,000
Not all assets count towards long-term care costs
Bonds with a life assurance element should not be counted by local authorities when means testing for care
Shun the jaw-dropping fees
How to avoid the pain of high private dental costs
Tesco’s car insurance site claims price isn’t everything
The explosion in the popularity of aggregator sites, as they are known, is illustrated most starkly in the highly competitive motor insurance sector – where one in five deals is secured through a price comparison site.
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