Today’s Blog

If your home is not insulated to modern standards, look into the government grants which are available NOW. rnrnThe Warm Front scheme deadline for applicants is 31 March 2012. It is currently undersubscribed, so £30 million-worth of grants may be unclaimed by people...

Road Pricing Proposal

The idea of road pricing seems logical to me as it should be able to dissuade very short or unnecessary journeys at peak times and not penalise to the same extent those road users at off peak times. When I drive in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Brent I always...

Today’s Blog

If you have a significant equities portfolio you might think about splitting the funds in two so you get the benefits of two stock brokers’ advice. You can also compare prices and squeeze more value out of your existing stock brokers. Especially if you also have an...

Personalised Service

I agree with the comments made by the Chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders in the following article http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/mortgages/cml-says-lenders-should-focus-on-service-not-sales/1053440.article I would like to see more support from the regulator...

The Chinese Economy

I am a sceptic on the Chinese economy. I think there is a lot of hidden bad debt and the Government could not tolerate a low or even negative growth rate as demonstrated in this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18068430 If Governor Romney wins the US...

Today’s Blog

I could not disagree more with the Report written by the Cass Business School and National Association of Pension Funds mentioned in the following article...