Today’s Blog

After reading this article http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/pensions/hmrc-concern-at-low-take-up-of-pension-protection/1046260.article I am very concerned that the FSCS will be hit with many claims. The Government should be more flexible over this. If someone leads a...

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I was very pleased to read the following article http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/regulation/lloyds-to-clawback-senior-exec-bonuses-over-ppi-misselling/1046436.article the PPI scandal shows yet again the Banks are not fit for purpose in complying with the law and...

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According to the following article http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/pensions/ons-stats-confirm-isas-more-popular-than-pensions/1047078.article UK savers saved more in stocks and shares ISAs than pensions in the previous tax year. This is a very sad state of affairs. I...

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I have banged on for years against the Banks and customers taking complaints to the Financial Ombudsman’s Service. The following article gives some very interesting statistics on which institutions have the worst statistics....

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I laughed when I read this paragraph: ‘The FOS is funded by a mixture of case fees and an industry levy. It is currently consulting on introducing a supplementary case fee from April of £350, on top of the standard case fee of £500, for each PPI complaint where...

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Will someone please explain the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion to the Deputy Prime Minister? Tax avoidance is lawful. If you want to stop tax avoidance you change the tax law. I am very disturbed by the quote in this article ‘”general...