Santander is attempting to lure new customers into opening a premium current account with an introductory special offer. New customers opening a Premier 50 Current Account at Alliance & Leicester or a Reward Bank Account at Abbey will pay account fees of just £5 per month for the first three months. After this introductory period, [...]
Nationwide is offering a 20% discount to new home insurance customers taking out combined building and contents cover. New customers taking out a combined policy at the building society will receive the 20% discount for 24 months. In addition, any new home insurance customers with a Nationwide current account will receive £20 cashback if they [...]
Abbey’s 6% savings account for small businesses will only be available until the end of this month, the business banking provider warned this week. “The clock is now ticking and I would urge small businesses who haven’t already taken advantage of this offer, to do so before time runs out,” said Paula Ickinger, Abbey Business [...]
Animal owners taking out an insurance policy for their pet at Tesco over the next fortnight will receive a 35% discount. With the discount cats can be insured from £4 per month, and dogs from £7 per month. The promotion applies to all new customers purchasing a Tesco Standard Pet Insurance policy online before 19 [...]
Sainsbury’s is offering 12 months car insurance for the price of ten this summer. Motorists taking an insurance policy with the supermarket financial provider before 31st August 2009 will receive 2 months cover free. Customers who take out the policy online will receive an extra 10% discount. Features of the policy include compensation for vehicle [...]
Consumers opening a Sainsbury’s Internet Saver account this month will receive 2.8% interest on their savings, provided they make no more than three withdrawals in the next year. This headline rate is 2.05% higher than the standard rate of 0.75% paid to Internet Saver account holders. However, savers who make more than three withdrawals in [...]
M&S Money is offering 10% cashback to new customers taking out a personal loan. Borrowers will be given a 10% refund on the interest they’ve paid once their final repayment has been made. The offer is available until 11 August, and applies to loans paid back over a period of at least 36 months. Customers [...]
Savers looking to open a new account this month can secure a 2.6% interest rate with the Sainsbury’s Finance Internet Saver account. For Internet Saver accounts opened between 9th and 30th June, the supermarket financial provider will pay 1.85% above the account’s standard interest rate for 12 months, provided the account holder does not make [...]
Direct Line Home Insurance is offering new customers 50% off contents insurance policies until 30 September 2009. New customers can take advantage of the offer as a single policy, or alongside buildings insurance. The insurer said it decided on the price cut to help people with the cost of summer living. “There are always unexpected [...]
Direct Line has unveiled a pet insurance special offer designed to attract new customers. Customers buying pet insurance from Direct Line for the first time will receive 12 months cover for the price of ten. Direct Line also pointed out that in 2008 the average pet owner paid £715 in vet fees when their pet [...]
Direct Line has announced that it is offering twelve months home insurance for the price of ten. All new customers taking out a policy in March and April will be eligible for the offer. Direct Line said they decided to release the offer now after a survey discovered January and February are the UK’s least [...]
Tesco has launched an array of car insurance special offers for the coming month – the time of year when motorists typically look to renew their policy. Clubcard customers who buy Tesco car insurance before 1 April will receive a £50 Tesco gift voucher to spend in store. In addition, online customers buying a breakdown [...]
Asda Financial Services is offering parents-to-be an incentive to pre-register for the Asda Child Trust Fund. The supermarket’s banking division is giving away money off vouchers for 12 Asda products and a free Family Money Guide to families who pre-register online. Claiming the freebies does not obligate parents to stay with Asda for the trust [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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