New rules to put more women in the boardroom will benefit British companies, a financial expert has claimed. The UK Corporate Governance Code was updated this week to put pressure on firms to recruit more female executives. The Financial Reporting Council updated the code after research found that just 8.8% of director positions in companies [...]
The female breadwinner is a rising trend in the UK, according to new research published this week. A study by Aviva found a tenfold increase in the number of dads staying at home to care for young children while their partner goes out to work. Over 600,000 men now stay at home to look after [...]
Women who fail to contribute to a pension fund could be leaving themselves open to difficulty during their retirement years, a pensions expert has claimed. Laura Goodman, director of corporate communications at Rockingham Retirement, said an increasing number of women are not putting money aside for retirement. She made the comments after research by Standard [...]
A report by Prudential has revealed that the average male pension is more than £7,000 a year higher than the female pension. The survey found that a man who draws his pension in 2010 will receive an average retirement income of £19,593, while a woman will receive £12,169. However, the survey shows that the average [...]
According to the Pensions Advisory Service, only a third of women currently receive the full state pension. Many women miss out on a full state pension if they stop working or opt to work part-time to bring up their children. As a result, they are missing out on National Insurance contributions due to leaving the [...]
A survey has found that women in the UK’s financial sector receive around 80% less pay than their male counterparts. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) established that, on average, women earn £2,875 in performance related pay, compared to £14,554 for men. Published today, the Commission’s Finance Sector Inquiry, is the first time this [...]
Many women over 50 have ‘given up’ saving for retirement due to the recession, according to research by Scottish Widows. In research for its fifth annual UK Pensions Report, the pensions provider found that one in five (22%) women over 50 are now saving nothing towards their pension. This is up from 14% a year [...]
According to research from moneysupermarket.com, women get the best deal on car insurance while young male motorists are paying the most expensive premiums. A study by moneysupermarket.com has established that women pay 9% less for their car insurance than their male equivalents, with the average quote for a woman in her 20s being £320 compared [...]
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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