Savers need to earn 1.5 per cent for their cash to keep its value in terms of what it can buy. The top rate is 1.32 per cent from Charter Savings Bank but you must tie up the cash for five years.
Inflation has set in across America and is on the up, with consumer prices rising by 4.2 percent since April last year, the highest since the months preceding the 2008 global crash, as the economy dives into recovery mode after a COVID-19 catastrophe. The Consumer Price Index – which surveys the prices of every day … Read more
Inflation has set in across America and is on the up, with consumer prices rising by 4.2 percent since April last year, the highest since the months preceding the 2008 global crash, as the economy dives into recovery mode after a COVID-19 catastrophe. The Consumer Price Index – which surveys the prices of every day … Read more
Back in 2019, Spotify showed a test device that supposedly will study the way people use the music streaming app inside a car. It was called Car Thing and had a small display, controls, and even had support for voice commands. But what they kept saying was that this is not an actual product that … Read more
Shoppers set for tidal wave of spending as consumer confidence hits highest level since before 2008 financial crisis By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 3 April 2021 Shoppers are ready to unleash a tidal wave of spending after consumer confidence hit its highest level … Read more
Car makers today demanded much greater support from the Government to help consumers buy electric vehicles if ministers’ ambitious ‘electric dreams’ are to become a reality. Rule makers must ‘put ordinary drivers at the heart of policy and planning’ if they are to win consumers’ ‘hearts and minds’, they said. Electric cars are still too … Read more
Rishi Sunak today stoked hopes a £180billion consumer boom will fuel the UK’s recovery – but admitted that fears of mass unemployment ‘keep me up at night’. The Chancelllor voiced optimism that a fast bounceback will fueled by the huge savings warchest built up by those who have kept working through the pandemic. But he … Read more
Protect our ATMs! Consumer watchdog urges Government to step in and save dwindling number of cash machines Calls have intensified for governmetn to protect dwindling numbers of ATMs Many have been replaced with machines that now charge up to £2 a time Some 12,700 free-to-use ATMs have been removed across country since 2018 By Sean … Read more
Protect our ATMs! Consumer watchdog urges Government to step in and save dwindling number of cash machines Calls have intensified for governmetn to protect dwindling numbers of ATMs Many have been replaced with machines that now charge up to £2 a time Some 12,700 free-to-use ATMs have been removed across country since 2018 By Sean … Read more
They’re finally here, Samsung’s very early 2021 bets for the rat race known as the smartphone market. And as with any new Samsung flagship, especially with the expensive ones, the question has always been “why”. For the past year or two, that question has been repeated for each and every variant of the Galaxy S … Read more