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How the Current Account Switch Guarantee Works

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Most people stick with the same current accounts that their parents opened for them. After all, any current account pretty much serves the same purpose as a convenient bank account for everyday usage. However, if ...

Happy New Year! Organize Your Finances with a Secured Loan

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

The most popular New Year's resolutions are to lose weight, stop smoking, and get out of debt. While we can't address all of these in one article, we can explore how to organize your finances, ...

An Overview of High-Interest Current Accounts in the UK

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

For the most part, any current account serves precisely the same purpose. It is your everyday bank account for withdrawing money, receiving your monthly salary and paying your bills. However, there are some important differences ...

Tomorrow's Credit Cards are Already Going Nationwide and Worldwide

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Tomorrow's credit cards will be able to store more data and do more things than their ancestors could. New technologies are already coming into use that promise to revolutionize the field and create the next ...

The Seven-Day Current Account Switch Service Explained

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

On the sixteenth of September this year, the UK's Payments Council launched their new Current Account Switch Service. This system has been implemented in order to simplify and speed up the old method of transferring ...

Considering Pre-Paid Credit Cards

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Pre-paid credit cards are available from most banks and other financial institutions that offer standard credit cards to consumers. You can also purchase pre-paid cards at some large retailers. Although most consumers prefer to carry ...

Who Calls Me At The Same Time Every Day?

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Unwanted phone calls can be more than just a nuisance. It could leave you open to fraud if you fall for a pitch and purchase a product over the phone. While many legitimate companies close ...

Setting Up Internet Access From a New ISP

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Setting up Internet access from a new Internet service provider is typically something that a service technician will do upon installation. If your home hasn't been wired for Internet connectivity by previous residents, a representative ...

Review of the Sky Home Hub Broadband Router

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Sky has recently introduced their new broadband wireless router that is specially designed to work alongside the Sky+ HD box to unlock a whole host of extra features. Even if you are not signed up ...

Orange Broadband for Mobile Users

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Long gone are the times when Internet access involved being stuck at home sitting in front of a desktop or laptop computer. Today, the mobile Internet is fast becoming ubiquitous, and it is rapidly overtaking ...

MAC Numbers and the Madasafish Broadband Service

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

You will need a MAC to transfer your broadband to Madasafish, but this doesn't refer to the popular computer brand. Rather, your MAC is a migration authorisation code provided by your current broadband provider. If ...

Learn More About Your Tesco Broadband Router

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Your Tesco broadband router is a key piece of equipment when it comes to getting online. Without the router, you can't connect your laptop or other device to the DSL service being channeled through your ...

Energy Savings Tips to Prepare Your Home for Solar Power

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

When you invest in solar panels for your home, you are making a commitment to reduce your carbon footprint while saving money on your monthly energy usage. In order to get the most out of ...

Making Your Home Safer to Get the Best Home Insurance Offers

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

Losing your home or having it severely damaged by flood, fire or any other disaster is tragic enough, but imagine having to foot the entire cost of rebuilding yourself. For most of us, our homes ...

Low Cost Home Insurance For Home Swaps

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

If you are thinking of cutting holiday costs by exchanging homes with someone from a part of the world you want to visit, you are part of a growing trend. In theory, the only cost ...

How Home Renovations Can Affect Home Insurance Costs

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

UK homeowners love to remodel their homes, with reports suggesting that up to 90 per cent of all homeowners in the UK have carried out renovations on their properties in the past five years. While ...

How to Use the EPC Register to Save Money

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

The EPC Register website at epcregister.com enables you to access, download and print the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for your property (provided an energy assessment has been carried out and a certificate exists). The EPC ...

How To Switch Suppliers Without Triggering An Exit Fee

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

UK residents have many choices when it comes to energy suppliers, but that doesn’t mean that switching is always easy. Even when a new deal crops up that is better than another, a customer has ...

How to Site a Home Wind Turbine

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

In order to work effectively, a home wind turbine must be placed in an appropriate site. There are several factors to consider when choosing the site where the wind turbine will be placed, including the ...

How to Use the EPC Register to Save Money

By Laura Ginn · 11 years ago

The EPC Register website at epcregister.com enables you to access, download and print the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for your property (provided an energy assessment has been carried out and a certificate exists). The EPC ...