Above average earners switch...

March 18, 2012

In a recent study, it was discovered that households with above-average wage earners are switching to value brands and stores’ own-label brands simply to be able to keep up with inflation. No longer...

Fuel poverty in UK set to do...

March 17, 2012

As if the cost of energy wasn’t already high enough, a new report commissioned by the government predicts that the number of people struggling to keep up with the high cost of fuel could actually do...

Squeeze on family income is...

March 12, 2012

For more than two years there has been some amount of concern over what appeared to be a freeze in wages whilst taxes and inflation continued to rise. Now according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies...

The confusing language of fa...

November 12, 2011

It seems as if economists and government just want to confuse us more when it comes to making us think we’ve a good deal on a new home. Recent headlines in the Telegraph state that the price of hous...