Prices Rise, Sales Fall as R...

September 15, 2011

Consumers are facing pressures from every direction according to the latest data being released by the Office for National Statistics. Retail prices are reported to have risen at the fastest rate in t...

Chancellor’s Autumn ‘Sta...

September 12, 2011

Under the previous Labour government we called this a pre-Budget report, but Chancellor George Osborne calls it his ‘Autumn Statement.’ In any case, this is where government paints a picture of wh...

New Study Reveals Britons De...

August 31, 2011

Within the past year, the number of people being forced by inflation to delay retirement has at least doubled while many of these workers find they will need to work well into their late 60’s and ma...

Cost of Food and Travel Crea...

August 31, 2011

Inflation has been wreaking havoc with household finances and this is most evident in the cost of food and in travel expenses. In the month of July, Asda Income Tracker indicated that families in the...