We don't like loan sharks
They prey on those who are least able to pay - or to defend themselves. They generally lend without a care, as most attention is devoted to policing "legal" credit.
So...
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Breaking the habit
Greg has a criminal record for robbery and theft, activities he took part in to finance his crack and heroin habit. He has just been arrested for stealing £300. At t...
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My work space
We're in old shipping insurance offices and they are very airy and spacious. We can see Newcastle Cathedral from the windows and we can hear the choir on Tuesdays - I onc...
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Let's celebrate the falling population
Will Hutton's argument that declining birth rate in Europe puts 'our very civilisation under threat' ('An Italian lesson for Europe', Comment, last week) considers only e...
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It's just high street robbery
The Bank of England has lifted its base rate by 1.25 percentage points from a low of 3.5 per cent last November to 4.75 per cent today. But some banks and building societ...
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No tax - but you still get less interest
Good riddance to bad rubbish is probably the best that can be said about the closure of the (very) Ordinary Account from National Savings & Investments (NS&I), wh...
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Shop-till-you-drop boom threatens to bust at last
Enough is enough' - that's the verdict of Britain's retailers on the Bank of England's slow, steady tightening of interest rates.
The British Retail Consortium will anno...
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The issue explained: GCSEs
It's GCSE day and the pass rate has gone up again - for a higher number of candidates - does this mean standards are falling?
It's the pass rate for A-star to C grades...
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It may sound silly, but it's interesting
Juding by the likes of Cahoot, Egg, Intelligent Finance (IF) and Smile, if you want to be a successful internet bank, you have to have a silly - sorry, quirky - name. But...
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The home cover that's going through the roof
Customers of HSBC and First Direct are facing a sharp rise in the cost of their buildings insurance policy this year, which could in some cases add hundreds of pounds to ...
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