UNISONProtect
02/12/2014
It's that time of year again: carols, crackers, oversized Cadbury's tins and, inevitably, cost. A recent survey from Morrisons found the average family spends an extra £165 in December alone.
Thankfully, this Christmas doesn't have to be the less-than-magical financial mess you've come to retrospectively dread, because we've come up with five jolly ways to enjoy it on the cheap.
Gillian Cooper
10/11/2014
New research has found that 42% of Brits would struggle to cover the cost of a funeral.
The YouGov survey of 1,988 people who have lost a loved one in the past five years also found a large minority of respondents (22%) had been left with no financial provision for the funeral.
Gillian Cooper
10/09/2014
Newly-single Brits might benefit from better financial protection, an expert has suggested.
The advice follows a survey by life insurer Aviva, which showed 40% of divorcees are financially worse off in the aftermath of a breakdown.
Gillian Cooper
02/09/2014
A recent study has shown that families increasingly think they would find it difficult to cope financially if they suffered an unexpected crisis.
According to Scottish Widows’ Centre for the Modern Family (CMF), 19% of people across the UK are struggling to cope with unforeseen crises, up from 14% in 2012.