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- Published 08/03/2010 00:00:00 in Money and Credit Cards
Last year was billed the year of the ‘staycation’ as cash-strapped Brits decided to holiday closer to home. But a combination of 2009’s dreary summer and this year’s freezing winter has led many of us to seek sunnier climes in 2010.
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- Published 08/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Some of the older among us may look wistfully back to a time when shops and service providers rewarded customers for their loyalty. ‘Becoz yer a regulah’, you might hear, as you saw a complimentary bunch of bananas slid in with your groceries.
Sadly, in today’s society, this sort of cockle-warming exchange is pretty rare; in fact, in many fields of business it’s all gone quite the other way.
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- Published 05/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
It seemed to be coming for an age, but D-Day is finally upon us. ‘D’, of course, stands for digital, and by the end of this month, Wales will have completed the switchover to become the UK’s first digital nation.
If you live in Cardiff, Newport or south east Wales, you will have already waved goodbye to tired old analogue this week, and the final stages of the switchover will be completed on 31 March, when the country’s Wenvoe transmitter is turned off for good.
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- Published 05/03/2010 00:00:00 in Travel and Travel Insurance
It seems like we only put our browning Christmas tree on the compost heap a few days ago, and already Easter is on its way. It’s an early one this year, on the first weekend of April. If you’ve not got anything planned yet, then let Confused.com put you in the know by directing you towards some tasty, well-hidden Easter eggs.
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- Published 05/03/2010 00:00:00 in Motoring and Car Insurance
As much as we may not want to do it, renewing our car insurance is one of those yearly chores that all motorists share. What’s more, it can be a complicated business working out what level of cover you need.
We all have to ask ourselves some common questions: ‘Do I really need a courtesy car? Am I likely to be driving abroad this year?’ Quite often, however, you may assume that certain things are included in your policy – a dangerous business when it comes to cover.
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- Published 05/03/2010 00:00:00 in Motoring and Motorbike Insurance
Spring has sprung, the weather's warming up, and motorcyclists nationwide will be donning helmets and leathers and putting tyre to tarmac.
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- Published 04/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
As we at Confused.com launch our new non-standard risk offering to customers, we thought we’d run you through exactly what it is and whether you might, without realising it, be in need of the extra cover.
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- Published 04/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
If you run a business, regardless of its type, shape or size, the chances are you’ll be using energy every day. We’d all like to fine tune our usage, so to help, we’ve put together some energy efficiency tips which could save you money.
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- Published 03/03/2010 00:00:00 in Motoring and Motorbike Insurance
As a bike enthusiast, you may be tempted to customise your beloved two-wheeled machine by swapping your existing exhaust for a sports exhaust, increasing engine capacity, or adding crash bars.
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- Published 03/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
To give you an idea of the best energy tariffs currently available from a range of suppliers as of 3rd March, 2010.
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- Published 01/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and General
In November, the government laid out its long-awaited Digital Britain proposals – aimed at making the country a competitive power in the world of technology. Among the major talking points was a plan to spread high-speed (2mb/s) internet access to all corners of the UK, at a cost of 50p per month to the taxpayer, but this suggestion has been received with a backlash.
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- Published 01/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
With huge storms tearing through Europe over the last week, the Environment Agency has put a number of areas in the UK on flood alert.
France, Spain and Portugal have already been hit by the adverse conditions, with winds reported to have reached as high as 87 miles per hour, killing at least 50 people. While Britain escaped those, 50 to 75mm of rain fell on the South East in the last week – with more heavy rain expected.
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- Published 26/02/2010 00:00:00 in Money and General
At the beginning of February, we at Confused.com asked you, our readers, to send us your political questions in the run-up to the general election, so we could put them to various political parties in the UK. Those taking part in our Q&As include the Labour Party, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and we’re still trying to get more on board...
So, in our first pre-election grilling, we put your questions to Vince Cable, Treasury spokesman for the Liberal Democrats. Here are his answers...
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- Published 26/02/2010 00:00:00 in Money and Savings
Confused.com is happy to say that last year we saved you, our customers, millions of pounds on your everyday bills. And with 2009 still being a year when the UK economy was in turmoil, it seems we picked a fine time to save you money.
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- Published 26/02/2010 00:00:00 in Motoring and Car Insurance
Do you know what ‘fronting’ is? If you don’t, you’re not alone - according to new figures from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) and Aviva, two–thirds of drivers don’t understand the term.
So what is fronting? Well, it occurs when anyone other than the main driver is wrongly declared to be the policyholder when securing their car insurance.
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- Published 26/02/2010 00:00:00 in Money and Savings
With interest rates so pitifully low, thousands of people with cash ISAs are wondering just how much more punishment they can take. The trouble is, with the country only just coming out of recession, and market volatility remaining rife since the credit crunch, many are understandably scared about taking their money out of the safety-net of a cash ISA.
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- Published 25/02/2010 00:00:00 in Motoring and Breakdown Insurance
With around 30 million cars on the road in the UK, breakdown cover is now a vast industry – certainly a lot bigger than it was way back in 1897 when the first recovery service was introduced.
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- Published 25/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
In November, the government laid out a raft of plans to improve Britain’s standing as a technological powerhouse (don’t laugh!) – all under the rather emphatic title of Digital Britain. Among these were a number of measures intended to improve Britain’s broadband infrastructure – bringing us to the dreaded 50p levy. To explain; this much-vaunted 50p figure was a reference to the amount we would all be expected to pay each month to fund super-fast broadband across the country. But is it worth the cost?
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- Published 25/02/2010 00:00:00 in Money and General
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), has warned consumers about a wave of fraudsters selling fake shares under the auspices of a variety of legitimate companies.
The city watchdog, which regulates the financial services industry, said it had seen a dramatic increase in enquiries about this kind of fraudulent activity since November last year.
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- Published 25/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Another day, another energy firm claims to beat the market. In line with our prediction earlier this month, the energy war is starting to hot up, and showing its battle hunger this week is First Utility – a plucky outsider looking to undercut the so-called ‘Big Six’.
With a price cut on its Standard dual fuel tariff, the firm is claiming to now be cheaper across the board than British Gas. But before you all start rushing to switch, just take a moment, if you will, to view the bigger picture.