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Credit Card Debt Risk For Pensioners

Monday, March 15th, 2010
CREDIT CARD DEBT RISK FOR PENSIONERS • One in five over-65’s owe money on their credit cards with average debt of £8,967, says Key Retirement Solutions Pensioners cashing in on the value of their homes owe an average of £8,967 in credit card debts, new research* from leading independent equity release adviser ... read more

Equity Release Referral Incentive

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Key announces landmark referral incentive for equity release 10,000th REFERRAL RECEIVED AVERAGE PAYMENT PER REFERRAL REACHES ALL TIME HIGH OF £755 EXPANSION OF ESTATE PLANNING PROPOSITION WIN A MINI COOPER REFERRAL INCENTIVE Key Retirement Solutions, the UK’s leading independent equity release specialist today announces a number of major developments in its referral propositions. In December of ... read more

Britons ’should work out retirement options’

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
People approaching retirement age have been advised to start planning before they leave work.Martin Palmer of Friends Provident said that taking a few "simple" steps, Britons can emerge in a strong position for the future.Writing for Whatinvestment.co.uk, the industry analyst advised consumers to work out how much they have already ... read more

Government launches boiler scrappage scheme

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
The government has launched a new scheme which could see 125,000 households benefit from reduced energy bills.Prime minister Gordon Brown and climate change secretary Ed Miliband launched the boiler scrappage scheme earlier today (January 5th).Under the new programme, households fitted with G-rated boilers will be able to claim a £400 ... read more

Tories expected to announce public sector pension reform

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
George Osborne, Conservative party shadow chancellor, is expected to announce plans to reform public sector pensions this week.Mr Osborne is also expected to unveil plans to scrap some middle-class benefits.In the Tory draft manifesto, Mr Osborne is expected to promise reform on "unaffordable" public sector pensions and unveil ... read more

uSwitch: Don’t let energy bills burn a hole in your pocket in 2010

Monday, January 4th, 2010
Gas and electricity customers should be prepared for a nasty shock when they receive their winter fuel bills, one price comparison firm has suggested.Despite price reductions from many energy suppliers, the annual energy bill has increased by 36 per cent compared with the beginning of 2008, according to independent comparison ... read more

ABI: improved retirement income options are needed

Monday, January 4th, 2010
A series of proposals have been published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in a bid to give people more options for taking income from Defined Contribution (DC) pensions.The paper, entitled Time for Change: Seven proposals to improve DC pension benefits in retirement, outlined policy proposals to remove existing ... read more

RIAS: VAT increase to cost over-50s £524 million

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
The increased rate of VAT, which comes into effect tomorrow (January 1st), will see the over-50s pay an extra £524 million in 2010, insurer RIAS has claimed.Chancellor Alistair Darling announced earlier this month that the rate will return to 17.5 per cent in the new year after being reduced to ... read more