UK Credit

The 12 Most Awesome Race Tracks On The Planet

Sean Dominey | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Sport
Sean Dominey

There are no two ways about it - racing tracks are cool. Even when there are no cars on them, just looking at the chicanes and the straights brings home the smell of burning rubber and the excitement that goes with it.

Screw Fair - Let's Treat Small Businesses Unfairly

Vivi Friedgut | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK
Vivi Friedgut

Chuka Umunna recently set a new year's resolution to not use the phrase 'SMEs' and accurately made the point that not all small businesses are the same so lumping them into a homogenous pile is wrong.

What UK Small Businesses Can Learn From a Third World Finance System

Tomer Guriel | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK
Tomer Guriel

So what can a finance system whose roots lie in third world economic development do to help stem the tide of further business failures in a developed country like the UK? A lot I would argue.

Better Best Forgotten?

Owen Roberts | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Owen Roberts

Your credit report is all about you, not your address, not your family members, not even your pets, just you. If someone who lived at your address before didn't pay their bills this won't turn up on your credit file, it will turn up on theirs. So that's one less thing to worry about.

When Things Go Wrong..

Owen Roberts | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK
Owen Roberts

Being in the public eye is a tricky thing, very few people remember the things you get right and everyone will remember the things you get wrong.

Banks Win Again; SMEs are Fighting a Losing Battle for Better Services

Nasir Zubairi | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK Politics
Nasir Zubairi

The Bank of England and HM Treasury officially launched the "Funding for Lending Scheme" (FLS) on Friday 13 July (read the announcement and details here), yet another covert operation to shore up the banks under the disguise of helping small businesses and households to access cheaper credit and thus stimulate the economy.

Pre-Budget Warning For Osborne

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Politics

Chancellor George Osborne was issued a pre-Budget warning by an influential credit rating agency as it issued a "negative" outlook on the prospects of...

Fitch Downgrades UK Economic Outlook To 'Negative'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Politics

Britain's triple-A credit rating is increasingly at risk, a leading agency indicated today as it downgraded the economy's outlook from stable to negat...

Is the Mainstream Media Playing an Adequate Role in Informing us on Financial Responsibility?

Jack Peters | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Jack Peters

What should I be doing to prepare and reduce the effects of the recession? When I go to the coffee shop should I downgrade from a vente to a grande? Should I abandon the coffee shop altogether as an excessive pleasure and drink granulated coffee at home?

Moody's Downgrades Spain's Credit Rating On 'Negative Outlook'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK

Spanish government bonds have been downgraded by the credit rating agency Moody's. Spain's credit rating was cut to A1 from Aa2 and carries a negat...

Jobs Divide 'Hits Homeowners In Britain's North'

PA | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A rise in mortgage arrears and negative equity in the north of Britain have been blamed on the UK's growing north-south jobs divi...