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51. | Car Hire in Nuremberg for World Cup 2006
The World Cup in Germany this summer will be the biggest tourist draw in Europe for 2006 as well as being the most popular and watched sporting event in the world. The host cities of Germany are ...
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52. | Air fares nudge up price of living
It was revealed earlier in the week that the cost of living increased last month. Unfortunately for those seeking a last-minute Easter break abroad, it was partly a rise in air fares which caused the damage for the nation's consumers by nudging inflation upwards.
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53. | World Cup Fever - How to Celebrate - Win or Lose
On Friday 9 June the World Cup kicks off in Germany, signaling for those in the football world the start of many heady summer days jostling for prime position in front of a TV screen. ...
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54. | Lenders' Exit Fees under Investigation
With most buyers borrowing well over £100,000 to buy their property, lenders' exit fees – usually in the region of £50 to £300 pounds – are a tiny percentage of the overall mortgage costs. Yet these penalties have created ...
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55. | Golf – history of a game in constant evolution
The true origins of the game now called golf have been hotly debated over the years, as throughout history almost every civilisation has played some form of game with a club and a ball. Various competing ideas have been put forward as to ...
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56. | How fantastic would a spa break be
These days' alternative therapies are all the rage. Reiki, aromatherapy, reflexology, crystal healing, detox regimes, it is difficult to know where to start. One of the best ways to try out some of the more popular ...
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57. | Bank penalties a leading cause for complaint
Penalties imposed by banks on customers who exceed their overdraft limits continue to come under intense scrutiny, with overdraft penalty charges proving to be the bane of customers' lives and a major reason for the increased number of complaints received by financial institutions ...
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58. | Mias Calls On Mortgage Lenders to Fix Their Exit Fees
MIAS, the Mortgage and Insurance Advisory Services , is concerned that, despite the recent publicity and various campaigns in the press, borrowers are still being stung by punitive exit fees.
Lenders charge exit fees when customers redeem their mortgage ...
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59. | Credit card safety – chip and pin not enough
Credit cards and debit cards are viewed as relatively secure methods of making purchases; however as with any security measure there are people who will try to find their way around it. Various increasingly complex methods have been devised to access bank accounts ...
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60. | Travelling down Route 66
Since the 1960s, touring across America and looking for adventure has become synonymous with driving down Route 66. Immortalized in film, songs and books, the highway from Los Angeles to Chicago may have changed ...
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61. | The short break solution
Whether it is due to a dislike of rushing to make tight connecting flights, crowed airports or a simple fear of flying, increasing numbers of travellers simply don't want to get fly long distances ...
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62. | Disposable income figures show gap narrowing
The research from KDB has also revealed the full extent of the north-south financial divide.
Taking the UK as a whole, the typical household has some £40,000 of disposable wealth, but this figure oscillates wildly depending ...
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63. | Gift Ideas for Father's Day, 18 June 2006
Dads, and in fact men in general, are notoriously difficult to buy for. And Father's Day is a tricky one – it's not as personal as a birthday, but you can't really ignore your dad on the day when every other father in the land ...
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64. | Payday loans could cushion savings fall
Consumers in this country saved an average of £495 each over the first three months of this year, the research found – a far cry from the £680 which was being typically hoarded in the final quarter of 2005, perhaps ...
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65. | Housing market cools but more needs to be done to assist buyers
The figures show that house price inflation slowed to only 0.1% in April, significantly slower when compared with a 1.1% increase for March, and the annual house price change fell to 4.8% in April from 5.3% in March, leading to an average ...
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66. | Doorstep lenders receiving unwanted interest
Unwanted interest has come from sources including industry regulator, the Competition Commission (CC), following an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation which was in turn sparked by a super-complaint lodged by the National Consumer Council (NCC).
Doorstep loans offer small short-term loans to people who ...
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67. | Blue Skies for Extreme Sports
Ample leisure time allows for a raft of thrilling experiences inducing different degrees of adrenaline rush from balloon rides to freefall parachuting.
Unpredictable UK weather conditions can be a bit of a stumbling block but add a small slice of sun to the equation and the whole ...
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68. | Holidaymakers should use payday loans wisely
If you're travelling abroad on holiday it may well be cheaper to arrive with ready cash than rely on using your credit or debit cards, according to a survey from uSwitch which highlights the ...
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69. | UK debt trends worrying loan and credit card analysts
According to research from One Advice, there are over two million people in the UK who owe over £10,000 on credit cards, or unsecured loans. Of these borrowers, about half a million owe over ...
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70. | Warner breaks with Superbreak.com – Why adults should have fun too!
Hotel short break experts Superbreak have a simple philosophy – grown ups should be having fun too! It is keeping this belief in mind when they created their innovative "Warner Breaks" which offer adults the very best in live entertainment, leisure activities and ...
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71. | May Bank Holiday Offers
What better than an early summer mini-break – with your other half, or with your kids, too? It might be may-day, but there's no need to panic – Superbreak still has heaps of early bank holiday offers available for couples and families alike!
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72. | Blooming Brilliant Chelsea Flower Show Packages
Every year, for five days during May, the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea are transformed into a plant paradise with thousands of glorious blooms, a selection of spectacular show gardens and the finest examples of horticultural excellence in the world at the Royal Horticultural Society's ...
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73. | Why it is never too early to book your Summer Beach Break
With the exception of your friends and family it always seems to be the same type of people you speak to about summer holidays. With me it always seems to be taxi drivers or barbers. After the invariable discussions of how bad the weather is and ...
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74. | How to choose the right phone and keep up with the times
I've been in need of a new phone for a while - my phone is like a brick that I carry around in my handbag. I've seen a lot of good phones that my friends and workmates have, but I ...
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75. | Debit card stats outline payday loan flexibility
Research from Apacs released earlier this week provided the news that debit card purchases have, for the first time in history, outstripped cash spending in terms of the amount of money splashed out – ...
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76. | Turn Marathon Misery into Triathlon Success
Now the dust has - just - settled on the streets of the London Marathon let's spare a thought for all those non-runners. Even before the race start, competition was keen with over 50,000 disappointed applicants unable to take part and the situation is no different ...
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77. | Adverse Credit Boom Prompts Questions
Over the last year, there's been a flurry of product launches, as lenders pile into this nascent market. Some of the new entrants in 2005 included the Bristol & West, Victoria Mortgages and Beacon Homeloans, while investment banks Deutsche Bank and Morgan ...
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78. | With credit cards hitting hardest, UK consumers tax themselves with penalty charges on personal fina
A rise in costs for users of any financial service usually results in public outcry, why is it then that so many of those same consumers allow penalty fees and charges to accrue on their credit cards, when the problem ...
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79. | Reform aimed at personal finance and UK savings
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has issued a report which supports the Pension Commission's recent demand for reform in the structure of the basic state pension. In fact the report goes further than simply backing the report, it calls for ...
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80. | Comparison sites attributing to a higher level of online sales
What is the attraction and value of these for users and what are retailers and service providers finding them a useful tool as they strive for online sales?
The online retail sector for products and services has been buoyant for a number of ...
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81. | What everyone at risk of home repossession needs to know!
Anyone who owned property during the last house price crash in the early 1990s will remember constant headlines about negative equity and home repossession. Between 1990 and 1996 over a million individuals experienced mortgage repossession as they struggled with mortgage payments when interest rates doubled.
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82. | Frankfurt is the first World cup venue for England, how will you be getting there?
It's the end of another four year wait – the World Cup has rolled around again and this time we're off to Germany. On Saturday the 10th of July in Frankfurt, at 3.00pm, England will kick off against Paraguay in the FIFA World Cup ...
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83. | Growing up in Belfast in the 70s and 80s
My childhood was very different to many of yours. I grew up in west Belfast, where the sound of bombs and gunshots was a normal everyday experience. With people being killed daily and British soldiers patrolling our streets; life ...
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84. | Mobile phone shops offer the best deals online
In light of the high street outlets offering better deals than the networks, exactly where should we be looking for the best mobile phone deals?
As soon as something closes in your High Street or shopping centre you can be almost certain that a few short weeks later ...
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85. | How to Find Cheap Mobile Phone Deals
With such a competitive marketplace offering so many variations on the same theme and the market becoming cost led how does the consumer find the best cheap mobile phone deal?
The seemingly ubiquitous mobile phone has become an indispensable item. A market which was almost niche as little ...
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86. | Mortgage and UK housing markets experience fluctuations.
Mortgage lenders and property agencies have just released their latest figures for the UK housing market displaying some conflicting results but the overall mood from analysts appears to be one of optimism for improvements in housing market activity.
Property prices are on the rise again according to ...
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87. | Credit cards rise up…again
It's going up again: credit card usage in the UK looks set to continue increasing even after going through the roof last year in yet another yearly increase. It's really beginning to look like this is ...
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88. | Cancer Research UK and TK Maxx collaboration, 'GiveGet'
GiveGet is an annual campaign run by TK Maxx and Cancer Research UK and is one of the biggest charity collection campaigns in the UK. You should be familiar with the concept: collect any unwanted – or unused – clothes, ...
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89. | Excessive bank account and credit card charges attacked as unfair and possibly illegal
One missed credit card payment, or going overdrawn without permission, and suddenly a £30 charge can be incurred. Bank charges can seem to be unfair and too harsh given the frequently tiny amounts of unauthorized borrowing involved. Now it seems that ...
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90. | Navigating Insurance for Students and Searching Out the Right Financial Solution for UK Parents
Students are often portrayed as being lazy, indolent, or, perhaps most damningly of all: scruffy. But today's students are often more active and involved than their parents, and they demand the rewards that come with this behaviour. Valuable pieces of equipment are de rigueur in ...
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91. | Shopping for Small Business Services
Should you be in the early stages of a business start-up then there are elements to your personal business banking service which you should be looking for – and if you haven't yet set up an account now is the time to take ...
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92. | Lifestyle Banking - Living for Pay Day
For some people it comes mid-month, for others at month's end. Occasionally it comes right at the start of the month – just in time for you to watch those figures plummet.
And what am I talking about? Pay day.
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93. | Keeping Up with the Latest Mobile Phones Can Prove Difficult
Even as recently as the mid 1990's the majority of people seemed to function just fine without owning a mobile phone. The world continued to turn, people kept up with one another and generally nobody gave a second thought to being contactable 24-7 wherever you happened to be.
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94. | Signing for your card transaction is now a thing of the past
From Valentines Day (14th February) 2006 a signature is not good enough for you to purchase goods in the UK using your debit or credit card. Chip and PIN technology has been around for years, but before now it ...
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95. | The UK house market and how to survive it
According to the Nationwide Building Society, the UK housing market has made a "strong start" in 2006, with the biggest rise in house prices for 18 months, rising by 1.4% in January. This was seen by the Nationwide as part of a "strengthening trend" since October, with confidence ...
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96. | An alternative to using an estate agent to sell your property
Traditionally, anyone with a house to sell in the U.K. would use an Estate Agent. As they were ranked 2nd in a Radio 4 poll of "least respected workers" (M.P.'s were 1st!), for many people they are seen as a necessary ...
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97. | UK consumers start clawing their way out of the financial debt pit
Another year ended, and another round of UK debt statistics. CreditAction has just announced the latest summing up of the personal debt situation in the UK.
Their figures show that the end of ...
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98. | Judging the hidden costs of credit cards
Recent reports from CreditAction and the National Debtline appear to show that UK consumers are becoming more financially aware and are looking to reduce their levels of personal debt which have spiraled seemingly out of control over the past few years.
Despite the industry wide introduction ...
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99. | Diamonds are Forever
In October 2005, Egg asked the Social Issues Research Centre to investigate the trends that would define the "Noughties". They found that many people thought of the period as the "Decade of Fear", due to the immense media coverage of 9/11, the ...
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100. | Football fans can get to see all of the games this year
The ever-increasing season ticket prices means a lot of fans struggle to watch all of their team's matches. With the price of even just a championship season ticket being around £400 most fans can struggle to ...
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