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What’s the difference between a soft and hard credit search?
To minimise the impact on your credit score try to avoid hard credit checks. Their imprint reduces your credit rating. Stick to soft searches where you can.
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Should I go to University or get a job?
Motivation versus qualifications. What's going to get you the well-paid career? Is it financially worthwhile getting a degree? Here's our "thought guide".
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TV soaps highlight the risks of using illegal money lenders
A bad credit history and rejections by lenders may make you want to borrow from a loan shark or illegal money lender. Don't! There are other options.
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A guide to self storage in the UK
If your home is gradually filling to the brim with stuff then you could store it elsewhere. Here's our guide to the UK's self storage service.
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Home improvements that give the best financial return
Loans are cheap and savings aren't generating any interest. You could profit more by spending money on your property. But what improvements should you make?
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Steady as she goes for the UK’s Secured Loans market
Growth in the UK's secured loans market is continuing. And there are no signs of any instability. Why might you want to consider a secured loan?
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How to protect your pension if you are a stay at home parent
If you are in charge of running the household you still need to plan your retirement and ensure you have a sufficient pension. Here are some pension options
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What’s the current thinking on the shape of Brexit?
The UK is now moving headlong towards Brexit. But what does this mean for trade arrangements with the EU? How will the economy and employment be affected?
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12 million Britons have a poor credit rating!
It's a trend that's worrying many observers and is reminiscent of the prelude to the 2008/9 financial crisis. Read on, and take care.
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