Shire Financial Management News

MPC united on rates and QE

26
Jan

MPC united on rates and QE Minutes from the monthly meeting of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee have revealed that all nine members were unanimous in the decision to freeze interest rates and not increase the programme of quantitative easing ...

Beware of ‘small print’.

05
Jan

Misleading Direct Line advert The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has barred Direct Line from showing a TV advert again after it was found to have misled consumers. The ad for featuring TV presenter Sarah Beeney explained the difference between landlord insurance and ...

Mortgage rates likely to soar?

05
Dec

Fears about rising Mortgage Rates

10
Nov

Fears for home loans as Libor creeps up The key measure of financial stress in the British banking system has hit its highest level for more than two years. The three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (Libor) - the interest rate that ...

Comparison sites not trusted, says Which?

17
May

Comparison sites are not providing their users with a good enough service for financial products, finds new research from Which? Money. In a comparison site satisfaction survey, Which? Money found that the average customer score for these websites was lower for ...