Barclays comes under fire...

February 14, 2011

Barclays has been accused of making a mockery of bonus restraint as it hiked staff pay by a quarter while continuing to starve small businesses of funds. The bank unveiled a 32% rise in profits for 20...

Interest rates on cash ISAs...

February 11, 2011

Interest rates may have been at a record low for almost two years now, but savers were cheered this week with the news that the average interest rates on Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) have hit a...

Cash ISA rates spike...

February 10, 2011

New figures show that interest rates on tax-free cash ISAs are at their highest level for two years –giving UK savers a welcome boost in an otherwise tough financial climate. The average rate of...

Banks cave in to OsborneR...

February 09, 2011

The government’s Project Merlin scored a wizard result for commonsense as the bank’s cavedin to demands to lend more and pay less bonuses. Chancellor George Osborne has ended up pretty muc...