Energy Firms give ‘duff advice’ in Which? test

ENERGY firms have been giving duff advice to people looking to save money.

Consumer body Which? went undercover to test suppliers’ call centres, phoning each of the big six 12 times in a week.

Despite being asked for their cheapest deal, they were recommended a more expensive product

Your Fired!! Winner of ‘The Apprentice’ 2010 struggles with debts

Stella English has been ‘Fired’. She won The Apprentice in front of 10 million viewers in December 2010, has not only been let go by millionaire tycoon and television personality Lord Alan Sugar, but also faces financial worries.

Less than ten months after being officially crowned the Apprentice, Stella, 32, has been told by

‘Payday Loan’ victims quadruple in two years

The number of individuals turning to payday loans to keep them afloat until their next pay-cheque has quadrupled over two years, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Payday loans are attractive to some because they are a quick way of gaining short-term credit, however the charity is concerned that is has

Katie Price loses £14,000 to credit card fraud

£14,000 was fraudulently taken out of glamour model Katie Price’s bank account after an impostor wearing a blond wig and sunglasses managed to convince staff at an HSBC branch that she was the star. 

Katie, 33, only found out about the fraud after three of her credit cards were declined during a shopping trip in Brighton.

After complaining to her

“The only way out of a debt crisis is dealing with debts” Says Mr Cameron

The Prime Minister yesterday retreated from his plans to tell the public to pay off their credit card and store card bills after previews of his Conference speech were criticised.

David Cameron dropped calls to pay off debt, after members of the public protested that those in the red simply cannot afford

Debt Statistics October 2011

UK Personal Debt Statistics October 2011

 334 people every day of the year will be declared insolvent or bankrupt. This is equivalent to 1 person every 59 seconds during a working day. 1,391 Consumer County Court Judgements (CCJs) were issued every day during Q2 2011 and the average