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Insolvencies hit new record

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Insolvencies hit new record - A record number of consumers became insolvent over summer as figures for those signing up debt management plans more doubled No help for Farepak victims - Retailers have abandoned as 'unworkable' plans make goodwill gesture families who lost millions Christmas savings when Farepak went under



Insolvencies hit new record  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
A record number of consumers became insolvent over the summer as figures for those signing up to debt management plans more than doubled
No help for Farepak victims  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Retailers have abandoned as 'unworkable' plans to make a goodwill gesture to families who lost millions in Christmas savings when Farepak went under
Market report: Friday close  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
17.00:Cigarette maker Gallaher was puffed higher today as investors caught wind of a 1150p-a-share approach for the Benson & Hedges maker- MARKET REPORT: Yesterday's trading
Mortgage repossession orders soar  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Official figures show the courts ordered 24,000 repossessions in the three months to September - a rise of more than 22% on last year
Xmas 'most expensive for years'  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Shoppers have been warned not to expect the one-off price blitzes and pre-Christmas sales that have become common over the past few years
Google moves on YouTube rights  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
YouTube's new owner Google is trying to persuade media companies to supply content to the home movies website to ward off copyright lawsuits
BA offloads Connect to FlyBe  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways finally quit the ultra-competitive domestic and European regional market today as it spent £150m offloading BA Connect to FlyBe
Sky broadband starts to pay for itself  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Pay television company BSkyB said today it has signed up 113,000 customers to its new broadband service but pre-tax profits still slipped 17%
Carphone rapped for silent calls  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse is one of four companies under fire from the telecoms regulator for making silent calls
Garage adds 20% to property value  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Parking charges that punish the owners of 'gas guzzlers' will force up the price of homes with a garage by up to 20%, say property experts
High bills fuel public backlash  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Soaring fuel prices have exacerbated customers' frustration at the standard of energy suppliers' customer service, according to a new report
Checkout finance is 'poor value'  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Research out today shows that supermarket and High Street financial products - loans, insurance and bank accounts - are poor value. Ed Monk investigates
House prices could fall by 2010  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The good news for first-time buyers - but potential bad news for homeowners - is that house prices could be fall by 2010, a study claims today
Hundreds fall victim to card scam  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Credit card holders have been told to check their bills after police uncovered a massive cloning fraud- ADVICE: Protect yourself against card fraud
Four million can't afford heating  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Four million householders will struggle to pay their power bills this winter, the Government's energy regulator Ofgem has warned
Town hall pension bill is up by £580m  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Taxpayers were hit with a £580m increase in the pension bill for town hall workers last year, new figures show
Debt doomsday 'is coming'  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain faces a debt doomsday where the number of adults struggling with their finances outnumbers those who can cope
Ryanair boss in four-letter tax blast  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Michael O'Leary has delivered a four-letter attack on calls for green taxes on air travel to combat climate change
Value in a devices deal  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
Despite the best efforts of the NHS, health care is one of the few sectors of British business which is thriving
The European Central Bank  [11/04/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain why the ECB in Frankfurt could be popular with skiers.