Spend & Save

Top tips for cutting costs in the New Year

Sunday, 2 January 2011

The streets are littered with the remnants of Christmas – browning pine trees and binbags bursting with tinsel and shredded wrapping paper.

David Kuo: FTSE may dance higher, but the UK faces a painful rejig

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Investment Insider

Maryrose Fison: Personal finance just got a whole lot friendlier

Sunday, 2 January 2011

They used to be the preserve of spotty teenagers with too little homework and too many embarrassing photographs to share.

Mark Dampier: Problems in China may throw out predictions

Saturday, 1 January 2011

The Analyst

Questions Of Cash: Banks loom large in our sack of complaints

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Readers send in dozens of emails each month to this column – sometimes seeking advice or information, but mostly complaining about financial services companies and other service providers. We cannot guarantee success, but we probably get a good result for the majority of readers who contact us.

Money Insider: Crumbs of comfort for savers after a miserable year

Saturday, 1 January 2011

it's now well over three years since the banking crisis first took hold and TV news programmes caused widespread panic, showing hundreds of people queuing outside branches of Northern Rock to withdraw their cash.

Simon Read: It's the year to really get a good grip on your finances

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Happy new year! I trust that the hangover soon subsides but that any well-meaning resolutions you made last night last a little longer, especially if they are to do with getting your finances in order in 2011. Rest assured that we'll continue to bring you the best investment advice and money-saving tips as normal.

Five Questions About: Your rights in the sales

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Derek Pain: Out with the old and in with the new ahead of year of opportunity

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Iintend to make some significant changes to the no pain, no gain portfolio. The new year provides an ideal opportunity for such an exercise which will, I hope, allow my little collection of shares to face the vicissitudes that probably lie ahead.

Compensation for savers whose bank fails has just gone up to a maximum of 85,000

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Big Ben only stopped chiming in the new year a few hours ago but there is already good news for investors: the amount of compensation they can claim for deposits made to a financial services firm that subsequently collapses rose yesterday.