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UK Families Face Food Bills Increase Of £1,100 this year (Sports Arbitrage News)

Families in UK are being forced to shell out further £1,100 in order to feed their families. This figure represents a sharp increase over the past twelve months in food expenditure for the citizens of the country.
Major staple products sold at biggest supermarkets in UK have raised the prices of these items by 21%. These [...]

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Sex & The City Generation Gets Careful With Finances (Sports Arbitrage News)

The young generation of today is more interesting in spending their incomes rather than saving for their future Women between the age bracket of 25 and 40 are more likely to own items of consumerism rather than posses any form of retirement plan but with economy changing for the worse most of them have been [...]

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Motor insurance premiums at an all time high (Sports Arbitrage News)

When compared to the last fourteen years motor insurance premiums are at an all time high and they have doubled the figures of what prevailed earlier. Currently the average annual car insurance premium is £720 which is £20 more than what was charged a year back. When compared with 1994 the average cost of the [...]

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Final Salary Pensions Available To Fewer (Sports Arbitrage News)

As per recent statistics fewer people have found place in the gold plated company pension schemes when compared to the last three years. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics state that the occupational pension scheme member numbers has nosedived from 9.8 million to 8.8 million in the year 2007. 
Other statistics reveal that the [...]

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Credit Crunch Effects Eating Habits Of Britons (Sports Arbitrage News)

Food takeaways are going through a bad phase as people have started to cut down on orders and this was found out by a survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of Sainsbury’s. A survey was prompted after the supermarket chain witnessed a jump in sale of its curry ingredients when compared with the sales of [...]

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Current UK Unemployment Figures Worse Than 1992 (Sports Arbitrage News)

The UK is experiencing job losses which can be termed as the worst in the last sixteen years and all the blame goes to the credit crisis which is looming large over the country. The country has seen a rise in the number of people claiming unemployment benefit which is being regard as one of [...]

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Gold bars find record investors in UK (Sports Arbitrage News)

Low confidence in UK banking system coupled with volatility in stock markets has increased the demand for gold coins and bars among private investors which can be termed as the highest in the last twenty five years. The unprecedented rush for gold among investors has seen gold prices cross the mark of $1,000 on several [...]

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Long term savers can gain from bad market conditions (Sports Arbitrage News)

A number of people spend their savings in company pension schemes but the results have not been too encouraging either. Year end schemes have fallen by more than ten percent and situation has deteriorated with UK blue chip stock prices falling by one fifth when compared to the previous year.
People who are part of [...]

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Housing rates plummet by more than £4,000 in UK (Sports Arbitrage News)

The current UK property market looks gloomy since as per a latest property market survey, people trying to sell off their homes are being forced to reduce their prices by more than £4,000 of the originally quoted.
If market sentiments are to be believed then the average asking price has nosedived to £235,219 in the months [...]

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UK economy facing a crunch week (Sports Arbitrage News)

Financial markets and economy are under intense financial pressure due to economic crisis looming large over UK. The Bank of England seems to be caught in a tizzy between slowing consumer sector and rising inflation. Prices of producers are at an all time high and housing market is experiencing its worse slump in the last [...]

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