Press Releases from Search For Credit (5 total)
Million Items lost each year and it’s your fault
“24 million British shoppers will spend 5 billion online this Christmas, an average of £208 each, generating 130 million internet shopping deliveries.”
On the outside every thing looks rosy in the garden. After all, we learnt from our mistakes with the dot com crash in the late 90’s, we invested in proper business, proper customer fulfillment, more accurate web analytics, usability testing, merchants are getting smarter and affiliates are right…
BARCLAYS PLC SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Roger Davis has decided to leave Barclays and will resign as a Director of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC and from the position of Chief Executive, UK Banking, at the conclusion of the Board Meeting that takes place on 8th December 2005. He will remain available to the Group until October 2006 and will ensure a smooth transfer of responsibilities. Roger has held various roles across the Group since…
Halifax reports rising house prices
House prices rose by 1.2 per cent last month, more than was expected, the Halifax said today.
But Nationwide stated House prices are likely to fall in the first half of 2006, with price growth becoming virtually stagnant by the end of next year, Britain's biggest building society the Nationwide warned today.
Martin Ellis, the Halifax chief economist, said: "The high level of employment and good earnings growth continues to…
Pension Policy Is Economic Fairytale
Gordon Brown's fairytale economics have condemned today's school leavers to work until they drop," claim The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh and Nic Cecil. "Youngsters will be knocking 70 by the time they qualify for a state pension."
Their report implies that Adair Turner, the chairman of the Pensions Commission, was referring to the chancellor on Wednesday when he reached the end of a study into Britain's pension policy and published his warning…
Tesco cuts Loan Rates
Tesco Personal Finance has cut the cost of borrowing by reducing the rate on its most popular band (£7,500 - £25,000) to 6.3% APR (down from 6.6% APR) for both online and offline customers. In addition, the £5k - £7,499 band has been reduced to 7.4% APR (down from 7.6% APR).
The loan is fixed, with no arrangement fees or additional charges, and has optional payment protection.
Elsewhere, HSBC net banking unit,…
