British Gas: Top Money-Saving Tips

British Gas' energy monitor, the "Pebble" in domestic settings

Top Tips for Making your Money Go Further In this day and age, it’s not just sensible but absolutely crucial to keep track of your spending habits and figure out where you can improve your finances in order to enjoy a better future. It’s amazing, just how easily money can be flittered away without even realising and, while sometimes, it’s on the frivolous luxuries we all love, much of the time, it’s because we’re not careful enough with our day-to-day spending.

A Total Public Rip-Off: The Great Train Robbery, Mark II

Network Rail - Pendolino

[ssexclamlist] Highest fares in Europe, with cramped conditions and old carriages. Biggest rail companies pay out 90% of operating profits to shareholders. Private companies neglecting investment in railways. Easily manipulated franchising system, at huge cost to taxpayers. Public rail bosses rewarded despite failing to meet modest punctuality targets.

The Scourge of Private Interests

Incredibles

Many of the issues of yesteryear are still just as prevalent today. Some, one suspects, are timeless. Greed will almost always divide and conquer. And if a functioning economy relies upon everyone co-operating in the public interest, we can pretty much forget about it.

Good news for first-time buyers across Scotland

Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Ian McGrail, Managing Director of FirstMortgage, an independent mortgage advice service, comments on the 'shared equity scheme' that has been announced to help new homebuyers based north of the border.