Andy Adams - Articles

Electricity prices drop whilst Gas remains high
Home Utilities like Gas and Electricity supplies, water and telephone bills are all expenses that can creep up on you with little indication of how much you’ll be paying until the bill drops through the letter box. With money being tighter than ever a lot of homeowners have found that its little things like bills that are secretly costing them a substantial sum of money. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Accessories

Virgin Broadband set to soar to 200Mbps
In recent years Virgin Media’s adoption of NTL and Telewest has resulted in many of their customers getting a much improved service from adding the Virgin On Demand service to XL customers for free providing them with a wealth of programmes which they can watch at the drop of a hat to cheaper phone calls and call plans that rival some of the best mobile phone contracts. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Networks

Mobile Phones: The Touch screen revolution
Mobile phones are vital parts of our lives these days, form the businessman clinching a deal on the go to a child who gets a call from their parents asking them where they are, almost everyone seems to have mobile phones these days, sometimes more than one. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Cell Phones

Mobile Phone buyers warned over insurance scam
Mobile Phones are an almost mandatory part of our lives these days, an overwhelming percentage of the British population owns at least one mobile phone with some people even owning two: One personal and one work or business phone. There are people buying new phones every day and so there’s plenty of room for uncertainty in the owner’s eyes with these small high tech gadgets in their pockets. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Cell Phones

The key to cheaper car insurance is in the details
Being able to cut down on our expenses by being more financially aware has been a growing trend since the early 2000’s with many people comparing their providers of mortgages, credit cards and even their gas and electricity providers. By doing this many UK homeowners have been able to make substantial savings by doing just a small bit of research on their part. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Insurance

Car Insurance: The true cost of Drink Driving
Nowadays with the daily costs of motoring on the rise many motorists are cutting down on the money they spend whether it’s travelling throughout their town to find the cheapest petrol prices or simply trying to cut back on using their cars so much. One of the main areas drivers are able to cut back on the expense of owning a car is insurance. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Cars

Insurance woes hurt the pockets of motorists
Everyone knows that driving a car means you have a fair few extra expenses like maintenance, fuel as well as insurance which can in many cases be a hefty cost for being able to drive. The thing with insurance is that it is mandatory in the UK and most other countries and driving without it will often cost you much more than its worth. Read
By: Andy Adams | 31/03/2009 | Insurance

Toxic Loans And You – An Explanation Of The Latest Financial Buzzword
Many of us have little care for the banks that are in trouble, or at least we don’t care unless it’s our bank that is faltering anyway. The image that is given off by the press is that the banks have spent the past few years being incredibly irresponsible with our hard earned money and there’s a good chance that our money may disappear. Read
By: Andy Adams | 03/03/2009 | Personal Finance

Credit Card Use: Are We Spiralling Out Of Control?
Credit cards used to be used only for large expenses like appliances or other expenses that we normally can’t pay up for up front, when the cost is spread out through repayments credit cards can be really useful. The trouble is that over the past few years we seem to be living in a credit culture where people have been blasé about getting into debt and not thinking of the future. Read
By: Andy Adams | 03/03/2009 | Credit

Missing Your Mortgage Payments: What To Do When You Can’T Pay Your Mortgage
It’s been no secret that many homeowners and prospective buyers have had trouble over the past year; payments missed, interest rates rising as well as other contributing factors such as banks going under and being brought back from the brink of collapse by nationalisation. He shocking statistic of last year has definitely got to be the increase in home repossessions, which jumped by 58%. Read
By: Andy Adams | 03/03/2009 | Personal Finance