Last week there was a slew of headlines on the alarming growth of personal indebtedness. The annual report of the Consumer Credit Counselling Service revealed that calls to its debt helpline rose by more than a fifth in 2005.
Since 1994, "unsecured" debt - credit cards and other personal loans - has increased more than fivefold. […]
Artists have always had a living to earn, and where there is a living to earn, there will be found an agent.
The art world as we recognise it had its origins in the 17th century with the beginnings of our modern, secular age. Especially in the fledgling democracy of the United Provinces – the […]
LLOYDS TSB said yesterday that bankruptcies accounted for 50 per cent of bad debt charges in its retail banking division.
Britain’s fifth-biggest bank said that bankruptcy-related bad debts had soared over the past year, as the number of bankruptcies across the UK doubled after the recent relaxation of the law.
The news came as Lloyds TSB […]
THERE are two sides to bankruptcy - the debtor and his creditors. If the politicians decide to put their thumbs on the scales of justice in favour of the former, they tip things against the latter. There is no way around this, so what we all need is some understanding of why, or indeed whether, […]
We've enjoyed some brilliant of sunshine of late. Adam Johnson looks back to that long, hot summer of 1976.
The year started off with a covering of snow and the lowest temperatures for a long time.
This was followed by ferocious storms, causing havoc and mayhem across the region.
But experts were predicting that the weather to follow […]
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