Investments
UK websites
Cornhill Property Investments
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www.cornhillproperty.com
Cornhill Property Investments offers property investment opportunities with clients ranging from first time investestors to professionals. Services include property advice, finance, legal advice, foreign exchange services and portfolio management. Cornhill Property Investments is based, quite properly, in Cornhill, London.
Cornhill Property Investments - property investment in Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Germany, Brazil, India.
Cahoot
• www.cahoot.com
Headers: Current Account, Credit Card, Webcard, Loans, Savings, Insurance, Mortgages, Sharetrading
Part of the Abbey National Group, Cahoot was launched on 2000 and is now one of the UK's leading online banks. Credit accounts have an automatic £100 interest free overdraft and free purchase protection. If you open a current account with Cahoot, you can them open a savings account with them. They are also offering fixed rate and flexible loans up to £20,000. You can also get travel insurance, motor insurance and home insurance. If you are concerned about using your credit card on the internet, Cahoot's webcard will automatically generate a unique transaction number each time you use it. You can apply for the webcard only if you have a Cahoot current account or credit card.
Directgov
• www.direct.gov.uk
Headers: Tax on Savings & Investments
Directgov (the government's online portal) offers useful information on tax on savings, including tax on bank and building society accounts, investing with ISAs, tax on UK dividends and tax on the sale of shares.
Every Investor
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www.everyinvestor.co.uk
Headers: The Share Weekly, Fund Investing, Moneymaker, SIPP Centre, Child
Savings Centre, Best Buys, Portfolio Service, Finance Directory, Fantasy
Share Game
Financial advice and information with a view to saving you money on all your
financial dealings from share investment to loans. If you want to test your share
picking skills, why not try out the Fantasy Share Game - its free and you could
be in with a chance of winning a cash prize.
Finanacial Services Authority
• www.fsa.gov.uk
Headers: Consumer Services, Regulatory Informaiton, Resources
Funded by the financial services industry, The FSA is a non governmental body that regulates the financial services industry in the UK.
A more user friendly and jargon free offshoot of the FSA website that is aimed primarily at consumers is www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk which contains guides concerning everyday financial matters, articles about financial products such as banks accounts, loans, equity release etc. There is also a set of tools that includes mortgage, loan, pension and budget calculators, financial healthcheck and debt test. You can also check the FSA register from here. They also have a section call scams and swindles which contains information on how to protect yourself from unauthorised firms, identity fraud, share scams, chain letters, fake websites and more.
IFA Promotion Ltd
• www.unbiased.co.uk
Headers: Businesses, Savings & Investments, Mortgages, Pensions, Tax, Protection, Healthcare, Expatriate, Ethical Investing, General Insurance
IFA (Independent Financial Advisors) currently have over 10,000 member IFAs on their database that you can search for free plus there is a wealth of information and advice on a wide range of finance related topics. IFAP in a non profit organisation funded by 26 sponsors which includes Axa, BUPA, Eagle Star and Canada life.
Moneyfacts
• www.moneyfacts.co.uk
Headers: Investments Best Buys, Investments Explained, Savings, Pensions, Svaings Guide, Pensions Guide
Moneyfacts offers independant and unbiased information from the UK financial markets. Information is constantly updated. There are clearly laid out guides on a wide range of financial topics plus calculators and a budget planner.
National Savings & Investments
• www.nationalsavings.co.uk
Headers: Premium Bonds, ISAs, Savings Certificates, Childen's Bonus Bonds, Income Bonds, Capital Bonds, Equity Bonds, Investment Account, Savings Account, Ordinary Account
Founded in 1861 as the Post Office Savings Bank, National Savings took on its present name in 1969. It still retains its original purpose of providing a government backed means of saving and of providing the Exchequer with a source of funding. You can now buy a wide variety of financial products in addition to premium bonds plus there is a very useful "Jargon Buster"!
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