Caroline Bloor
Consumer Affairs, Personal Finance Journalist at Freelance
Consumer affairs and personal finance journalist | freelance | creative writer
Articles
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Jan 15, 2025 |
goodhousekeeping.com | Caroline Bloor
If you regularly pay out for routine health treatment, like the dentist, optician, physio and prescriptions, we want to let you in on a well-kept secret that could help you cut the cost. Increasingly patchy access to NHS services is fuelling a surge in demand for private health cover.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
goodhousekeeping.com | Caroline Bloor
What do Innocent Drinks, Moonpig and Not on the High Street have in common? The founders of each of these businesses started them as a side hustle in their spare time. Here’s how you can too. Whether you’ve reached a ‘what now?’ or ‘I don’t want to be doing this when I’m 70’ moment, or you’re driven by a practical need to boost your income, starting a money-making sideline around the day job has a lot to recommend it.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
goodhousekeeping.com | Caroline Bloor
We all know we should shop around for a better deal on our savings but, let’s face it, it’s a time-consuming chore. So it’s little wonder that 58% of us keep our savings with the same bank as our current account, according to new research by Flagstone, and that only 23% of savers have switched their savings account in the last six months to get a better interest rate. Enter: the cash savings platform.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
goodhousekeeping.com | Caroline Bloor
If you have gaps in your National Insurance record, you could be on track for a smaller State Pension than you think. The deadline to plug the gaps between 2006-2018 closes this April. Time to find out if you could boost your State Pension!What’s all the fuss about?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
goodhousekeeping.com | Caroline Bloor |Sarah Bridge
If you are struggling to meet your monthly mortgage payments, you are not alone. Thanks to the ongoing squeeze on spending and the rise in interest rates over the last few years, many people are at risk at falling behind with their mortgages. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned in July that hundreds of thousands of homeowners are to fall into arrears as sustained high interest rates continue to impact family finances.
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