It is all to easy for a finance agreement to have payment protection insurance slipped into the figures without anyone noticing. In this repayment plan that I took out in August 2004, offered by Scan Computers as a 0% interest deal, the PDF ... (more)
One day, we'll be wondering how we ever managed to pay for things without our mobile phones. Right now, however, Barclays Bank is taking the plunge and allowing their customers to push payments from their smart-phone to someone else's phone ... (more)
There is some consternation over a website offering discount heating oil prices, as long as you pay for it using relatively unknown payment methods. The website in question is heatingoildelivery.co.uk, a plain affair with a payment page ... (more)
This is an exerpt of a message I received from Smile, regarding international money transfers: As from the start of business Monday 14th May 2007, there will be a change to the way international payments are processed. The USA Government ... (more)
Have you heard of in-app purchases? If you haven't now, you might have by the time your credit card bill or bank statement comes in. It's extremely easy to spend money inside iPhone and iPad apps, and you may not realise that the high-tech ... (more)
Time Trialling Cycling Time Trials (CTT) is the authoritative body for time trialling in the UK. It has a highly active and forward-looking membership, and this is reflected in its informative and up-to-date website. A handful of events ... (more)
On freelanceadvisor.co.uk: The definitive freelancer accountancy glossary and What is a sole trader?. The HMRC website offers lots of assistance. Join in a couple of HMRC self-employed webinars such as "Self-employment – what you need ... (more)
As a contractor or freelancer you are always at risk of being called to jury service, your contract being broken or being investigated by the HMRC. PCG is here to provide support in all these instances and many more too. Member Benefits ... (more)
Give your carefully created sitemap a mention in your robots.txt file. You simply use this format: Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml You can repeat this line many times, if you have many sitemaps (eg, a video sitemap as well ... (more)
It was once accepted that only websites handling financial data (such as customer credit card details) would need to implement security and get the padlock in the visitor's address bar - but not any longer. The padlock indicates that the ... (more)
Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and moderate their own comments platform, and they will also be able to benefit from the comments being ... (more)