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All About Council Tax Benefit
Council Tax is a tax paid by those who own their own home or rent a property to live in. It is used to fund local government services. How much Council Tax you pay is,...
All About Tax Rebates and Redundancy
Redundancy often means that you have paid too much in taxes for that year. Most people don’t realise this, meaning that their excess payment may go unreclaimed....
Can I Claim Jobseekers Allowance When Overseas?
The shock of being made redundant and the emotional impact it may have on you might tempt you to throw caution to the wind and get away for a few...
How does Redundancy Effect your Company Shares?
In the last few decades, more and more employees have come to own shares or share options in the companies they work for. Management fads which...
How Redundancy Affects Bonuses
In some jobs a significant part of the employee’s remuneration will come through bonus payments. These are usually paid on either a monthly or yearly basis, and can...
How to Manage your Debts
Debts often become a crushing burden after redundancy. Managing them successfully is the key to making it through the experience with your life intact....
Insurance Against Redundancy
Redundancy doesn’t have to have a catastrophic effect on your finances. Insurance options are available which will help you contain the damage and tide you over until...
Investing a Redundancy Payment
Redundancies often come with the silver lining of a substantial redundancy payment. For many people, this will be the largest cash amount they’ve ever had. If you can...
Living on a Reduced Income
When you’ve just been made redundant, it’s very important to get your daily finances in order to comport with your new income level.
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Negotiating a Redundancy Package with your Employer
Redundancy packages don’t have to be set in stone. Although it varies by company, and with the seniority of your position, there is often scope for...
Redundancy and Keeping Up Mortgage Payments
With estimates that UK unemployment could reach 3.2m by the end of 2010, there has never been a more important time to assess what you would do...
Redundant: What Debts Should I Pay First?
Many people make the common mistake of paying off their smaller debts first after being made redundant. It is always easier to pay off smaller...
Taking a Mortgage Break: Paying the Interest Only
Paying only the interest on your mortgage is a great way to trim down your monthly mortgage costs. It is not designed to be a permanent repayment...
The Best Way to Spend Your Redundancy Pay
To some, receiving a large redundancy payout will feel like hitting the jackpot.
Everybody’s circumstances are different and for many a...
What are my Obligations to Creditors?
The average Briton now has more than £30,000 in personal debt. If you’re made redundant, servicing your debts could obviously become a problem....
What Are the Financial Penalties Attached to Redundancy?
Being told you are to be made redundant is hard news for anyone to absorb, but it can be even more brutal if there are financial penalties...
What Happens to your Pension?
Most of us find pension matters confusing at the best of times. Add redundancy into the mix, and often heads start to spin. It’s important to know how your pension is...
What is PPI and can I Claim on it?
Payment Protection Insurance, or PPI for short, is often sold along with loans, mortgages or credit cards. Sometimes finance companies are even rather insistent that...
When Redundancy Insurance is Not Good
With the unemployment rate in the UK steadily creeping up there has been an increase in the number of people taking out redundancy cover....
Will I Receive Maternity Pay in Redundancy?
If your employer makes redundancies while you are absent on maternity leave you will still have rights and your employer will not be able to...
Will My Pension Be Affected by My Redundancy?
Many people pump thousands of pounds into their pension pot in the hope that one day it will blossom into a healthy retirement fund....
