Must read before signing: 10 things you must know about franchise contracts. Reading the small print and asking questions can save you from a franchise calamity.
Many people are turning to owning a franchise as an alternative to the standard corporate job. They’re attracted by the empowerment this strategy represents, and the control they’ll have over [...]

Subway - Founded: 1965
Franchising since: 1974
In 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and family friend Peter Buck opened Pete’s Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. With a loan from Buck for only $1,000, DeLuca hoped the tiny sandwich shop would earn enough to put him through college. After struggling through the first few years, the founders changed the [...]

Scottish Widows Investments
Look to Scottish Widows for a range of investments. From ISAs, OEICs, PEP transfer and flexible options bonds.

Legal & General Investment ISAs
Find out more about Legal & General’s range of ISAs. Invest online today from just £50 a month or £500 lump sum.

TD Waterhouse Self Select ISA
Our Self Select ISA puts you fully [...]

Isa limit increased from £7,200 to £10,200. Find out how it will affect you and how you can benefit from it. Does more mean better?

Some of the top selling cash ISA accounts have been withdrawn completely and others have had their rates lowered. Bank of England figures show that cash ISAs were paying an average return of just 0.42% in April 2009 down from 0.63% in a month before.
The drop is even more substantial from April 2008 when investors [...]

Shoppers in Germany will soon be able to buy gold as easily as bars of chocolate after a firm announced plans to install vending machines selling the precious metal across the country.

The best fixed rate loan is given by Britannia Building Society, at 3.94% for 5 whole years. It is an offer that is unlikely to last long, and may never be seen again. It’s almost a sin not to take the money. You could always do what millions of home owners are doing today, and spend it on new cars, exotic holidays and consumer goodies or invest it in the stock market. This is a bet that the great swing to low inflation, low interest rates and low share prices has come to an end. It’s not fanciful to suggest that you could make a third of what you borrow over five years, at low cost and comparatively little risk. Your choice.

An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include greater privacy, low or no taxation, easy access to deposits, and protection against local political or financial instability. But for how much longer?

A breakdown of the impact the financial crisis has caused over private pension, savings and retirement planning in the UK. The number of British citizens with no pension plan and no savings is increasing due to the financial crisis - BBC report.