She thought the cards were ‘free money’. A woman who racked up £40,000 in debt after she became hooked on online shopping didn’t realise she would have to pay back the money she’d spent. Maddy Alexander-Grout was 18-years-old when she received several credit cards during her freshers week at university. In the subsequent years, Maddy […]

2 years ago

He’s rumoured to have squandered much of his $650 million fortune Johnny Depp has been forced to take out an eye-watering loan as he struggles to revive his acting career. The actor approached City National Bank – nicknamed the ‘bank to the stars’ for its bumper borrowing deals to A-listers – during the height of […]

2 years ago

Energy bills are set to go up in October and even further by April 2023 UK households are already said to owe £1.3 billion in outstanding energy bills before prices are set to skyrocket by a further 80 per cent in October. Approximately six million homes across owe an average of £206 to their energy […]

3 years ago

The government says the new plans will reduce the bill for taxpayers Students who start university next year could be paying off their student loans into their 60s as part of new government proposals for student finance. Currently, student loans are written off if they’ve not been paid back after 30 years. However the government […]

4 years ago

A letter said the school cook has been told not give food to children if ‘their debt has not been cleared’ A headteacher at a school in Wales has told parents that pupils whose accounts are any more than a penny in debt will not be fed. Parents of children at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in […]

4 years ago

The Catalan club could be pulled out of the mire by foreign investment Barcelona have apparently received an offer of approximately €1.5 billion (£1.2bn) from a Dubai based company which would help them clear their humungous debts. As reported in the Mirror, the Spanish giants were made an offer to refinance their debts from an […]

4 years ago