Despite the base rate dropping to a historic low of 0.5 per cent, credit card rates remain stubbornly high at 18 per cent on average, so it pays to find ways of cutting their cost
Owners and buyers of overseas properties should look to specialist currency transfer services, rather than banks, for competitive exchange rates and savings on a range of other charges
Household water bills in the capital will generally rise by a few pounds from 1 April 2010, with Thames Water's 2010/11 charges up an average of 1.3 per cent to £303