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Masses not prepared for trouble ahead

Story by: David Pawsey, Mortgage Adviser

Less than one in six people have adequate financial provisions if they were unable to work due to long-term illness or incapacity, according to a YouGov survey.

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 01.10.2008
• Published in: Insurance

Shareholders question online voting system

Alliance & Leicester has denied some shareholders were unable to vote due to problems with its online polling system.

• Date published: 24.09.2008

Santander 'only option', says bosses

Only one deal was ever on the table for Alliance & Leicester, according to the lender's board.

• Date published: 24.09.2008

A&L moves to seek shelter from storm

External market pressures rather than internal factors led to Alliance & Leicester's board recommending Santander's takeover to its shareholders, according to the bank's bosses.

• Date published: 24.09.2008

Gov't plans merely a plaster, says industry

Despite government measures to kick-start the housing market urgent action is needed to address the problem of mortgage funding, according to the housing and mortgage industry.

• Date published: 10.09.2008

Plan will still leave some borrower's stranded, claims adviser

Pockets of consumers will still be left stranded despite the government's rescue package, according to Torquil Clark.

• Date published: 10.09.2008

Key points of £1bn package

The government's £1bn housing package is designed to help first-time buyers, support vulnerable homeowners at risk of repossession and the house-building industry.

• Date published: 10.09.2008

An epic tragedy in Black & White

The collapse of the Black & White Group showed advisers, just like lending giant Northern Rock, can also fall from a great height as a result of the credit crunch.

• Date published: 16.04.2008

Try to remember the way we were

The difference a year can make was clear from Northern Rock's lengthy set of annual results, which read like a guide on how to take a profitable business and turn it into a disaster. Just 12 months ago the now nationalised lender was on course to achieve asset growth of 12.4 per cent.

• Date published: 09.04.2008

C&G for all seasons

• Date published: 27.02.2008