The minister responsible for the successful London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, Tessa Jowell (I find her name rather irritating for some unknown reason), has admitted ‘they’ would not have bid for the Games had it been known that a recession was just around the corner. It is interesting how ‘unseen’ this economic disaster was [...]

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Firstly, money that you load onto your FairFX prepaid currency card is actually held by Newcastle Building Society (NBS) which is a well capitalized ‘mutual’ Building Society. To this purpose, NBS is regulated under the Building Societies Act of 1986 as amended at the end of 2003, as well as by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Under [...]

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Simple – don’t go on the weekend. Think about it; when people decide to take a long weekend away they naturally book from Friday to Sunday/Monday. This will generally cost far more than say if you travelled mid-week, or even from Monday to Wednesday. Another way to get a cheaper deal is to take a [...]

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