Online Britain

A new report commissioned by the governments Digital Inclusion Champion Marth Lane Fox has found that more than 10million adults across the UK have never used the internet. This equates to 17% of the entire population never been online and out of that 4 million are excluded due to their economic, employment or housing [...]

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Online energy savings!

Nearly 14million householders are being hit by a penalty of £200 for not paying their energy bills online. Individuals who pay their bills using the standard method of cash or cheque once a quarter seemed to be paying approximately £200 more then there neighbour who pays over the internet. The research was conducted by [...]

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Price Comparison War

Price comparison sites such as confused.com and moneysupermarket.com have expanded and the amount of money being used to advertise has increased dramatically. About 5 years ago when there was only four or five sites offering a comparison service has risen to an estimated 130. moneysupermarket.com announced that its profits fell as it [...]

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To blog or not to blog that is the …

A lawyer who was made redundant during the financial downturn has had her benefits removed because she was classed as earning a few cents from her personal blog through Google ad sense. Like many amateur bloggers she was hoping to generate some extra money when she signed up which allowed Google adsense to [...]

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