Shiny Media Sites
Shiny Lifestyle
- Available For Panto
- Bayraider
- Brandish
- Corrie Blog
- Crafty Crafty
- Dollymix
- Hecklerspray
- Hippyshopper
- Kerching
- Lost Weekend
- My Chemical Toilet
- PopJunkie
- Star Trip
- TV Scoop
Shiny Tech
Shiny Sport
Shiny Fashion
RSS Feeds
The Mobile Phone Mountain
Marketing and advertising people – don’t you just love them? Well, if you’re in a relationship with one then you may well do.
But for many of us, their talent for making us buy things we really don’t need simply to keep up with whatever faux-fashion movement they have cynically created is somewhat annoying.
With-profits – Without-happiness
With the financial pressures put upon us all at the moment, most of the nation would be more than happy if they were able to squirrel some cash away in saving accounts. Yet a large number of savers who have put their money into with-profits funds are struggling to raise even a smile.
Make A Will Or Else
Have you made a will yet? Well, have you? Actually, it's none of my business, is it?
Anyway, if you haven't, then you are not alone. In fact, according to another new survey, this time from Axa Sun Life, pver half of adults in the UK are yet to make a will, therefore risking the distribution of their assets when they die.
Halifax Bank Wants To Give Away Money
What a nice bunch of people the Halifax are.
With £50million of unclaimed cash laying dormant in their accounts, the bank has decided to call in credit reference agency Experian to track down the 110,000 forgetful customers who own the funds which haven’t been touched for 15 years or more.
One Million Hit By Taxman Errors
Make sure to check just how much income tax you are paying, as our old friend the Taxman is back in the news, but this time for making quite a large hash of income tax collection.
According to the National Audit Office, HM Revenue and Customs calculated the tax correctly in 95 per cent of cases in the 2006/07 tax year. However, that still left one million people paying the wrong amount of tax, with £125million uncollected and a massive £157million overpaid.
Martin Lewis Misses Noodle: Cheap Holiday Mobile Calls
JUST been reading the article on Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis’s “Mobile Roaming - Cheapest calls when you’re abroad.”
It’s an interesting article, very well researched. But is didn’t pick up on noodle. Which for a man so in tune with the best deals around is surprising and, dare I say, remiss.
Save Energy: Share A Cremation
Council bosses in Blackburn have decided to cremate bodies three at a time in a cost-cutting exercise that, not surprisingly, has shocked grieving relatives.
The Darwen Borough Council in Lancashire plans to store bodies for up to 24 hours after a funeral before cremating them in batches of three in order save money on staff overtime. And while the Council is following national guidelines, the radical plans have met with strong local opposition.
Breathe: BT's Green Calling Card
Green sells. If you want to increase sales of your product, simply maximise its eco-credentials and hey presto, you’re in business.
Barlcaycard’s new Breathe credit card is the latest green product to hit the market, with the company promising to donate half the profits from the new card to the war against climate change.