Make the effort and complain – it may be worth your while

Let’s face facts, we're a nation that loves to moan. Nothing escapes our attention, from the weather to the increasing cost of food and fuel, but when it comes to poor customer service and substandard products we just don’t formalise our gripes enough.
 

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Just who wants a recession?

According to recent reports, the UK is sailing dangerously close to a recession – defined simply as two quarters of negative growth. Unemployment is set to soar, the price of oil and food show no signs of slowing down, and house prices are expected to keep falling (as much as 35% according to Capital Economics).

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Getting tired of the ‘credit crunch’?

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a bit sick and tired of the words ‘credit crunch’. As a financial journalist I’ve spent the best part of a year trawling through page after page of worrying headlines, depressing stories and even gloomier predictions about how we’re all seemingly ‘doomed’.

Over the past few days there’s been some real gems:

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Falling property prices are the least of our worries

According to recent research by retail analysts Verdict, supermarket food is around 5.8% more expensive than it was at the start of the year.

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