FairQuid

26/03/2019

Awesome milestone, so proud to have been on the journey with the team at Jubilee Tower Credit Union

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This week we joined up our 5000th adult saver! David Frankland joined us through our payroll deduction scheme with FairQuid. FairQuid aim to help employees in local businesses save by making the process as quick and simple as possible, where employees can save directly from their wages.
We’d like to thank the repeated support of all of members in helping us grow and allowing us to continue to provide easy accessible financial services to Blackburn and Darwen! ✨✨

11/12/2018

We know that people spend more than what comes in every month and debt is a worrying trend in the UK. Read on to learn more about what the government is doing to tackle this and what is central to bringing about change 👉
https://fairquid.co.uk/government-aims-to-address-debt-burden-through-no-interest-and-extended-repayment-schemes/

03/12/2018

Tip 3 is a good one!

The pressure to overspend at this time of year is immense - but beware the festive financial fallout. Vicky Shaw seeks some advice.

29/11/2018

Great advice from The Money Advice Service on how to track your expenditures better

Ever wondered where your money has mysteriously disappeared to by the end of the month? Well… there’s a good chance you’ve eaten it.

13/11/2018

We've got to educate ourselves! Despite millions of consumers using their overdraft every month, one in five (21%) don’t know what it costs them!

Twelve million current account holders at the biggest high street banks could be paying more than £640 million too much on their overdrafts, according to uSwitch.com. With the big banks charging over 50 times more than the cheapest in fees and interest on the typical overdraft, consumers are missin...

08/11/2018

Sharing is caring!
You can download a free copy of Martin Lewis' financial education book here

All 3,400 state-funded schools in England will receive 100 free copies of the 150-page textbook

18/10/2018

It's today! The values we believe in are fairness & inclusion. Our platform provides employees with financial education, ethical savings accounts and access to fair credit. What are your values?

World Values Day is on 18th October 2018 - To find out more, follow the hashtag and visit https://www.worldvaluesday.com/

12/09/2018

Our latest quick read on credit scores and the inequality faced when applying for affordable access to fair credit in the UK

Why are there disparities in access to fair credit in the UK?

15/08/2018

How can employers avoid negative media coverage in the gig economy? Learn more here

The gig economy gets a lot of bad press. But how can it be avoided? How can you be proactive about your workers' rights?

08/08/2018

Mental illness should not be equated with weakness! We need to find solutions to reduce presenteeism and have

The number of days taken off due to illness in the UK is at a record low – but it could be a sign of economic weakness rather than strength

06/08/2018

Find out what the most common reasons for people filing for bankruptcy were

The Insolvency has published the latest personal insolvency figures for England and Wales which indicate that total individual insolvencies continued to increase in Q2 2018, reaching the highest quarterly level since Q1 2012. The Insolvency Service says that this was driven by increases in individua...