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End to interest-free student loans

August 26, 2010 Featured

End to interest-free student loans Most will pay 1.5%, while 400,000 face 4.4% interest Millions of borrowers with a student loan will no longer pay zero interest from next Wednesday (Sept 1). The interest rate will jump from 0% to 1.5% for 3.3 million students and graduates, it was confirmed today, while those who took [...]

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Is there another iPhone glitch?

July 23, 2010 News

Is there another iPhone glitch? Users charged £100s for ‘surfing web’ overseas when internet switched OFF Consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com is warning iPhone users to beware a possible glitch that could see them returning from their summer holidays with a shock bill for surfing the web on their handset, even if they’ve turned off that [...]

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The Hidden Holiday Charges Top 10

June 17, 2010 Featured
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The Hidden Holiday Charges Top 10 New research uncovers stealth charges adding £100s to holiday costs New research from consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com has revealed 10 major hidden charges holidaymakers get smacked with abroad, resulting in a fistful of extra costs. Yet, for every charge banks levy, there’s a counter move to avoid it … [...]

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Isle of Wight MP Welcomes Road Announcement

June 17, 2010 Driving
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MP Welcomes Road Announcement Andrew Turner has today welcomed the news that the Government is set to proceed with a massive £364m investment in Island roads under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Due to the very difficult state of the nation’s finances, a large number of public spending commitments have been axed.  All spending decisions [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

May 27, 2010 Business
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90% happy to deal in black economy – huge challenge for new govt Poll of over 10,000 shows most will pay in cash to help others evade tax In a massive poll on consumer revenge site MoneySavingExpert.com, 87% of people said they would happily pay in cash to get a discount, even if the person [...]

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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop Shalfleet

May 26, 2010 Green
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The Dairy Deli Farm Shop is situated on the A3054 in Shalfleet. Only yards away from Shalfleet Creek this oasis of local produce offers visitors a real chance to taste, smell and enjoy the rich variety of food produced on the Isle of Wight. The Farm Shop offers you, local meats fresh seasonal vegetables, fresh [...]

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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School

May 13, 2010 Events
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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School Shalfleet has been officially recognised a number of times for its efforts in being a healthy school. In 2007 the school was awarded the prestigious National Healthy School standard and won the Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance Award. In 2010, continued commitment to Healthy Eating [...]

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Go Wild in the Woods

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Go Wild in the Woods Come and enjoy a fascinating day in the life of the woodland of Firestone Copse during the spring half-term holidays on Wednesday 2 June. Set your alarm clocks early as the day begins at 5am with a dawn chorus walk followed by lots of other great wildlife activities throughout the [...]

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Children discovering nature at their own pace.

May 12, 2010 Days Out
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Naturezones is run at a ten acre site consisting of wildflower meadows and native woodland at Blackwater. It is a great venue for children to become Nature Detectives. The Wildlife Education Centre was set up by Angela Hewitt and her husband three years ago with the help of Heritage Lottery funding. Numerous activities include: Tuesday [...]

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Fancy Free Summer Festival Tickets?

May 8, 2010 Days Out
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Fancy Free Summer Festival Tickets? Where there’s a skill there’s a way… launches ‘Summer of Give’ campaign:  Give Time. Get Your Free Festival Ticket Suffering from a lack of festival funds? Finding that tickets are already sold out? Well, don’t write off the 2010 music festival season just yet says  , The National Young Volunteers [...]

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MoneySavingExpert.com

April 29, 2010 Business
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Consumer revenge website MoneySavingExpert.com and parenting site Mumsnet have joined forces to shove financial education back on the curriculum after it was killed off the ‘Children, Schools & Families Bill’ as a victim of last-minute pre-election legislation jostling. With over 10m unique users a month combined, the sites today launch www.financialeducationpetition.com. Parents and those let down [...]

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FSB SUPPORTER OF ROOM FOR ENTREPRENEURS

March 30, 2010 Business
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A conversation between the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and well-known inventor, Trevor Baylis, led to Mr Baylis suggesting the setting up of a room to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of small businesses or entrepreneurs. The idea was taken up and now the ‘Baylis Breakout Room’ has been opened at the Winchester Business School [...]

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New Car-Free Scheme hopes to make the Isle of Wight a ‘greener’ place to visit.

March 29, 2010 Driving
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New Car-Free Scheme hopes to make the Isle of Wight  a ‘greener’ place to visit. The brand new Car-Free Scheme, is the brainchild of Lois Prior, co-founder of the Big Green Island Project Community Interest Company. Lois has spent many years working to ‘green’ the island’s tourism industry and was given the opportunity to spent [...]

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VAT

February 23, 2010 Business

When VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists. Now that VAT has been increased back to 17.5% again this hidden tax has not been removed – hence recent rises in your fuel costs. Sign the petition at the link below [...]

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Business Link launches new online service for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Farmers

February 23, 2010 Business
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Business Link has launched a new online resource to help farmers and growers understand farming regulations, and manage the daily challenges of running a successful farming business. www.businesslink.gov.uk/southeast/farming is a dedicated new section on the Business Link website, which provides farmers in Hampshire and Isle of Wight with practical information and guidance to help them [...]

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Wi-cycle-it

January 29, 2010 Green

The UK’s No 1 FREE online Eco Auction Wicycle-it is the fun way to recycle your unwanted goods, gifts etc for cash! If you use ebay, and don’t like the high fees that you are charged, you’ll absolutely love what you are about to discover…Only private individuals can use Wicycle-It, so you can catch some real [...]

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