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Russian invasion of Ukraine could further hike global energy prices and cut real incomes by 3.1%, economists fear more

More than 60 percent of Poles do not lend their family and friends money, and 34.7 percent grant loans to their relatives, according to a survey. Nearly 76 percent of lenders indicate that relatives are paying the debt on time.more

Due to the increased demand for cash, Narodowy Bank Polski informs that it has sufficient reserves to fully cover the demand of bank customers for cash.more

Bus passengers will bear the brunt of the fares rise announced by Mayor Sadiq Khan.more

Students who start university next year could be paying off their loans for 40 years after graduating, under new government plans for England. more

The Polish currency was appreciating by 0.09% against the dollar around 8:00, rising to around PLN 4.13 for the American currency. The exchange rate against the euro was 0.4% weaker, while for the euro you had to pay around PLN 4.65.more

A full-scale armed conflict is the worst-case scenario, which has not been taken into account by economists so far, reports today's Gazeta Wyborcza. We should take into account a further increase in inflation and a greater scale of interest rate increases - emphasize analysts.more

"Prices, fees have gone up recently. Repayment of franking credit is becoming a problem for me". - says Ms Paulina, who took out such a commitment in 2008. She intends to go to court on this matter. Nearly 40 percent of Polish franking borrowers plan to do the same - according to the research conducted by UCE Research and SYNO Poland.more

More than half of Britons are finding it harder to meet their monthly household budget than they were a year ago, the highest share in almost 10 years as inflation mounts, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed.more

The number of people homeless in England is predicted to jump by a third by 2024 as councils warn of a “tidal wave” of need caused by benefits freezes, soaring food and energy bills and the end of Covid eviction bans.more

The majority of the capital’s 33 boroughs are planning to increase their share of bills by the maximum 2.99 per cent permitted by the Government. more

Asda employees earn so little that they cannot afford to shop at the store, according to a recent survey by the GMB trade union. Some supermarket chain employees have to use food banks or rely on alms, it added.more

Air tickets in the European Union will soon cost several dozen euros more than at present. It is related to the EU climate policy - according to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Netherlands. Low-cost airlines will increase prices the most.more

Tube workers in London are set for a massive pay rise which could see their salaries increase more than 8%. The increase is expected to cost Londoners as much as £100m.more

In January, the annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom rose to 5.5%. and was the highest since March 1992, the National Bureau of Statistics (ONS) reported.more

Employees are afraid to ask for pay rises, often preferring to change jobs rather than talk to their bosses about a pay rise - assessed labor market experts yesterday during the presentation of the results of the Labor Market Monitor by the Randstad Research Institute.more

UK financial regulator wants Clearpay, Klarna, Laybuy and Openpay to make contracts easier to understand.more

UK wage growth is increasingly lagging behind rising inflation, with real earnings in December 2021 1.2 percent lower than a year earlier, the ONS statistics office said today.more

Media regulator Ofcom has urged all broadband firms to support low-income homes by offering discounted packages known as "social tariffs".more

The price of pasta, tinned tomatoes and strawberry jam jumped last year as the cost of supermarket staples rose, new figures for the BBC suggest. more

Tube and bus fares will rise by an average of almost five per cent in a fortnight, Sadiq Khan announced on Monday.more

At the end of 2021, loans taken out on their own were twice as bad as loans taken in pairs, according to the data of the Credit Information Bureau published today.more

The UK tax authority is facing “new and challenging risks” policing changes to the rules governing payment of contractors in the private sector, according to a report by the independent public spending watchdog.more

Half of Poles living in relationships believe that all expenses should be incurred jointly, and approx. 41% that it is the man who should bear the greatest financial burden - according to the study of the National Debt Register of the Economic Information Bureau.more

Pay-as-you-go customers are already going without gas and electricity in greater numbers ahead of big price rises, an energy supply boss has said.more