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  • Home insurance – The basics
    Home insurance and how premiums are calculated isn’t complicated. Endsleigh, a UK home insurance provider, sheds some light on the topic of insurance underwriting
    Posted: 2010-09-13
    Category: Insurance
  • No date set for radio switchover
    The Government is going ahead with plans for digital radio but no date has been set for the switchover, Communications Minister Ed Vaizey is due to announce.
    Posted: 2010-07-29
    Category: Satellite Radio
  • Older people 'to be £8bn worse off'
    A Labour MP has called for the VAT rise to be deferred, claiming that older people on lower incomes will be left £8 billion worse off once the state pension is linked to earnings next year.
    Posted: 2010-07-29
    Category: Elderly Care
  • Arthritis therapy test in UK first
    The testing of a stem cell therapy on patients for the first time in the UK could benefit people affected by osteoarthritis.
    Posted: 2010-07-29
    Category: Elderly Care
  • Age Concern Personal Alarm Services 30th Anniversary
    This summer, Age Concern Personal Alarms celebrates 30 years of helping people in later life or with health vulnerabilities to live independently.
    Posted: 2010-07-21
    Category: Arts & Entertainment
  • Bumper cold weather payment payout of over £4 million for Age UK gas customers
    Following the coldest period in decades1, gas customers on the Age UK* Energy tariff, provided by E.ON, are set to receive a Cold Weather Payment in total of over £4 million.
    Posted: 2010-07-21
    Category: Business
  • Age UK Enterprises picks up customer care award at the 2010 British insurance awards
    Age UK Enterprises* scooped up the ‘Customer Care Award’ at the 2010 British Insurance Awards, presented in front of 2,000 people from across the industry at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
    Posted: 2010-07-21
    Category: Business
  • Falls In The Over 65s Cost NHS £4.6 Million A Day
    Up to one in three (3.4m) over 65s suffer a fall each year, costing the NHS an estimated £4.6 million a day, according to new research out today from Age UK.
    Posted: 2010-06-28
    Category: Society
  • Many May Be Working Into Their 70's
    A major overhaul of the state pension system could see people having to work into their seventies.
    Posted: 2010-06-28
    Category: Society
  • Car insurance research reveals inadequate young driver training in UK
    A recent study conducted by a respected UK insurance provider shows that new drivers license recipients in the UK lack sufficient road experience when receiving their licenses. The study indicates that parents are largely to blame for this lack of practice. Equipped with only 29.9 hours of experience, compared to the Driving Standards Agency’s recommended 45 hours plus an additional 22 hours of private practice, young British drivers are some way behind the curve.
    Posted: 2010-06-24
    Category: Business
  • Older People’s Lives Will Be Put At Risk By Budget Cuts To Social Care, Warns Age UK
    In response to the Emergency Budget today, Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director at Age UK, said:
    Posted: 2010-06-23
    Category: Society
  • Protect Care From Budget Cuts - Age UK’s calls for the Emergency Budget
    With the Chancellor set to announce the scale of public spending reductions in next week’s Budget, Age UK is warning that cuts to social care budgets will put thousands of older people’s lives at risk.
    Posted: 2010-06-23
    Category: Society
  • Two Thirds Want Government To Abolish Forced Retirement Immediately, Says Age UK
    The Government should seize the historic opportunity to scrap the Default Retirement Age on a wave of public support and consensus across generations, says Age UK, revealing almost two thirds of adults want ministers to abolish forced retirement immediately1.
    Posted: 2010-06-23
    Category: Society