What Consumer has compared the cost of making popular party food from scratch to buying it from the supermarket. Perhaps just as important as the cost issue, is the concern over salt, sugar and fat content in the food we serve to kids. Therefore, this section also explores the costs associated with making higher quality [...]

Payment Protection Insurance policies, or PPI would appear to generate nothing but bad news. This is due to the fact that these expensive and, some would say, badly designed policies have been mis-sold to people for whom they are not appropriate. This bad press has been exacerbated by various reports detailing just how profitable these [...]

The practice of incorrect or misleading descriptions, statements, marketing and pricing was made unlawful under the both the Consumer Protection Act and the Trade Descriptions Act. This legislation has now been replaced in large part by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The regulations outlaw three specific practices:

Misleading actions.
Misleading omissions
Aggressive sales tactics.

1. Misleading [...]

There is a wealth of ways in which retailers make high priced items affordable - you can choose to ‘buy now pay later’, or spread the cost in monthly instalments, or both. Whatever method you choose, you will be party to a consumer credit agreement, which may involve a third party finance company. The [...]

Credit Cards
Perhaps the most significant aspects of this piece of legislation is Section 75, which imposes equal liability on the creditor for breaches by the supplier. In other words, if the company you are buying from goes bust or disappears, or if the goods turn out to be faulty and you can’t get recompense from [...]