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Category Archives: Grey Products
Smart Meter Threats
The roll out of the Smart Meter programme for electricty supply has been badly handled from the start. It was always too ambitious and was launched with little explanation of what is was all about. It was clearly of … Continue reading
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Equity Release Puzzle
This is another follow-up to my post “Equity Release Revisited” which prompted me to look into the subject again and start a new series of blogs on the subject. I first wrote about this in 2012 and then again in … Continue reading
Equity Release Alarm Bells !
This is a follow-up to my post “Equity Release Revisisted” which prompted me to look into the subject again and start a new series of blogs on the subject. I first wrote about this in 2012 and then again in … Continue reading
Equity Release Sales Patter
This is a follow-up to my post “Equity Release Revisisted” which prompted me to look into the subject again and start a new series of blogs on the subject. I first wrote about this in 2012 and then again in … Continue reading
Equity Release Research Key Issues
This is a follow-up to my post “Equity Release Revisited” which prompted me to look into the subject again. I first wrote blogs about this subject in 2012 and then again in 2015. (You can find my earlier posts … Continue reading
Equity Release Revisited
I first wrote blogs about this subject in 2012 and then again in 2015. ( You can find my earlier posts by clicking on Equity Release in the TAG CLOUD). The use of this type of borrowing has grown substantially since … Continue reading
New Year Virtual Ramble
This is a continuation of my ramble through Silicon Valley and stumbling on the magical mythical unicorn. This is geekie speak which I will explain, before we start. A “unicorn company” is a start-up tech business that … Continue reading
