2014

Sky TV customers could be hit with price hikes of up to £30/year after the provider has confirmed the new charges users face from September.

Drivers filling up at Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco will see petrol prices fall by up to 2p/litre from tomorrow.

HSBC and First Direct current account holders who go overdrawn for days on end could be worse off under a raft of fee changes coming into force in November. But the majority of customers will benefit from the overdraft fees revamp.

EE customers now have to pay for the privilege of getting to the front of the phone queue to speak to customer services, or face a potentially long wait on the line.

TalkTalk has upped the cost of its value line rental for the second time this year, but existing customers will only be hit by the price rise if they renew their deal.

Broadband only Virgin Media customers will see their bills rise by £1.50/month from October – but you can leave penalty free.

Many eBay users who opt to pay for upgraded listing services such as 'gallery plus' and subtitles to make their goods stand out from the crowd will pay more to do so from 14 August.

Graduates will pay less interest on their student loans from September, but fewer people with a pre-1998 mortgage style loan will qualify to defer theirs as the minimum earnings threshold needed to do so is falling.