moveme.com

We’re looking for an ASP.Net and Javascript developer to join our little family very soon, to work on our Yahoo! award-winning Ajax-based move planning application. If you have a lust for designing intelligent systems, both on the server side in C# and in the browser in Javascript, drop Andy a line on andy.skipper@moveme.com or 0207 808 5925. Be prepared to show some examples of your work so far - we want to see some serious bling!

Here’s what we’re looking for:

- ASP.Net with C#
- Javascript/Ajax/JSON - we use the Prototype and Scriptaculous frameworks, but any experience of Dom-level coding and XHR will get you by
- SQL Server 2005 - indexing, stored procedures, optimisation, etc
- Some server administration, IIS, SQL Server, Windows 2003

You’ll be joining a team of seven web ninjas sitting in the orangest tech zone you’ve ever seen. If you have any experience in creating widgets, both for the web and for the desktop, we’d be especially intested in speaking with you!

Call Andy on 0207 808 5925

Identity fraud is now one of the fastest growing areas of crime with more than one in four people claiming that they have either been a victim themselves, or know someone who has. Recent Home Office figures suggest that it is currently costing in excess of £1.7 billion, or £35 per adult, annually and is rising every year. So what is identity fraud and what steps can you take to prevent it from happening to you?

Identity theft is the appropriation of an individual’s personal information, which can then be used to fraudulently obtain goods, loans, credit, employment and mortgages. Any personal information such as your bank details, utility bills, and national insurance number – or even something as innocuous as your date-of-birth – can be enough to

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You’ve waited long and hard; we’ve worked longer and harder! And now, at last, it is here…
The changes you have asked for have been made, your wishes granted, your moving problems solved… the Home Move Revolution has come…

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For many of us 2008 hasn’t got off to a great start; according to The Council of Mortgage Lenders repossessions rose by 21% last year - as the affects of the credit crunch began to take hold - and Britain’s financial regulator recently warned that over one million families are at risk of losing their home in the coming 18 months; with rising interest rates and higher fuel bills cited as major contributing factors. The Bank of England responded last month with a quarter percent reduction in the base rate, but thousands of people still find themselves struggling to meet their financial commitments. What then, to do, if you find yourself unable to meet your monthly mortgage or rent payments?

Mortgage arrears

• Act quickly - the longer you leave it the more difficult it will become to tackle your arrears.

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The recent credit crunch has not only prompted high-street lenders to tighten their lending criteria but, for the time being, has also put paid to 100% plus mortgages aimed at first-time buyers. However, first-time buyers are not the only casualties of the credit crackdown. The Financial Services Authority has voiced its fears that up to 1.4 million home-owners could struggle this year when their fixed-term mortgages expire; borrowers with a typical fixed-rate repayment mortgage of £200,000 could see monthly payments rising by as much as £200 once they revert to the standard variable rate. So with the onus firmly now on would-be borrowers to demonstrate that they are a sound financial prospect, a good credit track record is essential.

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