A better class of loan
Despite politicians and other deluded souls spotting the 'green shoots of recovery' at regular intervals, the credit crunch is still very much with us for the foreseeable future. With traditional methods of obtaining credit no longer the lax affair that typified the boom years, even the well heeled are looking for other methods to solve their short term cash flow problems.
There has been a boom in firms like Cash Converters who operate a pawn broking service lending short term cash against jewellery. However, the atmosphere in these places is a trifle downmarket and some people don't really want to go to a store packed with Dazzer, Wazzer and Bazzer from Wythenshawe to get their loan.
