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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Sep 2013

Financial transactions tax faces criticism

Reading Time • < 1 minA tax on transactions made by banks and financial institutions in 11 European Union (EU) countries would be ‘illegal’, according...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Sep 2013

Switching current accounts made easier

Reading Time • < 1 minThe process of switching bank accounts from one bank or building society to another has been made easier following the...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 13 Sep 2013

Important information for NHS Pension Scheme members

Reading Time • 2 minsYou can save as much as you like towards your pension, but there is a limit on the amount of...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Sep 2013

One in three women protected by life assurance

Reading Time • < 1 minTwo in three women have never taken out a life assurance policy, according to a survey from insurance and pensions provider Friends Life. It compares to half of men who have held life cover at some point in their life. Life assurance...
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Reading Time | 3 mins 12 Sep 2013

Who wants to be an employee shareholder?

Reading Time • 3 minsWho wants to be an employee shareholder? In late 2012, the Government held a consultation into the employee shareholder concept....
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Reading Time | < 1 min 11 Sep 2013

End of auto-rollover energy contracts for businesses

Reading Time • < 1 minSmall businesses will no longer be locked into 'automatic rollover' energy contracts after five of the UK's 'big six' energy companies agreed to end the practice. British Gas, npower, SSE, EDF and E.ON have all agreed to abolish the practic...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 06 Sep 2013

Tips for businesses to secure bank loans

Reading Time • 2 minsNew guidance for businesses on securing bank finance has been released by two leading membership organisations from the business and banking sectors.The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have j...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 05 Sep 2013

Interest rates need to rise, Saga chief tells Bank of England

Reading Time • < 1 minLow interest rates are 'unhealthy for the economy' and are 'misleading borrowers', a former Government adviser has said. Dr. Ros Altman, director general of Saga, said that the Bank of England's (BoE) decision to keep the base rate low is e...
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Reading Time | < 1 min 04 Sep 2013

NI Government puts access to finance under spotlight

Reading Time • < 1 minNorthern Ireland's Finance Minister, Simon Hamilton, is beginning a series of talks with ministers and senior bank executives to address the economic challenges facing Northern Ireland. Hamilton said he wanted to put a 'renewed focus on acc...
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