Archive for January, 2012

Britain - Credit Stock

Fraud hits a record high of £3.5bn

2011 saw the cost of fraud reach its highest level in Britain as the economic gloom and austerity measures continued. Accountant KPMG announced that it has been an ‘extraordinary year’ for conmen, as fraudulent activity rose to a staggering £3.5billon. …

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Britain - Bham Airport

Rise of the five day break – work too pressured for longer holidays

29 per cent of holidaymakers jetted off for just five days in the last year

Work pressures blamed for changing the traditional British holiday abroad New research commissioned by Select

Britain - Cheap Meals calls last orders

Recession busting meals for £1 could be the end of boozer

THE OWNER of a bargain boozer which hit the headlines for its recession-busting ONE POUND meals has been forced to call last orders on the business. Once a popular

Blacks

The consumer recession: Good for the individual, bad for the economy.

Britons consumer economy is once again trying to dodge a recession, but a poll showing peoples financial priorities for 2012 has highlighted the

corporate trustees

Mistakes by corporate trustees

Prior to 2011 mistakes by corporate trustees could be undone by them, under certain circumstances and in line with a rule called the Hastings Bass rule, based on the

EasyJet

EasyJet announce good start to the year with revenue up by 17%

The low cost airline EasyJet have announced that due to good weather over the winter months of 2011 and an increase in business class passengers, they have experienced

Julie Kirkbride

1 in 5 Landlords Bought Additional Property in 2011

The activity was driven by strong positive expectations for both capital growth and income returns for the year ahead.

London clearly leads the way with 85.1% of respondents expecting

House prices in the UK are broadly stable at the moment

Cheap loans aren’t helping first time buyers

Banks are promising to improve the number of cheap deals for first time buyers, but they will still struggle to get a mortgage in 2012. Experts have warned that

Unemployment

Unemployment: the World’s worry

A survey conducted by the BBC World Service has found that unemployment is a growing worry for people in over 23 countries worldwide. Over 11,00 people were surveyed about

Mint

Smaller 5p and 10p will save Treasury £8million a year

The tiny new 5p and 10p coins are designed to save the Treasury about 8million every year. But they may turn into a massive pain for consumers because its

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