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23rd September 2009
UK savers were badly hit in the worst of the recession, as base rates continued to fall to their lowest level in history – 0.5%, the rate at which they still remain, marking the sixth month in a row.
This caused the UK savings market to crash, forcin... Read >
Author: Sam Gooch07th September 2009
When the recession bites, insurance is one of the first things we tend to cut-back on. This trend has been widely reported since the peak of the credit crunch, yet the most recent reports according to The Guardian show the true extent to which we have tu... Read >
Author: MarkeD28th August 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are involved in a dispute regarding a property development plan on Dunsfold Aerodrome, well known by many as the test track used by BBC series Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richa... Read >
Author: Samuel Gooch13th August 2009
The Bank of England has today announced plans to inject a further £50billion through its quantitative easing programme – a process used to help stimulate the economy by putting more money into circulation.
The new plans will increase total spendings... Read >
Author: Which4u11th August 2009
Danbro, the award-winning specialist accountancy firm for contract and freelance workers, is warning contractors to ensure they do genuinely fit the criteria of being self-employed ahead of a likely government crackdown.
The government is currently consu... Read >
Author: Jenny Thaw01st August 2009
Evidence has now revealed that Britain's debt is at its worst since the Second World War, as the black hole in the country's finances deepens.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the countries total borrowing has increased to ... Read >
Author: Arti29th July 2009
It is interesting to speculate on the impact the new government scrappage scheme will have on the availability of obtaining used car parts online.
The budget that will be presented by the chancellor Alistair Darling is quite likely to announce a scheme... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer17th July 2009
In 2009's Budget, the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced a new ‘car scrappage' scheme designed to encourage motorists to buy new cars. The scheme started on the 18th May and is available to the first 300,000 eligible claimants or until the end of F... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer12th July 2009
With the news that Guy Hands has moved to Guernsey, heading a queue of tax exiles some prospective tax exiles are starting to consider Sotogrande and Gibraltar as a much more luxurious and desirable option. Guy Hands is the latest wealthy businessman to... Read >
Author: Susana Suspenda23rd June 2009
In the midst of this current recession, there will be an unprecedented number of businesses seeing red for the first time when they come to draw their year end accounts. For some this will be the first time that they have not made a profit, having benefi... Read >
Author: melaverty12th June 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are involved in a dispute regarding a property development plan on Dunsfold Aerodrome, well known by many as the test track used by BBC series Top Gear.
Campaigners are angered that the decision f... Read >
Author: Which4u05th June 2009
On the 22nd April, as part of the 2009 budget, Cllr Alistair Darling announced the launch of a nationwide ‘scrappage scheme' in order to stimulate the floundering UK motor industry. Such incentives are not new internationally, however they do vary from... Read >
Author: MarkeD05th June 2009
As they brace themselves for a rise in defaults, mortgage lenders have published their plans to minimise the number of people who have their homes repossessed. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said that while mortgage arrears and repossessions were e... Read >
Author: michael challiner18th May 2009
Simon Parsons on pensions: anti-forestalling
It is important that everyone is encouraged to save for their retirement, but I intend to address the anomaly which sees a tiny proportion of the top taking a large slice of the help...Alistair Darling, Chance... Read >
Author: Simon Parsons18th May 2009
In the budget in April, the chancellor Alistair Darling announced that children with a disability will get an extra £100 per year towards their Child Trust Fund. This will be £200 per year for those children with a severe disability.
The Child Trust... Read >
Author: amnorge12th May 2009
According to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, we have no need to worry too much; all is going to be well, after all. Everything’s under control and by 2011 Britain will be showing growth of 3.25 per cent. As that will be the fastest gro... Read >
Author: michael challiner11th May 2009
In February, those with their eye on the UK housing market would have noticed the confusing and conflicting data given by two of the leading house price indices, Halifax HPI and Nationwide HPI. At that time, whilst the latter had published a recent drop ... Read >
Author: MarkeD08th May 2009
In the week that Alistair Darling announced this years Budget Report it was inevitable that there would be voices of discontent raised about the government's plans for the housing and conveyancing sectors and this certainly held true, with one Tory MP arg... Read >
Author: Darrell01st May 2009
Alistair Darling’s 49 minute address in the House of Commons this lunchtime left me with the overwhelming response that this was an extraordinarily, unimaginative and uninspiring Budget – as far as encouraging the spirit of enterprise in the UK is con... Read >
Author: joanne15th April 2009
The government has announced that the nationalised lender Northern Rock is to resume lending in new mortgages with up to £14 billion by 2011. This will made made up from an expected £5 billion this year and a further £9 billion in 2010.
The mortgage... Read >
Author: Samuel Gooch09th April 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling bowed to pressure last night and cut the planned 5% rise in business rates that was threatening to cripple many small firms.
In a last-minute reprieve, Darling said that the rate rise, which applies only in England at presen... Read >
09th April 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling bowed to pressure last night and cut the planned 5% rise in business rates that was threatening to cripple many small firms.
In a last-minute reprieve, Darling said that the rate rise, which applies only in England at presen... Read >
Author: tugsearch27th March 2009
The government has announced that the nationalised lender Northern Rock is to resume lending in new mortgages with up to £14 billion by 2011. This will made made up from an expected £5 billion this year and a further £9 billion in 2010.
The mortgage... Read >
Author: Samuel Gooch27th March 2009
The government has announced that the nationalised lender Northern Rock is to resume lending in new mortgages with up to £14 billion by 2011. This will made made up from an expected £5 billion this year and a further £9 billion in 2010.
The mortgage... Read >
Author: Which4u11th March 2009
The Bank of England said it will create an additional £75 Billion of new money in order to boost lending in the UK economy. The move has been announced as the bank cut interest rates to a new record low of 0.5%, though most mortgage holders are unlikely ... Read >
05th March 2009
The expected rise in redundancies has made insurers consider the withdrawal of unemployment insurance policies from their portfolios. A policyholder, who is made redundant, will receive an income from unemployment insurance cover. Hopefully this will be ... Read >
Author: michael challiner02nd February 2009
New figures released today by a major mortgage sector body have revealed the stark reality of the downturn in housing market. The Council of Mortgage Lenders' analysis shows that lending dropped 30% in 2008, which is extremely worrying news for everyone i... Read >
Author: Darell Joyce02nd February 2009
New figures released today by a major mortgage sector body have revealed the stark reality of the downturn in housing market. The Council of Mortgage Lenders' analysis shows that lending dropped 30% in 2008, which is extremely worrying news for everyone i... Read >
Author: Darell Joyce08th January 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) caused shockwaves throughout UK PLC and has been heralded as one of the most extraordinary packages of measures presented by a Chancellor in a long time. It seems that the government really does unde... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer08th January 2009
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) delivered recently could herald a new era of co-operation between the Government and the construction industry. The PBR announced that £3billion worth of investme... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer19th December 2008
Mortgage payment protection schemes’ are under thereat following the news that homeowners made redundant and thus struggle to keep up with their mortgage payments, are to be given a two year grace period.
Chancellor Alistair Darling has filled in the... Read >
Author: Darren15th December 2008
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has welcomed the decision by the Bank of England to lower interest rates to 2%, which is the lowest rate for nearly sixty years. Darling, who announced a cut in VAT in previous weeks warned though that the rate cuts would... Read >
Author: Claudia Liza02nd December 2008
The Renewables Obligation is a Government mechanism to encourage investment in renewable energy. It is central to the United Kingdom Government's policy to raise the amount of renewable energy generated in the UK.
The renewables obligation (RO) has bee... Read >
Author: Steve Last02nd December 2008
The Renewables Obligation is the main financial support scheme for large-scale generators of renewable electricity. The renewables obligation is set at a level which varies year by year. The level of the obligation is not the same as a target. The obligat... Read >
Author: Steve Last02nd December 2008
The Renewables Obligation is a Government mechanism to encourage investment in renewable energy. It is central to the United Kingdom Government's policy to raise the amount of renewable energy generated in the UK.
The renewables obligation (RO) has bee... Read >
Author: Steve Last02nd December 2008
The Renewables Obligation is the main financial support scheme for large-scale generators of renewable electricity. The renewables obligation is set at a level which varies year by year. The level of the obligation is not the same as a target. The obligat... Read >
Author: Steve Last02nd December 2008
Borrowing money is a bit of a sore subject at the moment, many people who need to are unable to because of the current lockdown on lending money in the UK. The reasoning behind this spreads far and wide with bank closures, financial bailouts and years of... Read >
Author: Andy Adams20th October 2008
Recently the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced that the base rate in the UK was being cut by 0.5% in a surprise move a full day ahead of the scheduled Monetary Policy Committee meeting, which is where the intere... Read >
Author: Reno Charlton15th October 2008
It is a mark of our times that we are consistently reminded of the importance of good debt management practice. The U.K. already has the worst personal debt record in Europe and the increasing menace of the credit crunch only looks like making our persona... Read >
Author: RicReev15th October 2008
It is a mark of our times that we are consistently reminded of the importance of good debt management practice. The U.K. already has the worst personal debt record in Europe and the increasing menace of the credit crunch only looks like making our persona... Read >
Author: RicReev09th September 2008
Mortgage approvals hit their lowest in at least 15 years in July and the manufacturing sector shrank for a fourth straight month in August, surveys showed today."Prospects for the UK economy remain grim," said Michael Saunders, a Citigroup economist. "The... Read >
Author: tugsearch22nd August 2008
In light of the ongoing credit crunch, it is getting even harder for people especially 1st time buyers to get on that ever so attractive and essential property ladder. The majority of people are finding it hard to borrow the cash for their homes with the ... Read >
Author: barryloughran@live.co.uk20th August 2008
It is a sensible idea for drivers to regularly review car insurance policies, it has been claimed.
Citing figures from the AA insurance index, research released by MoneyExpert reveals that the average cost of comprehensive motor insurance has risen to... Read >
Author: Christian Ward17th July 2008
Recent research from the British Bankers Association revealed that mortgage approvals hit their lowest level since their records began in 1997, with less than 28,000 mortgages for homebuyers approved in May 2008 - a figure nearly 60 per cent lower than th... Read >
Author: Daniel Collins11th July 2008
March 2008 saw the lowest ever number of people taking out mortgages to buy homes with the amount falling by 46 per cent over a year to 35,417 house buyers wanting loans.
At there peak, banks were handing out over 3,000 mortgages a day; however that nu... Read >
Author: Phil 15th May 2008
New findings have shown the continued large presence of credit card fraud as consumers continue to rely on their credit cards. A large percentage of British consumers struggle with credit payments and rely on their cards for finance. A Post Office study f... Read >
Author: Drew Swainston09th May 2008
It has been revealed by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) that recent changes to the law have meant that cars which emit less that 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled will be exempt from paying Road Tax or Vehicle Excise Duty, despite this, ... Read >
Author: Jemma08th May 2008
Alistair Darling’s recent budget went a fair way to encouraging motorists to adopt greener options.
Recent research by the AA has indicated that there has already been a trend in recent years of motorists looking at environmental friendly issues and... Read >
Author: Sav08th May 2008
Up until today it had not seemed to be a good week for news emanating from the Bank of England.
Firstly, we had the news that in March the number of mortgages approved had dropped from 72,000 in February to just 64,000. Then yesterday brought governor M... Read >
Author: Assetz UK08th May 2008
For first time buyers hoping to step on to the property ladder the current market uncertainty is a cause for concern. Although house prices are falling the cost of borrowing is rapidly rising and it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise the money fo... Read >
Author: Carole08th May 2008
It has been revealed by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) that recent changes to the law have meant that cars which emit less that 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled will be exempt from paying Road Tax or Vehicle Excise Duty, despite this, ... Read >
Author: Jemma29th April 2008
It has been revealed by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) that recent changes to the law have meant that cars which emit less that 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled will be exempt from paying Road Tax or Vehicle Excise Duty, despite this, mo... Read >
Author: OnlyFinance28th April 2008
For first time buyers hoping to step on to the property ladder the current market uncertainty is a cause for concern. Although house prices are falling the cost of borrowing is rapidly rising and it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise the money ... Read >
Author: Dyson Broome25th April 2008
The discovery of oil and gas deposits in the North Sea was justly celebrated at the time. People’s lives were transformed as cheap energy made cold rooms in winter a memory for millions. Of course there were doubts: the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 sa... Read >
Author: mlauterwein18th April 2008
The UK economy is at best struggling, and at worst may be on the verge of recession. Add that financial uncertainty to the latest increases in vehicle excise duty announced during Alistair Darling’s first budget and it’s easy to see why leading moto... Read >
Author: mpressman18th April 2008
New chancellor Alistair Darling has firmly nailed his environmental colours to the mast in his first budget by substantially increasing vehicle excise duty for larger vehicles; although to many motorists and motoring organisations he has combined a huge... Read >
Author: mpressman13th April 2008
The combination of a slowing UK economy and his chancellor’s first budget may finally force Gordon Brown to shelve any plans he had for calling a general election in early 2009, as voters will be forced to tighten their belts over the next year.
Rumo... Read >
Author: Vicky Cochrane11th April 2008
Last year's pre-Budget statement saw a change in taxation announced which was widely welcomed by the buy-to-let industry, as the chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling revealed major alterations to capital gains tax.
Up until now, the tax had been... Read >
Author: Assetz UK09th April 2008
Alistair Darling has hit motorists hard in his first budget as chancellor and he is justifying his swingeing tax and fuel duty hikes as ‘cracking down on pollution’.
Even though the chancellor delayed the 2 pence per litre increase in fuel duty d... Read >
Author: mpressman02nd April 2008
Britons are wasting billions of pounds in unnecessary tax payments, a new set of research shows.
In the latest TaxAction study carried out by Unbiased it was revealed that over the course of this year a total of 9.3 billion pounds will be frittered awa... Read >
Author: ARouse25th March 2008
Those Britons who are paying for their energy through a prepayment scheme are losing out on millions of pounds, according to findings by a price comparison website.
In a study carried out by moneysupermarket, it was revealed that the typical person mee... Read >
Author: ARouse19th March 2008
The budgetfor 2008 is set to be delivered tomorrow at 12.30pm by the Chancellor Alistair Darling. I'm sure you've already seen the press coverage suggesting that Alistair Darling is mearely presenting Gordon Brown's measures as former Chancellor himself. ... Read >
Author: SimonDuffy19th March 2008
The Budget for 2008 is set to be delivered tomorrow at 12.30pm by the Chancellor Alistair Darling. I'm sure you've already seen the press coverage suggesting that Alistair Darling is mearely presenting Gordon Brown's measures as former Chancellor himself.... Read >
Author: SimonDuffy29th February 2008
With the budget just weeks away, this is the season for all interested parties to set out their ideas of how and why chancellor Alistair Darling should alter the tax system. In the case of the UK property market, faced as it is with many challenges, there... Read >
Author: Assetz UK23rd February 2008
The last week has, as usual, seen some mixed news about the property market. In between predictions of further falls in house prices have been forecasts of recovery. Mixed news from the Bank of England in its quarterly inflation report may only have added... Read >
Author: Assetz UK22nd February 2008
Those involved in buy-to-let will often be keen to emphasise the fact that they are providing a service which is much in demand. For all the claims that the property purchases made by people who are filling a gap in the market are reducing the stock of av... Read >
Author: Assetz UK01st February 2008
It has been announced recently that taxes would need to rise significantly in order to control public sector debt; the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggested that Chancellor Alistair Darling would need to generate £8 Billion in new taxes this spring when ... Read >
Author: Andy Adams29th January 2008
December’s festivities are fast becoming distant memories as people are coming to terms with yet another Christmas period of over spending and dealing with debt, many looking to credit cards if they haven’t already swiped them to the point of melting ... Read >
Author: Andy Adams14th January 2008
Since Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Speech on October 9 2007, there have been a number of reports in the press stating that will planning using the nil-rate band of the first of a married couple to die will no longer be necessary as you can now transfer t... Read >
Author: Ray Prince07th November 2007
Could the writing be on the wall for low cost airlines operating out of the UK and other European countries as the Conservative Party - once a campaigner and implementer of lower taxes - has called for purchase tax to be introduced to domestic flights?The... Read >
Author: Roger Munns01st November 2007
When Chancellor Alistair Darling unveiled his first Pre-Budget Report this month, the bulk of the media attention fell on changes to the capital gains tax, a hike in the inheritance tax threshold and the absence of any such increase with regards to stamp ... Read >
Author: Erin Ryan08th October 2007
Even though Northern Rock managed to dodge the bullet following the timely intervention of Chancellor Alistair Darling and his ‘cast-iron’ guarantee for savers funds, the criticism has steadfastly refused to subside, and now debt counsellors are fierc... Read >
Author: Elisha Burberry21st August 2007
It's less than a month into Gordon Brown's new leadership and already changes are afoot in the UK housing market. The Bank of England base rate was increased earlier this month to 5.75% - its fifth rise since August 2006 - and the effect on UK mortgages l... Read >
Author: Adam Singleton07th December 2006
In recent years, financial analysts and organisations have increasingly led calls for a curb on the amount of borrowing people in Britain undertake, whether through loans, credit cards or other means. The average Briton is said to be under greater financi... Read >
Author: martymac21st March 2006
We've all heard about the reputation of the road hogging white van drivers. How they rally up the motorway going 100 miles an hour with no consideration for other road users. They're rude, obnoxious and a hazard to all society. But are they as bad as thei... Read >
Author: diane newsom
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