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29th September 2009
Motivated businessmen and wealthy millionaires in the past have been faced with a dilemma - save tax by moving to Monaco, famous for its zero per cent tax rate - or stay at home, pay the taxes, and know you're contributing to your country?
But that dil... Read >
Author: Roger Munns21st September 2009
Continued….
Liaquat Ahamed, in his book, referred to the four bankers as the “Lords of finance”. Ahamed, in his book, describes the four as bungling tortured bankers vainly trying to reconcile their conflicting duties to their countries and to the... Read >
Author: Phil Challis02nd September 2009
When the United Kingdom's National Statistics Office announced a 3.6% increase in monthly retail sales volume during May 2008, it came as an unexpected and pleasant surprise to many, especially considering the weakening British economy. However, the joy w... Read >
Author: Outsourcing Insights from WNS20th August 2009
It may surprise many to hear that you can find some great places to visit in the UK. Many people think that summer holidays need to be spent in foreign destinations but if you, like so many others, are trying to save some money this year then a UK holiday... Read >
Author: Mr.Brightside17th August 2009
There is no doubt that the recession has hit many households and businesses really hard, forcing us all into keeping a close eye on our finances and trying to cut back on all possible luxuries.
In the past, holidays were seen a necessity, a way to get... Read >
Author: Mr.Brightside31st July 2009
The demand for mobile phones has increased vastly over the last few years. As technology has progressed, improvements in mobile phones have been vast. Not only has this, but the production of mobile phones has led to increased jobs and a boost to the UK ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer29th July 2009
The British economy is in the doldrums, and there's no end in sight as unemployment soars and manufacturing is down. The current recession is mainly due to the worldwide credit crunch, combined with the falling price of houses. Britain hasn't experienced ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer12th June 2009
How double glazing can help reduce your carbon foot print and lower your energy bill.
Green issues and carbon emissions in particular are becoming more and more of a concern to the general public.
Investing in green homes has even become a governmen... Read >
Author: Joel Desvignes15th May 2009
Spain's Costa Blanca region has traditionally been a popular holiday destination for the British. Recent trends in the British economy threaten to change that though. Fewer holidaymakers are finding their way from Great Britain to Spain because of the poo... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer11th May 2009
As the British economy slumps further into a deep recession, many holidaymakers have opted back to a more simple kind of holiday. The days have gone where most people can afford to splash out on expensive foreign holidays and those people don't want to gi... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer27th March 2009
Unlucky Lanzarote is going to have a disappointing 2009 - the island, long a winter holidays favourite for British and mainland Europeans attracted around a million visitors during 2008 - quite a feat considering much of Europe and the UK was in economic ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer17th March 2009
In Britain today Gordon Brown has discussed his plans to weather the financial storm of the current recession. As inflation decreases, the price of fuel comes down and VAT reduces by 2.5 per cent, British people could argue that the cost of living has com... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer13th March 2009
Our Gallic neighbour hasn’t completely escaped the credit crunch, but the market for property in France does remain robust. This is largely due to modest borrowing levels in France, with very few native homeowners even having mortgages.
Trisha Mason,... Read >
Author: Sarah Speight10th March 2009
There has been much doom and gloom about the housing market in the news but with it there are also opportunities for some buyers and sellers. Here we round up the latest news on the housing market and look at whether it is yet a time to buy.
Accordin... Read >
Author: Wheres My Property10th March 2009
There has been much doom and gloom about the housing market in the news but with it there are also opportunities for some buyers and sellers. Here we round up the latest news on the housing market and look at whether it is yet a time to buy.
Accordin... Read >
Author: Wheres My Property04th March 2009
With the British economy in turmoil and the pound falling badly against the euro and the US dollar, UK holidaymakers are starting to look outside the eurozone for cheap, local holidays.
Switzerland, Norway and Croatia are all non-eurozone countries ... Read >
Author: Isla Campbell12th February 2009
The hotel and tourism industry saw a very good Christmas despite the unrest in the British economy.
t the start of the economic downturn, tourism was one of the first sectors to be discussed and which was thought would struggle. In fact, many tourism s... Read >
Author: jennyhicks02nd February 2009
Just losing visitors during a recession is understandable - losing a million of them in one year when a good part of your economy relies on tourism could be construed as careless.
Figures just released in Spain show it is the British who have stopped v... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer28th January 2009
The Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson has announced the government's intention to help further shore-up the British economy by announcing a multi-billion pound loan scheme for small businesses, which have been badly affected by the unwillingness of many ... Read >
Author: Darell Joyce22nd January 2009
House prices tumbled by a further 2.2 per cent in December, after falls of 2.6 per cent in November and 2.4 per cent in October according to figures from Halifax. Market experts had predicted a 1.7 per cent drop in December.
The forecast also suggested... Read >
Author: Mildred Parker15th December 2008
With all the recent news stories surrounding the British economy, how can an online business give themselves a brighter future?
The following Top 5 tips focus on how businesses can work smarter to survive these tough times. If anything, these simple s... Read >
Author: Vicky Cochrane01st December 2008
The fact that the Bank of England (BOE) has slashed interest rates by 1.5% to 3%, I think shows how worried they are about the British economy.
In a Bloomberg survey of 60 economists, nobody had predicted such a large cut in one go.
You would be for... Read >
Author: Ray Prince08th October 2008
Recent research has indicated that UK entrepreneurs are increasingly regarding business franchises as being a sound investment opportunity. When looking to begin a new business British investors are regularly choosing to consider the range of franchising... Read >
Author: Rich Bendall01st October 2008
Bradford & Bingley being nationalised, just as Northern Rock was, spells the end of self cert mortgages.
Bradford & Bingley were the leading provider of self cert mortgages and buy-to-let mortgages and now we will see the two mortgage products being ph... Read >
Author: LolitaBrown09th September 2008
Lanzarote could be heading for a million visitors during 2008 - quite a feat considering much of Europe and the UK is in economic trouble and overseas travel is being cut by quite a few families.
The UK and Germany are both main markets for Lanzarote t... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer09th 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: tugsearch08th September 2008
Within hours of British holiday companies reporting a surge of people taking an overseas holiday, the Bank of England issued yet another warning that the British economy could be in recession within the next six months.
Over in mainland Europe, countri... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer22nd August 2008
Living in London is a dream comes true for many. For these people, it is a city where everything is possible. For many it is the beginning of a dream. London has seldom disappointed one who has lived there. It has a rich treasure of history, culture, educ... Read >
Author: Karl Guevara11th July 2008
Credit cards can be a good way of handling your finances if used sensibly. Credit cards often attracted customers with 0% interest deals on balance transfers and or new purchases. These deals can be really good, but you need to be savvy to maximise the be... Read >
Author: Danielle Fletcher03rd July 2008
Construction is a huge sector of the British economy - UK construction output is the second largest in the EU and contributes 8.2% of the nations GVA (Gross Value Added). The construction sector is big business - 250 000 firms employ 2.1 million people in... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer30th June 2008
Within the UK there are is a new immigration system coming into play. In the next coming months the new five tier immigration system will be brought into full swing. The new five tier immigration model has a tier for all different migrants depending on as... Read >
Author: Helen27th June 2008
Millions of Brits escape abroad for their holiday breaks, and a new report by moneyextra.com suggests that paying a holiday using a credit card is the best way to go.
Reports by Moneyextra.com show that the credit card offers good financial cover for... Read >
Author: Mildred21st June 2008
With the current financial pattern emerging in the British economy of late, as well as the major worries so many of us have in relation to money management and being so determined not to get into debt, the mere thought of a loan would be the last thing on... Read >
Author: Darrell Joyce17th June 2008
It appears as if forecasts made just before the end of 2007 have been right, the existing state of the British economy has many natives of the UK feeling the financial worry. ‘The consequences of not dealing with your money properly can be devastating... Read >
Author: chelsea butterworth05th June 2008
Lower currency exchange rates are responsible for changes in summer travel plans for many British holidaymakers.
The value of the euro is increasing, while the value of Britain's pound is on the decline. This situation is changing the way people trave... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer04th June 2008
At a recent televised press conference, no less a financial expert than the Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King warned that the 'nice decade' was over and that the British economy was now on a bumpy road while adjusting itself, and noted that pers... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer28th April 2008
With the pound at an all-time low, fuel prices on the rise and the typical mortgage up by £150, the outlook for the consumer is gloomy. But, whilst the British economy may be outside of our control, we can still seize control of our finances and ensure w... Read >
Author: Barracuda Digital21st February 2008
Obesity has unfortunately become a global problem affecting the existence of millions of people, according to the World Health Organization. It is an accelerating social problem in many countries of the world, especially those more affluent.
Obesity is... Read >
Author: Ken Nickless14th February 2008
The Global Economic Monitor concludes that as much as one-third of the differences in national economic growth may be due to differences in entrepreneurial activity. In America, as many as 8.4 out of every 100 US adults are right now trying to start busi... Read >
Author: A Dowler21st January 2008
Early signals of the British economy hitting troubled times started to emerge in the late summer of 2007 when one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders, Northern Rock, had to borrow billions from the Bank of England to allow it to continue trading.
... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer18th January 2008
Facing reduction in 2008 is the amount of time British tax exiles can spend in their home country, and it could impact the British economy, claim a company who specialise in tax haven property and residency.
Up until now a British taxpayer could avoid ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer30th October 2007
The quasi government organizations are the institution which are dependent from the government and consist of the agencies and other subjects from public and private sector. These organizations have a big influence power in the tourist sector and the gove... Read >
Author: andrewshw230th October 2007
The tourism plays a great role in the economy of the United Kingdom. It is possible to enrich the income articles of the national balance by attracting more visitors from all over the world to the country. The growth of the national trade can also help to... Read >
Author: andrewshw219th October 2007
Currency trading has a long history and can be traced back to the ancient Middle East and Middle Ages when foreign exchange started to take shape after the international merchant bankers devised bills of exchange, which were transferable third-party payme... Read >
Author: Tomas Anderson20th September 2007
House prices continue to rocket in Britain, rising by 204% between 1997 and 2007, significantly outstripping the growth in earnings which rose by only 94%.The situation poses special problems for prospective first time buyers. Those not yet on the housing... Read >
Author: Adam Singleton02nd September 2007
With three landslide election victories under his belt, Tony Blair left Downing Street as the UK's Prime Minister undefeated electorally, in much the same way Margaret Thatcher had done seventeen years earlier.
Taking Tony Blair's place as Prime Minist... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer31st August 2007
One commentator has stated that; although overall borrowing in Britain is increasing, people are getting better at managing their loans and other credit.
Loans firm Picture Financial has suggested that credit levels are on the increase but states that ... Read >
Author: ARouse25th July 2007
The latest installment of a survey that is conducted monthly on behalf of Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets by Continental Research portrays general pessimism in the service sector. Over 200 companies with business turnover above a million reported that they ... Read >
Author: -ddd-05th July 2007
Last month's interest rate rise is beginning to affect consumer confidence, it has been revealed.
According to figures released by GfK NOP, the Consumer Confidence Index score dropped by a point over the course of June to stand at -3. The fall was attr... Read >
Author: ARouse30th May 2007
The construction industry in the United Kingdom employs approximately 1.4 million people and includes 186,000 SME’s. Now it is an arguable fact of any economy that one of the first signs of a healthy economy is a strong and vibrant construction industry... Read >
Author: Scott James17th May 2007
With the Bank of England raising its base rate yet again, the loan market is all set to rewrite a few rules. Earlier the base rate was 5.25 per cent. Now, it’s been hiked up to 5.50 per cent. This has been done to control the spiralling inflation rate. ... Read >
Author: gracy29th March 2007
The demand for cars is on a continuous rise and each new year that we greet comes in with higher expectations from car sellers. The new technology in car design which is friendlier to the environment and the ever faster rates at which vehicles are being p... Read >
Author: Alison White12th March 2007
Starting up your own business can be a daunting task: once you come up with your initial business idea, you need to formulate a business plan - a process that usually involves finding the necessary funding to make your company a reality. However, it's imp... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan04th February 2007
European real estate investors from the UK and mainland Europe looking for high growth in 2007 are hoping for a repeat of the property inflation seen in Malta when it joined the EU in 2004, and it could become reality with the news that low cost airlines ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer04th January 2007
With the British economy on the rise, there is no better time than now to get a personal loan. In an expanding economy firms need to employ more people to meet the public’s demand for goods. With the increase in employment the demand for goods begins ... Read >
Author: -ddd-
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