Setting some money aside for savings may be a lot easier than many people think. Topping up a savings account seems easy if you have cash to spare each month but don’t despair if you can’t see where extra cash can be freed up as there are savings-savvy tips that can be used by everyone to make their money work harder. The first stop on…
Perform a cursory check on the internet and you’ll find a proliferation of gadget websites that aim to marry excited ‘girls and boys’ to all the ‘latest toys’. All the latest ‘must-have’ items are proudly displayed online where people ‘virtually’ queue to buy them. But the trouble with gadgets, especially if they are new to the market, is that they tend to be pretty expensive!…
Turn on any TV or open any newspaper, and before long you’ll be faced with an advertisement for a personal loan. With so many loan products and providers on the market, each catering to a different demographic, it’s important to consider several factors before deciding on which loan is right for your circumstances. When deciding on how much you’d like to borrow, it’s important to…
Whenever new technology makes a universal impact the business world soon finds a way of harnessing it to suit its own and also its customers’ ends. That axiom is particularly true in banking which as an industry tends to be a keen ‘early adopter’ when it comes to significant technological advances. Today, most UK banks deliver or aspire to deliver a wide variety of ways…
Britain’s economy failed to expand in the second quarter of this year for the first time since the slump of the early 1990s and raising expectations interest rates will fall to avoid a recession. The Office for National Statistics revised down its GDP reading to show it was unchanged on the quarter in the three months to June from an initial estimate of 0.2% growth…
New government legislation that will require hotels, pubs and restaurants to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) before they can be sold is already causing confusion, property experts have warned. The law, set to come into force on October 1, will mean any property that is up for sale or letting, or due to be put up for sale or letting, will need to have…
Morley Fund Management sold Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, to Invista for ?8.8 million. The office complex, next to Brighton railway station, measures 3,421sqm over six floors and has 63 car parking spaces. It is currently let to three tenants – the Post Office, Secretary of State for the Environment, and software company NC Soft Europe. Morley was represented by commercial real estate adviser CB…
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 economy is probably in recession now and no early recovery worth the name is likely in 2009.» The weak readings drove the pound down to…
ASDA are backing a campaign by the British Property Federation (BPF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) against the loss of empty property relief. Dubbed the ‘bombsite Britain’ tax by the media, in response to the increasing spate of demolitions as private and public sector landlords raze buildings across the country rather than pay the tax. While landlords have been hit, thousands of occupiers tied…
For many, the prospect of retirement can be daunting. What is supposed to be a time for relaxation post-employment, can often be overshadowed with the anxiety of facing a significant drop in income, coupled with increasingly high living costs. And, with prices for essentials like food and electricity rising, alongside higher interest rates and often small pensions, many have to consider alternative options for living…