CITY VIEWS: ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT RISE IN PETROL PRICES? February 24, 2011 Save or Borrow peer to peer at RateSetter.com www.RateSetter.com Customer Phoneline: 08442490115 GERARD HEFFERNAN | BLACKMORE BORLEY “It’s worrying because oil will always shake up businesses and personal finances alike. We need to pay for our petrol regardless of the price so this will have a big impact.” IAN HUFFAM | NEXANS “I am because [...]
UK consumer morale stuck in depression February 24, 2011 BRITAIN’S slump in consumer confidence has continued into February, according to a survey commissioned for the European Union, released today. The GfK NOP index rose by one point compared to January yet, at a score of -28, remains 14 points below where the index stood this time last year. “Overall confidence remains low and, although [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 13, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES PRIVATE EQUITY GROUPS BOOST STAKES IN HOT FUNDS Investors in the secondary leveraged buy-out fund market are using further leverage to finance such purchases, adding another layer of risk and stirring up memories of the debt-fuelled private equity boom ahead of the financial crisis. While private equity groups in Europe and the US [...]
CITY VIEWS: SHOULD STATE BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY BE RINGFENCED?? February 22, 2011 PETER HESKETH | INSURANCE BROKER “I strongly believe pensioners who need benefits should get them. But there are those who just don’t need them and so in some cases they should be revised and means tested.” ALEX KENNEDY | INSURANCE BROKER “Top earners work for over 20 years and pay a considerable amount of tax- [...]
CITY VIEWS: SHOULD STATE BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY BE RINGFENCED?? February 22, 2011 PETER HESKETH | INSURANCE BROKER “I strongly believe pensioners who need benefits should get them. But there are those who just don’t need them and so in some cases they should be revised and means tested.” ALEX KENNEDY | INSURANCE BROKER “Top earners work for over 20 years and pay a considerable amount of tax- [...]
ECB steps up pressure on Italy as debt worries grow September 2, 2011 European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet has told Italy to deliver on promises to control its strained public finances and reform its economy, adding to international pressure on weakened premier Silvio Berlusconi. ECB support for Italy is vital because the Frankfurt-based central bank has been buying Italian bonds in markets to keep yields low enough [...]
Only facing up to your debt problems will stop the stress September 21, 2011 DON’T look so frightened,” Tracy Finn tells me. We are sat in the big Queen Street branch of HSBC in the City. It’s 10am on Wednesday morning, and I’m only about a year late for this meeting. “I help dozens of people with their personal debt every month,” she assures me. “Most of them earning [...]
Only facing up to your debt problems will stop the stress September 21, 2011 DON’T look so frightened,” Tracy Finn tells me. We are sat in the big Queen Street branch of HSBC in the City. It’s 10am on Wednesday morning, and I’m only about a year late for this meeting. “I help dozens of people with their personal debt every month,” she assures me. “Most of them earning [...]
MPs line up to support fiscal education for all January 31, 2011 MORE than 140 MPs signed up to the first all-party political group (APPG) in support of compulsory financial education in schools yesterday, with members hoping to push the group’s agenda to the forefront of curriculum reform. The APPG was launched by MP Justin Tomlinson with the Personal Finance Education Group (PFeg), and Martin Lewis, founder [...]
Levene’s bank confirms bid for Lloyds arm September 29, 2011 LORD Levene’s British bank venture NBNK confirmed yesterday it had put in a formal bid for the 632 branches that Lloyds Banking Group is selling, with the amount on the table believed to be around £1.5bn. The NBNK offer is the only formal bid for the Lloyds’ branches so far, with Hugh Osmond’s Sun Capital [...]