UK Finance News

The date for the UK Budget 2010 has been announced by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who said during a speech in London that it will take place on Wednesday March 24th.
The Budget speech comes at a crucial time for the UK  both politically and financially and depending on the upcoming election result we could [...]

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The ratings agency Standard & Poor (S&P) has lowered it’s outlook on the UK to negative, claiming that Government spending will be hard to rein in amongst political uncertainty surrounding a forthcoming election.
S&P Credit Analyst David Beers explained in a statement:
“We have revised the outlook on the UK to negative due to our view that, [...]

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Following yesterdays Budget report, the following information regarding changes to personal taxation has been compiled by Michael Martin Partnership.
Personal Allowances 2009-10
These remain as announced in the Pre-Budget report November 2008. From the 6 April 2009 the income tax personal and age related allowances are increased to:
Age under 65 – £6,475
Age [...]

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With the budget being the talk of the moment, one of the things that is being suggested to boost the UK motor industry is to follow the example of other European countries and offer consumers the opportunity to trade in old cars for a cash payment, when replacing the vehicle with a new one.
Before Alistair [...]

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