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France announce ‘bank bonus tax’

John Williams - Wednesday 16.12.09, 12:46pm

France are to follow the lead outlined by the UK government in Alistair Darling’s recent pre-budget speech and introduce a special one off tax on banker’s bonuses for 2010.
French Finance minister Christine Legarde has said that a bill will be put before the French parliament in January that will commit tax bonus payments of over [...]

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Tags: Banking · Bonus Culture · Europe · Finance News · Tax and Duty · UK economy

Avoiding the financial pitfalls when buying property abroad

John Williams - Tuesday 01.12.09, 13:01pm

As the winter draws in and the recession bites further into our incomes, memories of summer holidays long since passed may start us thinking of next years vacation or even thoughts of a life changing experience of  a ‘better life’ overseas.
The ‘easy’ life always sounds attractive, but is the grass really greener? It is worth [...]

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Tags: Banking · Europe · Foreign Exchange · Investments · Personal Finance · Property Market · UK economy

Majority of UK ex-pats content to retire abroad

John Williams - Monday 23.11.09, 14:43pm

A survey by Alliance & Leicester International has revealed that a staggering 87% of ex pats are content to choose to retire in the country that they have chosen to reside in, with France (18%), Spain (13%) and the UK (12%), being the most popular retirement destinations.
With the cost of retirement in the UK estimated [...]

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Tags: Equity Release · Europe · Pensions · Personal Finance · Property Market · Savings · UK economy · World Economy

UK Finance: CEBR predict low interest rate ‘for years’

John Williams - Monday 12.10.09, 12:42pm

The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has predicted years of low interest rates, tax rises and spending cuts for the UK in the latest economic forecast.
The CEBR believes that the record low interest rate will remain at its current level of just 0.5% until at least 2011 and do not foresee the rate [...]

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Tags: Europe · Finance News · Interest Rates · Personal Finance · Property Market · Savings · UK economy · UK interst rates

UK Finance:Lloyds may be forced to sell Halifax by European Commission

John Williams - Wednesday 16.09.09, 12:05pm

A report in The Times suggests that the European Commission may force the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group to sell all or part of its subsidiary Halifax, in compensation for the billions of pounds of state aid that has been accepted by the bank.
A final decision has yet to be made by the EU Commission but [...]

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