UK Finance News

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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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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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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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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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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