UK Finance News

The British Weather Services are appalled at chancellor George Osborne’s almost flippant comment that the fall of 0.5% GDP in the final quarter of the year 2010, was down to the weather.
British Weather Services hold a daily historic database of UK weather for over 250 UK and Irish weather stations. The database provides details on [...]

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At a time when the whole of the UK appears to be entrenched in recession many businesses are facing an uphill struggle to secure new business, this most time consuming of jobs is further exasperated by a market that has become more and more dependent on price cutting in the face of the economic crisis.
It [...]

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Over recent years there has been plenty of talk about the need of reducing our carbon footprint in the face of climate change, controlling the cost of energy and addressing power shortages, but is there anyone listening and if so what is being done to reduce the amount of energy used and wasted around the [...]

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Most people are well aware that it’s often much harder to get a loan, mortgage or credit card today than it once used to be. The problems in the economy over the last few years have changed the way lenders do business (and the way people borrow), as the subsequent lower lending figures attest.
Even though [...]

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While the nation has been aware of the January 2011 VAT increase to 20% for some time, it has none the less come in for plenty of criticism now that it has been applied.
And not without good reason as the increase will burden all of us with more taxes to pay for everyday items at [...]

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