UK Finance News

If you are thinking about starting your own business there are a few things that need to be considered in advance, many of which might not become apparent until you are in the thick of the action.
One such issue could be the facility to make payments for day-to-day items without having to draw cash from [...]

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The new UK coalition government announced today that it would focus on reducing the record deficit running at 11% GDP as a priority during their elected term.
“The deficit reduction programme takes precedence over any of the other measures in this agreement, and the speed of implementation of any measures that have a cost to the [...]

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The British Gas Green Skills Training Centre was officially opened in Tredegar South Wales today, announcing the company’s intention to train 1,300 people a year including local long term unemployed people.
The centre is the first of its kind in the UK and is developed in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government, JobMatch, Jobcentre Plus, SummitSkills [...]

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Life has a habit of throwing up the odd nasty financial surprise, be it an unexpected bill, a car breakdown or a forgotten birthday or anniversary present.
Thanks to the advent of instant loans however, there is no longer a reason why these have to be unaffordable.
In the past, people would have turned to a credit [...]

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The number of personal insolvencies in England and Wales continued to grow in the first three months of 2010, reaching 35, 682 up to March this year, a 17.9% increase on the same period in 2009.
Figures show that this is the fifth consecutive quarterly increase in personal insolvencies, while the number of businesses going into [...]

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