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The annual allowance for tax relief on pension contributions now stands at £50,000 pa, but with scope to carry forward unused relief. HMRC has launched a new tool to help people keep track of what ...

As mortgage complications have become apparent with the ‘rent-a-roof’ scheme; a popular and accessible method of upgrading domestic properties with solar panels is under threat. With April’s ...

There was a sense of being propelled back in time to the 1970s this week, as the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released GDP data that showed economic output for the first three months of 2012 ...

Good morning. The researchers have been hard at it again. At Which? they have discovered that it is very expensive to park at Heathrow Airport. What Car? has found that government-sanctioned mile per ...

In recent weeks markets have become more concerned about Spanish finances than about Italian ones. The electors played their part and voted in a new Spanish government even more committed to the ...

The London Olympics is going to be invisible. The world’s greatest games, designed to inspire millions of young people will not reach them. Why? Because virtually ANY form of sharing the games ...

Over recent days there have been various articles in papers and online saying that 8 million people shun the property market or something along those lines. Most of the information seems to come ...

FTSE 100 telecoms giant Vodafone (LON:VOD) this week swooped on Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LON:CW.) in a £1.04 billion deal that now seems likely to bring a modestly priced end to a particularly ...

The latest Finance Bill comprises of three volumes, with 227 clauses and 38 Schedules. The explanatory notes to the Bill are available on the Treasury website and comprise a further 508 pages. This ...

The Solar Trade Association (STA) is carefully watching the significant tail-off in installations since the introduction of energy efficiency requirements on April 1 this year. With DECC publishing ...