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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 ...

Put simply it’s not! Can you live off £140 per week? Most people would struggle, particularly with rising food and heating costs. What’s more, the state pension is no more than an elaborate Ponzi ...

If your business uses online or digital advertising of any kind, you may need to re-think your strategy. Recent research shows – once again – that people simply do not like adverts. Indeed, one in ...

Good morning. An estate agent in North London is peddling a two-car garage fitted out with shower room and kitchenette. Although the unit does not even have planning permission for residential use it ...

There is currently a great deal being written in the financial press about income protection, or more specifically, income protection plans written on an ‘Activities of Daily Living’ (ADL) basis. ...