News
House Prices See Second Consecutive Monthly Fall
02/09/2010
House prices fell by 0.9% in August according to Nationwide and the three month rate of change shows price stagnation over the summer.
Ministers Discuss Plans For Welfare Reform
02/09/2010
Employment Minister, Sir Reg Empey and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP, met today to discuss the planned reform of the UK welfare to work system.
Young Londoners Will Buy First Home At 52 If They Start Saving Now
02/09/2010
A 21-year-old Londoner will have to wait on average until the age of 52 before they can afford to get a foot on the property ladder, according to new research published by the National Housing Federation.
Pensions Tax Relief Proposals Get Qualified Welcome
02/09/2010
The Government's proposed pensions tax relief changes are an improvement on the previous government's rules but there are still issues that need to be resolved to make them workable, say the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).
Twitter Edges Ahead Of Facebook As British Businesses’ Favourite Social Network
02/09/2010
Research conducted by Virgin Media Business has revealed that social media is fast becoming one of the primary ways UK businesses keep in touch with their customers, with a third of UK companies using it in some capacity.
New ASA regulations - A Boon To Victims Of Google’s Change In Trademark Stance
02/09/2010
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced it is extending its powers to cover all online marketing and advertising from March 1st 2011.
Ofgem To Investigate 4 Major Energy Companies
02/09/2010
Ofgem has begun investigations to establish whether four suppliers (npower, Scottish Power, Scottish and Southern Energy and EDF Energy) are complying with new obligations to prevent misselling, brought in following Ofgem’s retail market probe.
DSG Scores World Cup Boost
02/09/2010
DSG international plc, one of Europe’s leading specialist electrical retailers,reported today that Total Group sales were up 3% in sterling and like for like sales up 3%.
Blair Memoirs Back Coalition Government On Deficit Reduction
02/09/2010
Tony Blair's memoirs, published yesterday, back the Coalition Government's argument on cutting the deficit to get the economy moving.
Apple Announce New Social Network 'Ping'
01/09/2010
“iTunes is the number one music community in the world with over 160 million iTunes users in 23 countries and now we’re adding social networking with Ping.”
