Archive for March, 2007

Owner occupation declines for first time in England

Posted in News on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »

The number of owner-occupied properties in England has fallen for the first time since official records began in 1939.

David Lloyd health clubs may be sold back again

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A number of potential buyers have approached leisure group Whitbread, which owns the Costa Coffee chain, expressing an interest in buying the David Lloyd health club chain.

VAT falls into the laps of dancers as club wins tax appeal

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The lap dancing club Spearmint Rhino has won a High Court appeal against a ruling that it had to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) on the earnings of its dancers.

Chief executive waves Kensington goodbye as profits fall

Posted in News on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »

Kensington Group, the sub-prime mortgage lender, has issued a profits warning and announced that its chief executive is to leave the company soon.

Retail sales show healthy surge as UK shoppers splash out

Posted in News on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »

Retail sales in the UK bounced back strongly in February after a gloomy January, as people made the most of deeply discounted prices and flocked back to the High Street to spend their cash rather than make a saving and investment with it.

Staff must have our UK current account stipulates Royal Bank

Posted in Banking, News on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has put its foot down and is now insisting that its workers must have their primary bank account with the company or face disciplinary action.

The £9,500 house move hits homebuyers’ pockets hard

Posted in News on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »

The average cost of moving home has gone up to £9,486 according to website Propertyfinder, which means the process has more than tripled in price in the past 10 years.

EDITOR’S BLOG: Gordon browns us off with his Budget

Posted in News on March 21st, 2007 No Comments »

It’s that day of the year when financial journalists, quiet and relaxed people for the most part, get mildly ruffled about what the Chancellor will put in his Budget.

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