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Optimism for Midlands M&A market despite 22 per cent activity drop
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Deal volumes in the Midlands saw a 22 per cent drop last year but experts on the ground are reporting a renewed sense of confidence as they start the new year.
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Tax is confusing millions
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Last year saw 33 million şŁ˝ÇĘÓƵ taxpayers suffer from tax confusion.
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More firms shunning high cost pensions
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Nine out of 10 defined benefit pensions are now closed to new members as employers continue to move away from the high-cost schemes, according to new research.
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West Midlands business leaders welcome interest rates hold
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Business lobby groups in the West Midlands have welcomed the decision to hold interest rates as concerns over lending and unemployment continue to hamper the region.
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Lowry Maclean to retire as Wesleyan progresses
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Lowry Maclean, the 70-year-old doyen of Birmingham’s financial services sector, is to retire from the Wesleyan after more than 20 years with the country’s leading mutual life office.
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Cautious Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left borrowing costs unchanged at 0.5% for the 10th month in a row and made no move on its ÂŁ200 billion efforts to boost the money supply.
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Business leaders predict interest rates to be held again
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West Midlands business leaders are universally predicting that interest rates will be held for another month as policymakers grapple with “exceptional uncertainties” over inflation and growth.
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Grandson revives historic Birmingham stockbroker firm
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Albert E Sharp – one of the best-known historical names in West Midland stock-broking – has been given a new lease of life after a ten-year absence thanks to the original founder’s grandson.
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Northern Rock is split into two
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Nationalised Northern Rock has been split into two as the race to take over the “good” part of the bank steps up a gear.
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Confidence returning to top finance directors
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Finance chiefs at the şŁ˝ÇĘÓƵ’s biggest companies are in their most confident mood for two years as recovery hopes grow.
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Court move to help at-risk homeowners
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Special correspondent Nicky Burridge looks into proposed new legislation which could lead to fewer repossessions in the future.
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Savers set to suffer as one-year bond rate plummets
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Savers coming to the end of one-year bonds face a 40 per cent drop in the interest they receive when they take out new deals, according to new research.
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Debt turnaround with third borrowed for every ÂŁ1 saved
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Britons borrowed an average of 32p for every pound they managed to save during the third quarter of the year, new research shows.
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Tax and regulation top firms' wish lists
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Tax breaks and less government red tape are top of the New Year wish-list for the Midland businesses community according to new research from Yorkshire Bank.
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Birmingham Forward launches new programme to boost city
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Birmingham Forward, the city’s professional firm membership organisation, has launched a new programme to boost Birmingham’s status on the world stage.
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Teams ready for challenge
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Birmingham’s financial sector is promising a happy new year to a handful of new recruits across several city firms.
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Mark Nicholls named as new chairman of West Bromwich Building Society
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John Cranage looks into the latest appointment to the West Bromwich Building Society board
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JP Morgan considering City future over bonus tax
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Banking giant JP Morgan may scrap plans to build a new £1.5 billion headquarters in London due to the Government’s bonus tax and tougher City regulations, according to reports.
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The overstretched Noughties
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Stock Market investors have had a frustrating decade, with developed market equities underperforming government bond markets and equities scarcely making money on an absolute basis, even before allowing for inflation.
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Squeezed savers face another tough year
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As major lenders compete to offer cheaper mortgages to kickstart the housing market, it doesn’t take much detective work to conclude that savers are again footing the bill.
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FBC Manby Bowdler cheered by Threshers deal
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A team from West Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler has advised on a deal for a local retail chain to buy more than a dozen off-licences from the collapsed First Quench group.
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Waste deals show big drop in activity
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Mergers and acquisition deal volumes among waste firms – a sector which is well-represented in the West Midlands – fell by more than 50 per cent in the last quarter.
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Debt market getting more competitive, says PwC
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Signs are beginning to emerge that the debt market is becoming more competitive and lending is beginning to trickle through to businesses in the region, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Midlands
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Firms regaining confidence on sales and orders
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Businesses in the Midlands are more confident than at any point in the past two years and are hopeful of a revival in fortunes in 2010, according to a new report.
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