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RBS ready to loan funds to Midlands SMEs
Banking & Finance
Small business experts at the Royal Bank of Scotland have said the money is there for a revival in the SME sector – but businesses are still too wary to approach the banks.
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Norwich Union name disappears as it takes Aviva name
Banking & Finance
The insurer, which was formed in Norwich in 1797, is being rebranded in the United Kingdom to take the name of its parent company Aviva.
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Anglo Irish Bank to receive government bail-out
Banking & Finance
Anglo Irish Bank is to receive a government cash injection after it reported massive half-year losses of £3.6 billion.
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Harrison Clark merges with Jordans in Cheltenham
Professional Services
Regional law firm Harrison Clark has built on its presence in Gloucestershire after merging with Cheltenham firm Jordans Solicitors.
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Complaints against financial service firms soar
Banking & Finance
The number of complaints being upheld against financial services firms has soared during the past year, figures have shown.
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Trevor Law: Risks of relying on savings to provide income
Banking & Finance
The Bank of England’s desperate attempts to breath life into the flagging economy have seen the base rate of interest slashed from five per cent last April down to its current historically low level of 0.5 per cent.
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Motor traders raise prices but sales still fall
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Motor traders raised their prices earlier this month on a scale not seen for nearly 19 years, even though a recovery in their sales during March and April petered out in May.
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Record sales of lifestyle annuities
Banking & Finance
Sales of annuities that reflect people’s health or lifestyle are expected to reach a new record this year.
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Brewin Dolphin sees 40 per cent profits drop
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Investment firm Brewin Dolphin saw its half-year profits plummet 40 per cent compared to the year before after the recession crippled global markets.
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Summer jobs available at less than third of firms
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More than two-thirds of all British employers will have no jobs to offer this summer as this year’s school-leavers and new graduates try to find a place in the world of work.
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Lloyds TSB's innovative 95% mortgage deal
Banking & Finance
At a time when thousands of would-be first-time buyers fear they may never be able to buy a place of their own, Britain’s biggest lender may have found a formula to get the housing market going again.
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Santander rebrands three banks
Banking & Finance
Three historic lenders will disappear from the High Street after Spanish bank Santander said it would re-name Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley.
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Rise continues in number and value of mortgages at big banks
Banking & Finance
Both the number and value of mortgages for house purchase approved by the big banks edged higher again in April.
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Law firm service to help bosses over employing foreign workers
Professional Services
A law firm has launched a new service to help employers not to fall foul of the increasingly complex regime for employing foreign workers.
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Legal and finance network group celebrates first year
Professional Services
A networking group set up to bring professionals from the legal and financial sectors together has celebrated its first anniversary.
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Businesses get protective over their brands
Professional Services
The survey of 222 businesses by Marks & Clerk revealed that 84 per cent of executives believe brands are more important in a downturn than in favourable economic circumstances with 97 per cent intending to channel marketing efforts on core products and services in the recession.
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Blythe Liggins to support Two Castles run
Professional Services
A Leamington law firm has pulled out all the stops to support the annual Two Castles 10km between Warwick and Kenilworth Castles.
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Hammonds predicts increase in corporate activity
Professional Services
A Midlands law firm has predicted an increase in corporate activity amid a growing number of indicators that the recession may have bottomed out.
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Higgs & Sons in Equality Bill warning
Professional Services
A Midlands law firm has joined the growing voice of dissent over the Government’s Equality Bill warning that it may push many employers over the edge.
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Midlands Finance Charity Ball raising money for Make-A-Wish Foundation
Professional Services
Trainee solicitors at one of Birmingham’s biggest law firms have been stepping out on to the board room table this week to help to promote a forthcoming charity ball to members of Birmingham’s professional services community.
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HP lending soars
Banking & Finance
The amount of money that consumers borrowed through hire purchase agreements soared by nearly a quarter during March, bucking the belt-tightening trend across the rest of the credit market, figures showed yesterday.
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Global economy will help firms recover say advisers
Banking & Finance
Strong businesses are set to emerge from the recession better placed than before, according to two top firms of advisers.
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Full scale of Darling's tax squeez is becoming clear
Banking & Finance
I suppose we should think ourselves lucky that the Chancellor didn’t abolish higher rate tax relief completely.
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Birmingham Credit Union launches digital advice line
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Families hit hard by the credit crunch can find out about low-cost, safe loans and saving plans simply by using the remote control for their television.
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