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Abbey relaxes borrowing rules to make best deals available
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The Ƶ’s second biggest mortgage lender yesterday said it was relaxing its lending criteria to make its best deals available to people with smaller deposits.
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Parents will count cost of holidaying during school break
Banking & Finance
Parents hoping to treat their children to a family holiday over the long school break will be hit by big price increases, a credit card company has found.
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Pru’s M&G delighted by record monthly flows at start of 2009
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M&G, the fund management wing of Prudential, enjoyed a bumper start to the year as private investors piled into its corporate bond funds.
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Top economist warns Birmingham business meeting of more bad news
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One of the country’s leading economists has told business figures in Birmingham that there is still more bad news around the corner for the Ƶ economy.
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M42 traffic management advisers bought out by rival
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The company that provided specialist advice on the M42 traffic management scheme has been taken over in an undisclosed deal.
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Birmingham firm International Synergies in China link deal
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Pioneering Birmingham company International Synergies says it close to signing a £1.6 million deal to establish an industrial symbiosis network in the world’s largest industrial park based on one developed in the West Midlands.
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Black Country firms told of opportunities in Dubai and the Gulf
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Black Country Chamber’s international trade team joined forces with the Dubai government for a seminar to highlight business opportunities in Dubai and the Gulf.
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Bank's caution on 'green shoots'
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Green shoots were conspicuously absent from the Bank of England’s quarterly “Inflation Report” yesterday which struck a distinctly more cautious note than the Bank’s February estimates.
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Martineau lures Gillespie from city rivals Cobbetts
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Law firm Martineau has secured the services of the former head of employment at one of its city rivals and neighbours.
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Top Midland banker joins US insurance broker
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One of the region’s best known bankers has joined a top US insurance broker as part of a major expansion of its Birmingham office.
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Shareholder fury at actions of Allied Bank chairman
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One of Ireland’s top bankers was pelted with eggs as hundreds of angry shareholders voted to pump billions of taxpayers’ money into the institution.
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Rotary International attracts nearly 20,000 to NEC convention
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More than 18,000 multi-national visitors have signed up to a convention in Birmingham.
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New partners for finance adviser Catalyst
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Corporate finance adviser Catalyst has announced the appointment of two new partners.
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Slovakia and Chile top experts' index for investment attractiveness
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Midland companies should keep an eye on emerging markets such as China, Slovakia and Chile and be ready to invest once the global economy improves, according to experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Deflationary spiral ‘is our biggest peril’
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The greatest risk for the economy is that the Ƶ will enter a deflationary debt spiral, one of the country’s top investment thinkers has said at a seminar in Birmingham.
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Wragge advises on Defra research ship contract
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The projects team at Colmore Row law firm Wragge & Co has advised the Government on a deal with an Australian shipping firm to equip one of its research vessels.
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Tributes to Thursfields partner Bill Heaselgrave
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Lawyers at Thursfields solicitors have paid tribute to former senior partner – and president of the Birmingham Law Society – Bill Heaselgrave, who died recently.
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Paul Spires: How to carry out a distressed-asset deal
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The sale of distressed assets has been one of the only bright points of the corporate market as deals dry up.
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Mortgage arrears and repossessions 'lower than 1990s slump'
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The City watchdog said mortgage arrears and repossessions could be at a lower level in this recession than in the 1990s slump.
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Employers' relief over modest minimum wage rise
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The Government’s decision to increase the national minimum wage by 7p to £5.80 an hour has been given a tentative welcome by businesses and unions.
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Legan & General loses 560 jobs in process centres
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The finance industry has been hit after plans were announced to axe up to 560 posts at insurance giant Legal & General.
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Tax changes will drive away football stars, expert warns
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Tax changes will made it harder for top sides such as Aston Villa to attract players, a tax expert has warned.
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Weightmans launches Birmingham insurance litigation costs unit
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Weightmans is expanding its insurance litigation costs department by launching a Birmingham unit, to be led by a partner recruited from rival Beachcroft.
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Mike Follis promoted to partner at Davies & Partners
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The family team at new law firm Davies and Partners Solicitors is celebrating its first successful year in Birmingham, with the promotion of lawyer Mike Follis to partner.
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