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'Elite' society place for Challinors partner Fiona
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Fiona Debney, Partner and head of the wills, trust and probate team at Midlands law firm Challinors, has been admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
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Bradford & Bingley in £500 million mortgage write off
Banking & Finance
Nationalised lender Bradford & Bingley said it was writing off more than £500 million in mortgage loans turned sour.
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Brown rejects critics of building society takeover
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday branded Dunfermline Building Society an “author of its own mistakes†as the Government stepped in to lead a rescue sale and break-up of the ailing mutual.
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Jobs in financial sector cut at fastest rate since 1993
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Jobs in the financial sector have been cut at their fastest rate since 1993 – and the trend is expected to continue.
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Birmingham lawyer helps to clear firm in submarine tragedy
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A high profile Midlands lawyer has played a major role in vindicating the º£½ÇÊÓƵ company at the heart of the nuclear submarine tragedy which cost two British sailors their lives deep beneath the arctic icepack.
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Chief's fury at plan to 'sacrifice' Dunfermline
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A furious building society chief yesterday accused the Treasury of “sacrificing†his institution.
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Abbey legal cuts may hit homebuyers
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Homebuyers taking out a mortgage with Abbey could face additional charges after the Spanish-owned bank reduced the number of solicitors it allows to carry out work on its behalf.
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Nearly a quarter of pet-lovers forced to make cutbacks
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Not even the country’s pets are escaping the effects of the recession, a survey has shown.
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Perfect time to pick up a fixed rate mortgage
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A number of lenders have cut their fixed-rate mortgages during the past few days, prompting brokers to say now could be the best time to lock into a deal.
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Gold prospects given mixed predictions
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Investors are split in their outlook for the price of gold, according to research from Barclays Stockbrokers.
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Time to rethink your retirement options
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I would guess that the body clock of a 65-year-old who has spent 40 years getting up at 6am and not returning home until 6pm doesn’t switch off that easily.
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New PricewaterhouseCoopers boss Mark Smith relishes the challenge
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Tom Fleming speaks to Mark Smith about assuming the regional chairmanship of one of the ‘big four’, PwC, at just 45
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Halving of L&G final dividend saves £127m
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Legal & General halved its final dividend yesterday and earmarked another £650 million to double cover the amount set aside to cover possible defaults on corporate bonds it holds to an income for people who have invested lump sums in return for the promise of an income for life.
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Shipston-on-Stour business cracks eastern European market
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A Warwickshire businessman is cracking a new eastern European market after receiving assistance from the Chamber.
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Two questions key to increase in IMF funds
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A global economic recession and spreading financial crisis have raised concerns about whether the International Monetary Fund will have sufficient resources to help emerging market and developing economies cope with the crisis.
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Private equity looks to Africa and South Asia for new deals
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Private equity continues to show signs of life in emerging markets despite drying up in the West, the manager of an emerging fund of funds said, but even in frontier African markets firms and funds are feeling the pinch.
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23m of China's migrant workers are unemployed
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China estimates that the number of its unemployed migrant workers has risen to 23 million since January’s Lunar New Year holiday, with 11million of those who returned to cities still searching for jobs.
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New head of the Association of Women Solicitors
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Clare McConnell, of international law firm, Stephenson Harwood, has been appointed the new head of the Association of Women Solicitors.
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HydraPower takes dynamic approach to seeking new business
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A drive into the original equipment market has been launched by the hi-tech hydraPower dynamics group - with the launch of a new company.
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Interactive Telecoms still growing in difficult times
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A go-ahead Midland telecoms company is fighting back hard against the downturn with a major expansion programme.
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Hammonds in Birmingham acts for Kelly Services in sell-off
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A corporate team from Hammonds in Birmingham led by partner Peter McLintock, has acted for Kelly Services, one of the world’s top workforce management services and human resources firms, on the sale of 31 of Kelly’s commercial staffing branches across England to Interaction Staffing Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
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Tipton and Coseley customers to vote online at AGM
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The Tipton and Coseley Building Society is taking its meetings on to the web, with members able to cast their votes at the upcoming AGM online for the first time in the society’s history.
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Millionaires face more stringent tax scrunity
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Millionaire investors are facing a major new anti-evasion crackdown, a tax expert has warned.
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Good credit insurance could mean business survival
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As liquidity levels plummet, credit insurance is becoming a hot topic.
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