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• UK Financial Regulatory Developments - April 2016 #26 - JD Supra (press release)

  06-05-2016 21:41
  
  UK Financial Regulatory Developments - April 2016 #26
  JD Supra (press release)
  The Commission has published a working report on the progress and momentum around the CMU action plan since its launch in September 2015. The first report also sets out 11 key initiatives planned to begin in 2016 as well as outlining the preparatory ...en meer »
  
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• The way we shop now: the revolution in British spending habits

  06-05-2016 18:43
  
  Survey shows shoppers spend more on experiences such as holidays and eating out and less on productsThey call it the “experience economy”: a huge shift in consumer behaviour is said to be under way, from buying things to doing things. The demise of high street stalwarts BHS and Austin Reed, poor retail spending figures and a downturn in the number of people visiting high streets and shopping centres, are all being held up as evidence that Britons’ priorities are changing.Contin
  
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• Let’s move to the Marches: ‘A magical patch straight out of Tolkien’

  06-05-2016 17:30
  
  It’s both off and under the radar, on the way to nowhere in particular. Sounds like blissWhat’s going for it? If I were a fugitive, a reclusive playwright, a mum or dad juggling kids and life, or a politician dripping with corruption, I’d squirrel myself down a country lane off another country lane behind a hedgerow in the Marches and hope the cosmos would forget about me. It probably would, too. Nobody really comes here. This swath south of the Shropshire Hills between Ludlow
  
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• For rent: a one-bedroom London garage flat for £850pm

  06-05-2016 15:45
  
  Estate agents in Abbey Wood advertise converted garages on council estate in latest sign of inflated property market in the capitalA landlord is asking tenants for £850 a month – to live in a converted garage on a council estate on the edge of London. In yet more evidence of the city’s inflated property market, the garage, described as a “lovely compact one-bedroom flat” will cost the tenant about half the monthly take-home pay of someone earning an average salary.C
  
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• Bath financial adviser named among UK's top 250 - Bath Chronicle

  06-05-2016 15:01
  Bath Chronicle
  Bath financial adviser named among UK's top 250
  Bath Chronicle
  A founding partner of Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has been included in a list of the UK's top 250 independent financial advisers. Markas Gilmartin, who has more than 20 years' industry experience as a financial planner, is featured in the ...en meer »
  
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• St Ives backs residents-only home ownership plan in referendum

  06-05-2016 14:48
  
  Cornwall council proposal to make new-build properties in town available only to full-time locals wins 83% of voteResidents in the picturesque Cornish port of St Ives have overwhelmingly backed plans to restrict second home ownership.In a referendum on a neighbourhood plan put forward by Cornwall council to allow only full-time residents to own new-build properties in St Ives and Carbis Bay, 83% of voters backed the proposals. Continue reading...
  
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• China Nonferrous Gold UK Regulatory Announcement: Financial Update - Business Wire (press release)

  06-05-2016 12:48
  
  China Nonferrous Gold UK Regulatory Announcement: Financial Update
  Business Wire (press release)
  “We are delighted to have refinanced our loan with ICBC given the current challenging debt markets. The new facility provides considerable financial flexibility at a lower cost for the Company.” Tweet this. China Nonferrous Gold Limited 中国有色黄金有 ...en meer »
  
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• Spotted a silly sandwich board? Share photos of your favourite signs

  06-05-2016 12:39
  
  Whether it’s a funny poem or an inspirational quote, we want to see your photos of eye-catching sandwich boardsThey may have been around since the 19th century, but savvy street-facing businesses are still using the humble sandwich board to catch the attention of curious passers-by. From inspirational quotes to dirty limericks, pubs, cafes, restaurants and shops are using humour and the element of surprise to lure punters through the door. And it appears to be working.The Artillery Arms pu
  
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• U.K. Stores Post Steepest Sales Decline Since Financial Crisis - Bloomberg

  06-05-2016 10:19
  Bloomberg
  U.K. Stores Post Steepest Sales Decline Since Financial Crisis
  Bloomberg
  U.K. stores had their steepest sales decline since 2008 last month as British consumers shunned the country's shopping streets. Like-for-like sales fell 6.1 percent compared with April last year, business advisory firm BDO LLP said in its monthly report.en meer »
  
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• There isn't enough work to do in my new job

  06-05-2016 08:00
  
  I’ve taken on a new job role in the not-for-profit sector and am trying to fill my time finding things to do. I hate the boredom and worry I’ll be found out
  Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?I recently took
  
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• Surreal estate: London penthouse with retractable glass ceiling – in pictures

  06-05-2016 08:00
  
  This mind-blowingly expensive flat in Kensington allows you to swim on the mezzanine floor and ‘put the top down’ too Continue reading...
  
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• Halifax raises mortgage borrowing age limit to 80

  06-05-2016 01:26
  
  UK’s biggest mortgage lender’s move is part of trend for lenders to loan money to older people, some as old as 89Halifax has raised its age limit for mortgage borrowers by five years to 80 in a further sign of the financial pressure on homeowners as property prices continue to rise.The move by Britain’s biggest mortgage lender means that a 55-year-old customer could take out a 25-year loan and repay the loan before his or her 80th birthday. Continue reading...
  
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