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• Surreal estate: a folly of towering proportions … quite literally

  23-05-2016 18:03
  
  The 19th-century Hadlow Tower is located near Tonbridge and stands at 175 feet, and could be yours for … well, the market will decideThe UK’s tallest folly, the Grade I-listed Hadlow Tower near Tonbridge in Kent, is one of three historic properties up for sale after its owner, the heritage charity Vivat Trust, went into liquidation last year.Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit to give jobs BOOST: 200,000 MORE people in work if Britain leaves EU, MEP claims

  23-05-2016 17:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT campaigners have destroyed scaremongering claims unemployment would rocket if Britain left the European Union – by claiming 200,000 jobs would be CREATED from leaving the bloc.
  
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• Axa stops investing in tobacco because of 'tragic' cost to human lives

  23-05-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INSURANCE giant Axa is to stop investing in the tobacco industry because of the "tragic" human cost of the sector.
  
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• Tata Steel UK bids set to be finalised - Financial Express

  23-05-2016 15:56
  
  Financial Express
  Tata Steel UK bids set to be finalised
  Financial Express
  Only bidders that are willing to buy the whole of Tata's UK operations, including the loss-making Port Talbot steelworks, have reached the current point in the sale process. By: PTI | London | Published: May 23, 2016 7:25 PM ...en meer »
  
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• Obama's meddling backfired! President's comments push more investors to back Brexit

  23-05-2016 14:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PRESIDENT Obama's intervention in the referendum debate backfired for the Remain campaign - and actually made more investors likely to vote for a Brexit, research has revealed.
  
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• Cost of residential parking permits rises 50% in five years

  23-05-2016 14:37
  
  Average cost of an annual permit is £64, but some motorists pay 10 times more, research showsUK councils have increased the cost of resident parking permits by an average of 51% since 2011, research has found. An investigation by car insurance firm esure also revealed that more than half of local authorities have expanded the number of parking zones which require payment in the past two years.Continue reading...
  
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• Fintech vendor APS Financial gets UK credit licence - Banking Technology

  23-05-2016 14:34
  Banking Technology
  Fintech vendor APS Financial gets UK credit licence
  Banking Technology
  Advanced Payment Solutions (trading as APS Financial) has secured a credit licence from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This development allows APS to carry out consumer credit lending (including high-cost short-term credit lending) to its ...
  
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• Food prices falling faster than official figures show

  23-05-2016 14:02
  
  Official CPI figures for the price of food and drink are vastly different from those unearthed by an ONS project which ‘scrapes’ supermarket website price dataThe price of food and drink may have fallen faster than official estimates, according to the government body charged with collecting the data.The Office for National Statistics said the official consumer prices index (CPI) figure for food shows that prices have fallen by 3.3% since June 2014, while alcoholic drinks have dropped
  
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• UK a comfortable destination for financial fraudsters: Court - Business Standard

  23-05-2016 13:15
  
  UK a comfortable destination for financial fraudsters: Court
  Business Standard
  United Kingdom appears to be a "very comfortable destination for financial fraudsters" who flee from India, a Special court has observed while refusing to give permission to travel abroad to a director of a film making studio, accused in over Rs 2,200 ...en meer »
  
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• Even ECB can't save it! Eurozone in 'low-growth' quagmire as economy FALLS to 16-month low

  23-05-2016 13:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EUROPE's ailing economy has stalled again, despite desperate attempts by policymakers to bring it back from the brink, data revealed today.
  
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• China asks UK for advice on financial super-regulator - Lexology (registration)

  23-05-2016 12:54
  China asks UK for advice on financial super-regulator
  Lexology (registration)
  Following last year's stock market crash, China is looking to improve financial oversight and has apparently asked the UK for advice on plans to create a financial super-regulator. The talks with the FCO and the Treasury signal China's growing ...en meer »
  
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• Ryanair on high after profits soar

  23-05-2016 09:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BUDGET airline Ryanair is expected to report a boost in full-year profits today as it continues to cut prices to attract passengers in the wake of recent terror attacks.
  
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• City News: Tata, Shell, Lloyds Bank

  23-05-2016 08:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HEATHROW airport has pledged to use British steel if it is allowed to build a new runway, as Indian conglomerate Tata continues to assess bids for its UK assets.
  
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• Witty sandwich boards – in pictures

  23-05-2016 08:00
  
  From pubs cashing in on the bad weather to droll comments on gentrification, sandwich board slogans offer light relief on the high street Continue reading...
  
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• What’s the best way to transfer money from abroad?

  23-05-2016 08:00
  
  Banks seem to charge huge fees to send money to the UK and I wonder if there is a cheaper optionI have just sold my flat in Spain. New regulations for rentals have made life difficult and we can’t use it ourselves because of illness. How do you suggest we transfer the money back to the UK? There seem to be huge charges from the banks and I wonder if there is a better way of doing this? BC, Teignmouth, DevonYou don’t want to rely on your bank, as you may find you get a terrible exchan
  
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• I retired three years ago – how can I find part-time work to keep me engaged?

  23-05-2016 08:00
  
  I have 40 years of management experience in the NHS and would like to do something meaningfulTwice 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 retired almost three years ago, after 40-plus years in NHS management. I had always inten
  
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• Cashless Britain advances as contactless and debit cards thrive

  23-05-2016 01:01
  
  Less than half of consumer payments were in cash in 2015, while direct debits were worth £1.22tnBritain has passed another milestone on the path to a cashless society, with 2015 the first year that cash was used for less than half of all payments by consumers. Cash usage will be eclipsed by debit cards and contactless payments by 2021, said Payments UK, which represents the major banks, building societies and payment providers.Continue reading...
  
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