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• Text pests: HMRC could start sending 'threats' over unpaid debts

  15-09-2016 17:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE taxman could start to send “threatening” texts, after experiments showed the messages increased payment rates among self-assessment tax payers.
  
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• New Lifetime ISA: Buyers WILL be able to use cash bonus for house deposits

  15-09-2016 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NEW ISA will allow savers to put the Government cash bonus towards a home deposit at exchange - unlike the current Help To Buy ISA, it has been confirmed today.
  
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• Pensioner shock as 2016 is worst EVER year for retirement income

  15-09-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FIXED retirement income is on track to fall to its lowest ever level, dealing another huge blow to pensioners already dealing with ultra low returns on cash savings, analysis has found.
  
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• Benefits of 'dark pool' share trading outweigh risks, UK watchdog says - Business World (press release) (blog)

  15-09-2016 16:55
  Business World (press release) (blog)
  Benefits of 'dark pool' share trading outweigh risks, UK watchdog says
  Business World (press release) (blog)
  The benefits of dark pools, where investors can trade shares anonymously, outweigh the risks, an analysis from Britain's markets watchdog said on Thursday. Dark pools, which feature in Michael Lewis's best-seller book "Flash Boys," have come under fire ...
  UK dark pools and reference prices - Financial Conduct Authority ...Automated Traderalle 6
  
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• UK bonuses soar to £44bn beating pre-financial crash peak for the first time - The Guardian

  15-09-2016 15:07
  
  The Guardian
  UK bonuses soar to £44bn beating pre-financial crash peak for the first time
  The Guardian
  Workers in City of London, Britain's financial hub. Finance and insurance firms handed out £13.9bn in bonuses last year. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian. Sean Farrell and Larry Elliott. Thursday 15 September 2016 14.42 EDT Last modified on ...
  Record bonuses paid to UK employees — but are they fair?FinancialNews.co.uk (blog)alle 29 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• The Archers shows domestic abuse can be financial - AOL Money UK - AOL Money UK

  15-09-2016 13:15
  
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  The Archers shows domestic abuse can be financial - AOL Money UK
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  If you've been following the story of The Archers Helen Titchener, who has been cleared of the attempted murder of her violent husband Rob following a ...en meer »
  
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• BREAKING: Bank of England HOLDS interest rates at 0.25 per cent

  15-09-2016 12:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Bank of England has kept interest rates at 0.25 per cent, after Britain's economy has continued to shrug off the vote to leave the European Union .
  
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• John Lewis warns of steady reduction in staff as profits tumble

  15-09-2016 12:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Retailer also scales back Waitrose expansion plans as price war, pay hikes and IT spending dent first-half profitsThe John Lewis Partnership has scaled back expansion plans at its Waitrose supermarket chain and said staff numbers would fall after reporting a sharp drop in first-half profit.Pre-tax profit for the partnership for the six months to the end of July fell 14.7% to £81.9m, excluding exceptional property items. Continue reading...
  
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• More evidence Brexit Britain is booming as retail sales SURGE and pound RISES

  15-09-2016 11:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH Street sales jumped a huge 6.2 per cent year on year in August, in another sign of Britain's economic strength following the vote to leave the European Union .
  
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• Morrisons gain momentum on comeback trail

  15-09-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MORRISONS boss David Potts praised staff for “playing a blinder” as the UK’s fourth biggest supermarket continued its revival by growing same-store sales for the third straight quarter.
  
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• City news: Waitrose, Next, FatFace and Biffa

  15-09-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOHN LEWIS is scaling back expansion of its Waitrose supermarket chain and will reduce staff numbers as half-year profit fell 14.7 per cent to £81.9million.
  
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