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• The Share Hunter: Lloyds to focus on ‘bread and butter’ banking

  26-02-2017 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LLOYDS is an increasingly bread & butter bank – focused on high street, SMEs and consumer banking.
  
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• The sad cost of renting: never having somewhere to call home

  26-02-2017 17:00
  
  Constantly having to lug your possessions to a new address leads to bare-bones, functional, don’t-get-too-attached livingMoving house is one of life’s most stressful experiences. I have done it 16 times over the past 13 years and, in comparison with some of my friends, that makes me one of the settled ones. I know it is one of life’s most stressful experiences because, whenever you move house, someone will inevitably tell you so. As you stuff a duvet into a pound-shop laun
  
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• When will Britons get a pay rise?

  26-02-2017 16:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Brexit and exodus of foreign workers may force employers to pay more, but there are no guaranteesToo scared to ask for a pay rise? You’re not alone. There are millions of people who would prefer to walk over hot coals than ask their manager to reward good work with extra cash.Last week a report found that millennials not only failed to claim a larger slice of the wages pie in their current workplace, they also moved job with less frequency, denying themselves the opportunity to negotiate a
  
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• If you want a job at UK's best financial services company to work for, you'll have ... - City A.M.

  26-02-2017 13:59
  
  City A.M.
  If you want a job at UK's best financial services company to work for, you'll have ...
  City A.M.
  I am City A.M.'s digital editor. Having previously worked at Property Week and M [..] Show more. Follow Emma. New York City Tops Nation In Income Inequality. Want to work in the finance sector? You could do worse than getting a job at these companies ...
  
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• Quids in: why it’s time to get rid of your £1 coins

  26-02-2017 12:40
  
  The new 12-sided £1 coin arrives in March, and you will only have six months to offload the old ones. It’s also just 10 weeks until paper £5 notes are historyIt’s all change once again for the UK’s coins and notes. While millions of us are still getting used to the new “non-vegetarian” plastic £5 notes, it’s the £1 coin that is next to receive a makeover. The new 12-sided “bimetallic” (made of two metals) pound coin is being
  
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• Windfarms aren’t the real reason energy bills are rising. Blame the free market

  26-02-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Complaints about ‘green crap’ have been a convenient excuse for governments unable or unwilling to intervene and cap suppliers’ pricesLast week, photographs of wind turbines were once again juxtaposed with headlines about rising energy prices. The cause on this occasion was no less pre-eminent a body than a Lords committee, comprising former chancellor Norman Lamont and other heavyweight peers.“To reduce carbon emissions, governments have subsidised renewables, passing on
  
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• Jessops leaves me out of the picture over movie camera repairs

  26-02-2017 08:00
  
  There’s no sign of my Sony Handycam after seven months and customer service has been poorIn June last year I left my Sony HD Handycam movie camera at Jessops, Bury St Edmunds for repair after the touchscreen stopped working. It was out of warranty, so I paid £25 and was told it would take two or three weeks to repair. I heard nothing for two months and started phoning in late August. I was told the repairers were still looking at it and I would get a response as soon as possible.In S
  
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• Brexit is a Whitehall farce that threatens the heart of Europe

  26-02-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It is not just the British economy at stake: the absurdities and evasions of the Leave campaign are jeopardising hard-won stability across the continentThere are many problems afflicting the British economy, and many afflicting the European Union. The trouble with Brexit is that it is almost guaranteed to aggravate both.Although I continue to emphasise the economic damage likely to result from cutting ourselves off from half of our export market, in common with many Remainers I am also exercised
  
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• Dublin to gain 13,000 UK financial services jobs from Brexit ... - Irish Independent

  26-02-2017 03:31
  
  Irish Independent
  Dublin to gain 13,000 UK financial services jobs from Brexit ...
  Irish Independent
  Ireland's financial services industry is set to absorb in the region of 13000 jobs from the UK arising following its decision to vote in favour of Brexit.en meer »
  
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• UK Crude Output Rises for 2nd Consecutive Year - Financial Tribune

  26-02-2017 01:14
  
  Financial Tribune
  UK Crude Output Rises for 2nd Consecutive Year
  Financial Tribune
  UK production of crude oil and natural gas liquids increased by 4.8% on the year in 2016, the second annual rise in a row, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in its provisional figures for 2016. Most of the growth came ...
  
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