Budget 2011 Key Points...

March 23, 2011

Chancellor George Osborne was on his feet in the House of Commons presenting a ‘tax neutral’ Budget aimed at stimulating business growth. The Budget has little wiggle room for cutting taxe...

February sees increased busi...

March 23, 2011

Bank lending to UK businesses increased in February, according to new figures from the BritishBankers’ Association (BBA). The report from the BBA showed that lending to private non-financial bus...

Incomes in Britain falling b...

March 22, 2011

New research has found that the average household income in the UK is shrinking by £1 per daythanks to low savings rates, high inflation and frozen wages. The Institute of Fiscal Studies datafou...

Mum pulls the purse strings...

March 22, 2011

Mum’s the word for who is in control of family finances – with three out of four women controlling the family purse strings, according to a new survey. Although men are still likely to wei...