Best home insurance provider: Rias
Focusing on understanding and serving the needs of a specific customer base is the secret of success for the Retirement Insurance Advisory Service (Rias), specialist prov...
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Doorstep lenders 'provide satisfaction
Customers who borrow money from doorstep lenders tend to be happy with their loans, but pay a high price for this satisfaction, the Competition Commission said today.
In...
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Council's e-payment system offers hope to tax payers
Councils have been dragging their feet over offering facilities for online payment, compared with private companies. Last year's annual survey of council websites carried...
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Alliance & Leicester offers savers 10%
A new savings account paying an interest rate of 10% will be launched by Alliance & Leicester next week.
The premier regular saver account will be available to customers...
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The man who models his strategy on Goldilocks
Long seen as one of the two or three favourites to replace Alan Greenspan at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke is the chairman of President Bush's Council of ...
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Employers plead with Bank to cut borrowing costs
Britain's employers yesterday stepped up their pressure on the Bank of England for a cut in interest rates after describing the plight faced by manufacturers as "alarming...
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The case for a cut
The prospect of a fresh cut in interest rates to jump-start the UK's stalled recovery receded yesterday when the OECD joined the governor of the Bank of England in resist...
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Brown refuses to rule out tax rises
Gordon Brown today refused to rule out future tax rises after an influential economics report predicted a £10bn shortfall in Treasury revenues - the equivalent of 3p...
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Tory tax review seeks 'simpler, flatter' system
A Conservative party review of the tax system was launched today by the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, to look into "simpler, fairer and flatter taxes".
Sir Christo...
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Cost of studying in the regions
Student domicile: England
Place of study: England
Variable fees, up to £3,000 a year. Payment may be deferred until after graduation by taking out a loan for fees...
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