Baby bonds under fire
MPs branded the government's £500 baby bonds a tax break for the wealthy and "deeply flawed" this week.
The bonds, which Chancellor Gordon Brown first announced tw...
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Drinks chief's ?2m payday cheer
Philip Bowman, chief executive of the drinks group Allied Domecq, banked £2m in the past year after a bonus scheme produced a cash payment of more than £1m.
M...
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CAF's bank relaunched
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has rebranded its banking subsidiary, which has 10% of the charity banking market, to make its purpose clearer. CafCash Ltd will now be...
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FTSE's ?1m woman on the move
The highest paid woman in the FTSE 100 has unexpectedly quit her job to concentrate on finding a bigger role.
Helen Weir, finance director at Kingfisher, parent of the ...
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Court computer plan wastes millions - and still doesn't work
A huge project to put all the nation's magistrates courts on one computer system is condemned by a powerful committee of MPs today as one of the worst public finance proj...
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1.4m pensioners better off with credits
More than 1.4 million pensioners are getting more money each week under the new pension credit, government figures showed today.
The Department for Work and Pensions ...
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Avoiding credit card fraud
Fraud on 'card-not-present' purchases has grown by a third over the last two years, according to the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS). This form of fraud...
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Rise in internet credit card fraud
The fraudulent use of credit and debit cards to buy items over the internet or the telephone has soared by more than a third during the past two years, according to new f...
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Plea for curbs on credit card charges
The Department of Trade and Industry was yesterday accused by a prominent member of the Treasury select committee of "sleeping on the job" instead of cracking down on mis...
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Shared interest makes perfect economic sense
Shared Interest defines its mission as 'finance for fair trade'. It provides a link between UK investors who want to make a difference to the world and people in poorer c...
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