Speculators circle Whitbread
Rumours of a break-up for Whitbread, the leisure conglomerate that owns the Premier Lodge hotel chain and Costa Coffee, resurfaced yesterday after some unusual activity i...
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Has Elephant made a big mistake?
Q My son had car insurance from Elephant. He set up a monthly direct debit but only one payment had been made before his car was written off in an accident that wasn't hi...
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Mastering your finances
Can you really afford to do a postgraduate course? Debt is increasingly a disincentive for graduates thinking of staying on at university. The average student graduates w...
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Britons favour debit over credit cards
The popularity of credit cards declined last year, as consumers increasingly favoured their debit cards, figures released today revealed.
Overall, a total of £273bn...
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Mastercard issuers 'taxed consumers
A charging structure on purchases made with a Mastercard credit or debit card kept the cost of processing payments unduly high and was like a tax on UK consumers, the Off...
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Can my 75-year-old parents get a bridging loan?
Q My mum and stepdad are likely to be moving nearer to us. As it would seem better for them to buy a place and settle in rather than wait until they have sold their own p...
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Banking on debt
As a student you may not expect to have much money, but what cash you do have needs a home. You may well have had a current account in the past, but fierce competition am...
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Corus profits soar to ?435m
The steelmaker Corus today saw its first half profits more than double as it continued to make strides in its recovery programme.
Pre-tax profits at the Anglo-Dutch firm...
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Pensioners face jail in council tax protest
A retired vicar and a 73-year-old pensioner face jail next month over their protest against council tax increases.
Alfred Ridley and Sylvia Hardy have received dates for...
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Study links student debt to tax evasion
Graduates with student loan debts are more likely to become tax evaders later in life - particularly if they don't feel their degree course was very good - Australian res...
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