Rail delays worse than pre-Hatfield levels
Train punctuality rates remain worse than they were before the Hatfield disaster in 2000, Network Rail admitted today.
The not for profit company, which runs Britain's r...
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Home in Rio, broker in Luxembourg, shares in Tokyo
Expatriates with an eye to their financial affairs are likely to set up offshore deposit accounts, and might well invest in o. shore funds or insurance bonds. But what ar...
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Ready, net, go: useful websites
Many high street banks in Britain have offshore subsidiaries that offer a range of banking and investment services.
www.internationalbanking.barclays.com
www.natwesto...
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Lib Dems launch mini-manifesto on crime
Offenders such as female shoplifters should receive community sentences rather jail terms in order to cut reoffending rates and improve rehabilitation, the Liberal Democr...
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The tax iceberg
Gordon Brown was criticised for overreliance on getting rid of tax avoidance schemes to raise money to balance his budget. But there is no doubt that it is a worthy aim. ...
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Would you lend ?10,000 to someone you'd never met?
It's being touted as the eBay of the banking world - a radical new online financial "exchange" that allows millions of ordinary people to borrow from and lend money to ea...
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Can I open a UK account from Germany?
Q As I am living and working in Germany, I would like to take advantage of the current exchange rate and transfer savings funds to a UK account in preparation for the pur...
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German chancellor proposes corporate tax cuts
The embattled German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, today proposed a cut in corporate taxes as part of a number of new measures to accelerate growth in Europe's large...
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Move to lift 1% credit union cap
The government yesterday proposed allowing credit unions to increase the amount of interest they can charge borrowers, to help them become providers of loans to the socia...
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Brown extends Isa limits to 2010
Gordon Brown pleased savers and investors looking for tax breaks in his budget today when he announced that the tax-free allowance for the individual savings account (Isa...
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