Retail therapy could cheer up the boardrooms
Despite the threat and imposition of higher interest rates, the retail sector has made some decent gains in the past three months. The exception has been Woolworths, whic...
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Doorstep lenders face inquiry
Doorstep lenders - which can charge interest rates of more than 170% a year - could be subjected to a full-blown competition investigation by the end of the year.
The O...
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Ingenious' Tory fee plans hit the poor
The Conservative party's proposals to boost university income by charging students higher rates of interest on their loans are "ingenious", but would hit the poorest stud...
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Best credit card provider: Smile
If there's one quality that demonstrates a true winner, it's consistency. To win a consumer finance award once is an achievement. To win it three times in a row suggests ...
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No fees, more loans - and lots of interest at election time
The Conservatives and the government began a war of figures yesterday as ministers attempted to show that the Tory higher education plans do not add up.
The problem for...
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Labour hits out at Tory loans policy
The education secretary, Charles Clarke, today issued a critique of the Tories new top-up fees policy claiming it will leave universities ?1.1bn short and would penalise ...
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Students slam Tory loans plan
Students today labelled Tory plans to charge commercial rates on loans "abhorrent", as university bosses gave them a cautious welcome.
The president of the National Unio...
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Lib Dems pledge ?100 pensions boost
The Liberal Democrats today put pensions in the electoral frontline, with a promise to boost payments to everyone over 75 by ?100 a month.
With the Conservatives on the ...
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Axminster firm's profit warning
Higher interest rates and a slowdown in carpet sales led to a profit warning yesterday from Victoria. The maker of Axminster saw its shares fall 26% to 212.5p.
The firm ...
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August tarnishes Signet results
Jewellery sales lost their sparkle last month as higher interest rates made consumers more cautious, the transatlantic jewellery group Signet said yesterday.
The compan...
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