National drop-out rates fall but fail to improve in London
Drop-out rates have fallen slightly at UK universities and colleges but are still sitting at more than one in three students at some institutions, according to figures pu...
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HSBC calm about rate rise effect
HSBC is concerned about the impact rising interest rates may have on unemployment because this could affect its customers' ability to repay their debts.
But Douglas Fli...
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Poverty rates on the decline - but 22% of Britons still live below the line
Poverty in Britain has fallen to levels last seen in the late 1980s, according to a survey published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation today.
The New Policy Institute f...
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We like consistently good rates
Recent research from Intelligent Finance, the internet arm of the Halifax, claims that consistently high rates on savings accounts are a scarce commodity.
Headline-gra...
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Rate freeze wins warm welcome from all sides
The Bank of England left interest rates on hold yesterday, to a chorus of approval from the City, industry and the retail sector.
The monetary policy committee had been...
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Growth in services points to rate rises next year
Service sector firms, the main engine of the economy, expanded at their fastest pace for more than six years in November, the latest snapshot of the sector showed yesterd...
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Business confidence survives rate rise
Last month's interest rate rise has not hurt business confidence and optimism, according to two new surveys published today. One report shows the service sector at its mo...
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Nigel Melville rates the teams and who will win each battle
Josh Lewsey 8 v Mat Rogers 8
Rogers still bears the marks of their last meeting - an unsightly rib, damaged by Lewsey's tackle in Melbourne. Both are going well but h...
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Lloyds TSB ups current account rate
Lloyds TSB today launched the latest attack in the battle for current account customers by announcing it would pay up to 4.5% interest on account balances.
But the offe...
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Debt fears put rate rises on hold
Christmas shoppers may be spared a rise in borrowing costs after the Bank of England said yesterday that it plans to proceed cautiously with further interest rate increas...
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