Cheques get the chop at Asda
The death of the cheque came a step closer yesterday, with the announcement that supermarket Asda is to stop accepting them as payment in some of its branches.
The reta...
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At last, holiday insurance that dares to take on the risk of terrorism
A travel insurance product without any of the usual exemptions for terror strikes or pre-existing health conditions has been launched this week to help families of Britis...
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Idealist hippie lawyer can't beat the taxman
For any other lawyer, a jail term would mean financial ruin. For Tony Serra the 10-month sentence he starts this weekend for 20 years of tax evasion will be little more t...
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Rail firm's telesales are not the ticket
I tried to book a train ticket by phone through First Great Western. Neither my credit card nor debit card matched what the telesales operator had on the screen, so she c...
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City bonus brigade face £100m tax clawback
Some of the City's most highly paid bankers and traders face an unpaid tax bill of more than £100m following last week's Budget.
Gordon Brown's latest measures to ...
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Brown taunts the Tories: we invest, you cut taxes
Prime minister in waiting Gordon Brown used his 10th budget yesterday to sharpen the political battle lines with David Cameron's Conservatives, by unveiling a package of ...
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No council tax rebate but prospect of free bus travel
Groups representing the elderly criticised what they claimed was an "Ebenezer Scrooge budget" for Britain's 11 million pensioners, at a time of fast-rising energy and cou...
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Self-assessment dates move forward
New filing deadlines for self-assessment taxpayers will come into force next year, it was announced in today's budget.
The deadline for all taxpayers is January 31, but ...
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The price of democracy
The controversy over the opaque practice of donors giving anonymous loans to political parties has triggered a chorus of calls for this loophole to be closed, despite the...
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Planet aims to go worldwide
Planet Group, which enables consumers to make credit card payments in the currency of their choice, makes its debut on Aim, the junior stock market, tomorrow.
The New Yo...
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