Articles in the Economy Category
Oil Price Dropping, Petrol To Follow?
September 3rd, 2008
In between the interesting yet slightly disappointing news about stamp duty and the ominous signs of recession looming comes some slightly better news - oil prices have been dropping a little recently.
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Recession Expected This Year, Feels Like It’s Already Here
September 3rd, 2008
Whilst most of the headlines yesterday were to do with the changes to stamp duty, one other story stood out - the OECD predicted that the UK economy will go into recession at the end of the year.
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Stamp Duty Change Reactions
September 2nd, 2008
The big story of the day is the 1-year change to stamp duty announced by the Government.
In a bid to stimulate some interest in the housing market, the lowest threshold for paying stamp duty has been raised from £125,000 to £175,000 until September next year.
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Tips For Coping With Redundancy
August 28th, 2008
A recent survey by the TUC suggests that 13% of workers (over 3 million in total) are worried about the threat of redundancy - hardly surprising given all the talk about recession and the current state of the economy.
What can you do to minimise the effects of losing your job?
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Stamp Duty Confusion Affects 83% Of Movers
August 26th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago Alistair Darling appeared to suggest there may be plans afoot to change the way stamp duty was charged, causing widespread uncertainty in the housing market as people waited for confirmation.
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Are You Feeling The Crunch?
July 14th, 2008
FreeMoneyFinance recently asked are you feeling any economic pain, so I thought I’d look at the same subject from a UK perspective, and poll Money Watch readers on whether you are feeling the effects of the credit crunch yet? When I say crunch here, I’m …
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Fed Up With High Petrol Prices? Go Live In Venezuela
May 25th, 2008
Here in the U.K. we’re hearing more and more complaints about the high and rising price of petrol, and with the recent rise in oil prices, it’s something that likely to get worse.
There’s an interesting page on Wikipedia which shows the …
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BBC Looking For Our Help With Credit Crunch Map
May 17th, 2008
The BBC are looking for help to build up a “mood map” of the effect of the credit crunch around the UK.
We’re asking you what single factor is hurting you most about the credit crunch?
OK, so it’s totally unscientific, and the categories you can choose from are somewhat limited …
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Are You Prepared For A Recession?
May 15th, 2008
OK, I’ll admit myself that I hate all of the sensational headlines about house price crashes and recession, but with the economy in a downturn, it’s worth considering what we should do should we go into recession.
From a personal point of view, over the last few months we’ve been …
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Tax Changes: The Aftermath
May 14th, 2008
The tax u-turn made by the Chancellor yesterday caused the expected reaction of both pleasure from those out to receive £120 back from the tax man and outrage from the 150,000 people now expected to slip into the higher rate of tax.
Despite the feel good announcements made by …
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