Politicians are calling for greater regulation of unsolicited offers of credit by lenders as part of the wider campaign against junk mail.
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This Is Money: Stores Accused Of ‘illegal’ Practices
Retailer Nisa-Today’s has a policy of restricting competition with rival Costcutter, according to a letter written by a senior manager at the company
This Is Money: Sad Fall For Browne At The Last Fence
What a pity that the man who has been regularly voted Britain’s most-admired business executive will spend his final days at BP fighting fires
Scotsman: The Taxman’s Deadline Is Looming
MORE than 600,000 Scots have until Saturday to get their self-assessment forms into HM Revenue & Customs if they want the taxman to calculate their tax bill for them.
Scotsman: Cost Of Digs Puts Students Deep In Debt
STUDENTS at St Andrews and Edinburgh universities face among the highest bills in Britain for student accommodation, according to a new report.
Scotsman: Don’t Panic About Your Pension, Just Cross Your Fingers
OUR obsession with finding the elixir of life took a bizarre twist last week with a report from the healthcare company Bupa claiming that four out of 10 of us would happily give up sex in order to live to be 100.
Scotsman: Reed Exit To Rob Standard Life Of Elusive Stability Again
THE analysts are struggling to predict with any accuracy what sort of figures Standard Life will produce this week when it unveils its first interim results since the flotation in July, but it’s a fair bet they’ll point in the right direction.
Scotsman: After 800 Years It Is Worth Keeping The Faith Despite Changes To Inheritance Tax
VALERIE SMART and JOHN WHITING conclude a two-part look at trusts.
Scotsman: Anger Over Threat To Withdraw Crucial Company Pension Safeguards
THE government is threatening to remove vital safeguards for employees by allowing companies to renege on past pensions promises.
Scotsman: FSA Alerts Motorists Over Car Insurance Scam
CITY watchdog the Financial Services Authority issued an urgent warning this week to motorists who may have bought car insurance from a company called Double Easy Brokers Ltd (which traded as Eeasybrokers) to arrange alternative cover immediately.