For the first time, women make up about one in four on an annual list of Top 100 Entrepreneurs, a 25% increase on the 2004 figure
Month: December 2006
This Is Money: Crush Hour In The Sales
Spending in the sales is predicted to be up 50% on last year as the post-Christmas shopping boom continues
This Is Money: Banks Write Off £1.4bn Bad Debt
Banks wrote off a record £1.4bn of customers’ bad debt in 2006 as thousands of consumers took advantage of debt relief tools
This Is Money: Pensions Gap Cut By Half
Pension deficits of the UK’s top firms fell by almost half in 2006, according to figures out today.
Scotsman: House Price Inflation Tops 10% For First Time In 2 Years
HOUSE prices across the nation have scored their first double-digit gains for almost two years, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide building society.
Money Links For 28th Dec 2006
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MoneyExpert: Credit Unions ‘could Provide Lower-cost Loans’
Those looking to compare loans as the beginning of 2007 approaches could benefit from a report from the Association of British Credit Unions (Abcul).
MoneyExpert: Majority Of Brits Plan To Save Next Year
Some 82 per cent of Britons intend to organise their savings next year, with one in five admitting that they had not saved as much as anticipated in 2006.
This Is Money: Fashionably Indebted Brits
Debt is at a record level, personal bankruptcies are soaring, houses are being priced out of reach, but still we can’t resist splashing out on top brands
This Is Money: 30 Second Guide To Chinas Currency Basket
The Daily Mail's City team examine the mechanism that keep Chinese manufacturers compared with their US counterparts.