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Scotsman: Brown Told To Revamp ISAs
THE UK’s largest building society today urged the Chancellor to raise tax-free savings limits and the stamp duty threshold to boost savings and encourage home ownership.
This Is Money: Millionaire Show Makes Carrott £17m
Comedian Jasper Carrott today emerged as one of the biggest winners of Who Wants To be a Millionaire? as he sold his stake in the business in a £112m deal.
Scotsman: Chilton Staff First To Gain From PPF
WORKERS made redundant by the closure of a textiles firm have become the first in Scotland to benefit from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), designed to compensate pension scheme members of collapsed companies.
Scotsman: Hutton Unveils Plans To Raise Pension Age
THE Government today published its detailed proposals to raise the retirement age to 68 over the next 40 years and link the state pension to earnings once more.
Scotsman: FSA Targets ‘sub-prime’ Mortgage Brokers
MORTGAGE brokers targeting vulnerable “sub-prime” borrowers have come in for criticism from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) which has told 200 firms to withdraw or amend misleading advertising.
This Is Money: Brown Hints At Cutting MoTs
Gordon Brown today gave business chiefs his clearest ‘mission statement’ yet by pledging to slash red tape, including the annual MoT test
Motley Fool: Drive Out Your Debt Demons!
I was amused to learn that the Conservatives have launched a new website which is designed to warn (young) people about the dangers of running up too much debt.
Scotsman: Nationwide Ends ‘one Deal For All ‘guarantee
NATIONWIDE Building Society has gone back on its much publicised guarantee of offering the same mortgage deals to all customers.
Scotsman: Retirement Now Top Aim Of Savers Says Standard
FOR the first time since Standard Life unveiled its Savings and Investment Index last July, retirement has replaced holidays in the top spot of what people are saving for.