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Tag: Business
Scotsman: Leeds Launches Discount Buy-to-let Mortgage
LEEDS Building Society has launched a new, three-year discount buy-to-let mortgage at 4.99 per cent.
Scotsman: Pet Insurance With More Than Others?
INSURER More Than has brought out a budget pet insurance scheme – Pet Saver – with premiums starting at £4.99 a month.
Scotsman: Securityfirst.co.uk Launches Age-related Insurance
A RANGE of age-related payment protection insurance products has been launched by securityfirst.co.uk.
Scotsman: That Old Mobile Phone Could Be Worth £150
BY RECYCLING your old mobile phone, you could earn up to £150 a time.
This Is Money: Family Business Valued At £340m
A family-run business which started life as a curtain stall in a Leicester market was today valued on the stock market at £340m
Scotsman: Individual Investors Are Spreading Their Wings
SCOTLAND’S angel investors are flying high. Growing numbers of high net-worth individuals are investing risk capital directly into early-stage businesses, encouraged by generous tax breaks and the promise of attractive returns.
Scotsman: Advisers: Pensions No Longer The Deal Breakers
WITH pension deficits now appearing on the balance sheet and treated as an unsecured creditor, final salary pension schemes are considered a core part of a business.
Motley Fool: Macquarie Swallows Thames Water
Australia’s Macquarie Bank, together with a group of unnamed investors, has bought Thames Water for £4.8b plus £3.2b in debt. The water utility, which is owned by Germany’s RWE, supplies water to about 13 million people in London and the Thames Valley. It came into existence in 1974 when ten regional water companies were created through the Water Act of 1973. It was subsequently privatised by the then Conservative Government in 1989, and later bought by the German multi-utility firm RWE in 2001.
Scotsman: Bank’s £91m Balance Gaffe
A WOMAN was mistakenly told by her bank her balance had reached a staggering £91 million.