Articles tagged "Bank of England"
Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 8th February 2013
Friday, February 8th, 2013
Welcome to your regular financial news round up, for the week ending the 8th February. Don’t forget – it’s Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Day on the 12th! As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that we will [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, investment
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 18th January 2013
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Welcome to another week’s financial news round up. And sadly, it’s another week, another UK High Street retailer in difficulties. This time it’s HMV and Blockbuster in trouble. We’ve more about that story below along with some major pension news. As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, Barclays, pensions, retirement
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 11th January 2013
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Welcome to the very first financial news round up of 2013! And a very Happy New Year to you. It may only be the start of January but nonetheless, the financial world never rests and there are plenty of stories out there. We’ve rounded them up, selected the most important and those that are likely [...]
Tags: annuity rates, Bank of England, interest rates, long term care, long term care costs, RPI
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2012 Review
Friday, December 21st, 2012
It’s been an interesting year for the financial world. 2012 started out with storms in the Eurozone and fears that the Euro itself was possibly facing its demise. 12 months on and the Euro is still very much with us, although there are still choppy waters around the continent. France in particular experienced shocks this [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, Eurozone, FTSE100, inflation, interest rates
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 12th October 2012
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Another week, another political party conference. This week, it was the turn of the Conservatives, who held their annual party conference in Birmingham. As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that we will answer your query quickly and confidentially. Barclays to [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, Libor, Olympics, quantitative easing
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 21st September 2012
Friday, September 21st, 2012
Welcome to this week’s financial news round up. Banish the end-of-summer blues and take a look at our round up of all the week’s most talked-about stories, including news of a virtual high street coming soon to a town near you! As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, business finance, FTSE100, inflation
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 7th September 2012
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Welcome to our regular financial news round up; back after a summer break filled with Olympic and Paralympic action and looking forward to some warm weather over the autumn. If you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, FSA, quantitative easing
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LIBOR – Nothing But The Facts
Friday, July 6th, 2012
LIBOR – how does it affect us? It’s dominating the headlines at the moment in the national press, not just the financial press, but what exactly is LIBOR and what does the recently revealed rate-fixing scandal involving Barclays mean for us? Is it an issue confined to the banking world, or does it have wider [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, Barclays, interest rates, mortgages
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 6th July 2012
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Welcome to the first week of July, and happy Independence Day to all our US readers! The big news of the week is, of course, the continuing Libor scandal which has engulfed Barclays, taking Chief Executive Bob Diamond with it at the start of the week. More details below. Barclays’ Bob quits over Libor row [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, house prices, housing market, stock market
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Cheaper Finance On the Horizon?
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
£100 billion funding programme for Britain’s banks could lead to cheaper finance At the recent Mansion House speech in London, the Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, alongside the chancellor, George Osborne, announced a plan to inject over £100billion into Britain’s high street banks. This is on condition that the banks pass [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, business finance, mortgages
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