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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 25th January 2013

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Welcome to your regular financial news round up, in the week that the wealthy and powerful meet in Davos, Switzerland for the 2013 World Economic Forum. More details about that below. 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 [...]

Tags: banks, FSA, inflation, PPI

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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 19th October 2012

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Welcome to another round up of the hot topics in the financial world. Some good news this week with the announcement that UK inflation is down to 2.2%, meaning that the cost of things is still rising, but just a little more slowly than they were. As always, if you have any queries, call us [...]

Tags: banks, High Street, inflation, ISAs, Royal bank of Scotland, tax

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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 25th May 2012

Friday, May 25th, 2012

Welcome to another financial news round up. With the UK confirmed as being officially in a ‘double-dip’ recession, is there much news to cheer us up? Maybe… Inflation is down to 3% and the weather outlook is warm and sunny, so despite British tradition, we could be in for a sunny bank holiday weekend in [...]

Tags: Bank of England, banks, inflation, interest rates, pensions, Recession

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 6th April 2012

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Welcome to another round up of the financial news from around the world. The new tax year starts on the 6th of April so it’s a busy time of year. Rumblings of discontent about the UK 2012 budget seem to have been drowned out by petrol strike panic at the pumps, even though there is [...]

Tags: Bank of England, inflation, mortgages

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 18th November 2011

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Week ending 18th November 2011 A fair to middling week in the financial world with a mixture of good and not-so-good news. Good news for some comes with changes to National Insurance contributions, but for others it may mean paying more. And although some may see Richard Branson’s purchase of Northern Rock as a good [...]

Tags: banks, housing market, inflation, investment, Northern Rock

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Financial News Round Up for 21st October 2011

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Week ending 21st October 2011 The banks, the stockmarket and the Eurozone dominated this week’s financial news headlines with the FTSE100 seeming to regain lost ground. With still no clear news on an agreement in the Eurozone, stockmarkets remain wobbly. Some good news in the UK with the CO-op opening more bank branches in-store and [...]

Tags: banks, FTSE100, house prices, inflation, interest rates, investing, ISAs

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QE2 – Will The Quantitative Easing Policy Sink or Float the Economy?

Friday, October 14th, 2011

QE2 – Will the second round of Quantitative Easing sink or float the economy? Not so long ago, if you mentioned QE2, most people would think of a very big ship. Not anymore. QE2 has now come to mean the second round of the Bank of England’s Quantitative Easing policy. The Bank announced last week [...]

Tags: annuity rates, Bank of England, banks, inflation, pensions, quantitative easing

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Financial News Round Up for the 7th October 2011

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Week ending 7th October 2011 It’s been another week dominated by the financial markets’ volatility. The FTSE100 dropped below the 5,000 floor and then rallied again following news from Europe. Nerves are still on edge about Greece and a possible default, and here at home in the UK, the Bank of England announced further Quantitative [...]

Tags: Bank of England, house prices, housing market, inflation, investment bonds, quantitative easing

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