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The UK Economy

Budget Cuts Coming from Courageous Chancellor

19 Mar 2013 @ 18:54
One of the wisest things that I have ever heard, especially with respect to governmental budgeting, is that “Public works bake the cake, most politicians care only about the icing, and the public is concerned only about how much cake they are entitled to.”  From what we know today, George Osborne will buck that trend tomorrow […]
 

What a 2.8% CPI Means to You

19 Mar 2013 @ 14:44
The Office for National Statistics announced that the consumer price index for the month of February rose to 2.8%, up from 2.7% in January and the three months prior.  WAIT!  Don’t go away.  This brief article is not financial techno-babble.  It should help you understand what the CPI and inflation means to you on a […]
 

Dear George …how you can make the UK budget 2013 add up: cut, cut and cut again

18 Mar 2013 @ 10:33
Dear Mr Osborne. You are in a mess. The left attacks you for wicked cuts. Those with half a brain know that you are not cutting at all. Your budget this week is your last chance and so I offer you a radical set of suggestions to sort out Britain’s ills once and for all. And […]
 

The ADVFN Alternative Budget 2013

17 Mar 2013 @ 21:01
With one eye on the 2015 election George Osborne’s budget will put politics before the action the economy desperately needs, with goverment press briefings indicating that it will not feature the radical measures businesses need to grow. Private investors website ADVFN has filled this economic void with a budget by business for business, featuring policies […]
 

Accendo Markets Weekly Roundup: More new highs, brokers up targets; UK Budget beckons; Awards

15 Mar 2013 @ 17:00
Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup: Accendo Markets is an online trading services provider, offering CFDs, spread betting and forex to retail (private) clients. Accendo Markets was established in 2007 and has since gone on to win various awards including “2012 Winner of Best Execution only CFD […]
 

Santander Follows Suit in Pay Package Disclosure

15 Mar 2013 @ 14:58
Following the trend in the UK’s banking sector, Santander UK is the latest bank to divulge a detailed report on how much its top executives received in 2012, a year full of controversy and billion pounds of fines that hit the sector. In its unedited annual report released earlier today, Santander disclosed there were 19 […]
 

UK Budget Preview - Osborne's Last Stand

14 Mar 2013 @ 21:36
Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask Zak Mir, ADVFN Newspaper writerm Senior Analyst at the Institute of Trading and Portfolio Management and author of Lessons from the Financial Markets for 2013, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. George, if you’re reading, you may […]
 

UK Budget Preview - The case for flat income taxes

14 Mar 2013 @ 21:30
Flat taxes on income; 20% for earnings of £10k plus, 30% for over £50k, and 35% Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask legendary trader Robbie Burns, the Naked Trader, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. – Cut taxes and introduce flat taxes: For one […]
 

Fairpoint Group Scores Huge Profit Gain

14 Mar 2013 @ 15:23
The Fairpoint Group impressed investors today with year end results that included a whopping 87% increase in pre-tax profit.  I was going to say that the group, which was founded in 1997, floated on the AIM market in 2002, and renamed as Fairpoint in 2008, has found it’s niche.  But I think it may be […]
 

Prudential Profits Fourth Year in a Row

13 Mar 2013 @ 10:51
Despite an uncertain global economic environment, international financial services group, Prudential plc (LSE:PRU), managed make a profit for the fourth consecutive year since its loss in 2008, the UK-incorporated firm said Wednesday. In its full year results released earlier today, the insurance and asset management group reported statutory pre-tax profit of £3.188 billion in 2012, […]
 
 
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