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BUDGET 2016: changes for business

A tax expert has called yesterday's Budget "a mixed bag of corporation tax changes for...

BUDGET 2016: large developers will face surcharge

In the Budget yesterday the additional stamp duty surcharge of 3% on second home purchases was...

BUDGET 2016: changes on duty

The Chancellor chose to freeze a number of duties in today's Budget. Beer duty and cider...

BUDGET 2016: tax changes

The Chancellor has confirmed that from 2018 Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (for the self-employed) would...

BUDGET 2016: Growth blow to Osborne

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has downgraded its growth forecasts. in 2015, GDP grew...

BUDGET 2016: no housebuilding initiatives

There were no new schemes to boost housing in George Osborne's Budget speech delivered...

BUDGET 2016: Sterling hit by OBR data

The markets reacted somewhat unfavourably to the Office of Budget Responsibility's (OBR) economic forecasts...

BUDGET 2016: further hike in IPT

In today's Budget, George Osborne’s announced that the standard rate of Insurance Premium Tax...

BUDGET 2016: Help to Save confirmed

The Chancellor confirmed the launch of a new Help to Save scheme for people on...

BUDGET 2016: “a missed opportunity”

Close Brothers Asset Management has said today's Budget represented a missed opportunity to improve the UK...

Mortgage Brain rolls out MCD ready systems

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) ready systems for mortgage...

Ultimate Finance builds team

Ultimate Finance has made another appointment in the North West. Sean Thomson (pictured) joins as...

BUDGET 2016: Osborne ignores buy-to-let

The government left the buy-to-let sector alone in today's Budget. The market had feared further...

BUDGET 2016: the speech in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, Today I report on an economy set to grow faster than any...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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