UK loses prestigious Aaa credit rating
- By Joe
- Credit rating
- On February 23, 2013
- No Comments.
International rating agency Moody’s has downgraded the UK’s credit rating from Aaa to Aa1. There are several ‘credit rating agencies’ who publish credit ratings.
Count down to tax year end
- By Joe
- Investments, ISA, Pensions, Savings, Tax
- On February 22, 2013
- No Comments.
Almost everyone plans for Hogmanay on 31st December (New Year’s Eve for readers south of the border), but have you ever planned for 5th April (the last day of the tax year).
UK unemployed down by 14,000
- By Joe
- Economics, Income protection, Politics, Redundancy cover
- On February 20, 2013
- No Comments.
UK unemployment fell in the three months to December 2012, while the number of people in work jumped to a new record.
Andrew Bailey appointed Bank of England deputy governor
- By Joe
- Economics, Politics
- On February 19, 2013
- No Comments.
Andrew Bailey will become a deputy governor of the Bank of England and chief executive of the bank’s new prudential regulation authority (PRA) from 1st April 2013.
Bank of England holds interest rates and refrains from further QE
- By Joe
- Banking, Economics, Inflation, Interest Rates
- On February 7, 2013
- No Comments.
The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates at 0.5% and announced no expansion to its quantitative easing (QE) programme.
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