Another illustration of the fickle nature of big corporates, yes, but one which affects many a...
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“Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else”
There were a hundred or more different headlines I could have pinched, but I thought this one...
“Who will benefit from the chancellor’s NI cuts?”
I doubt this will come up in many pub quizzes, but the answer is employees, and the self-employed...
“Hunt’s national insurance cut: robbing Peter to pay Paul?”
Taking a bullet for you all and the greater good, I’ve listened to Autumn Statement Reaction...
“Will 2023 escape the much-feared recession?”
Is recession just a state of mind? Well partly, as it all depends where you are, what you’re doing...
“Jeremy Hunt ‘comfortable’ with recession to bring down inflation”
‘If it isn’t hurting, it isn’t working’ said another Tory Chancellor, Norman Lamont, at the height...
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in...
“M&G boss: We want to be a top five player in the wealth market”
Here’s another brick in the ‘we’ve seen it all before’ wall. The mighty Pru once ruled the...
“Business leaders call for stability after PM’s resignation”
When I heard the Fiscal-Event-Mini-Budget announcements (which were, I thought, just that, and no...
“Autumn Budget 2021: Financial services industry reacts”
‘At least bankers on short-haul flights sipping champagne will be celebrating this Budget’ said...
“M&G buys Sandringham Financial Partners”
Let me unpick this corporate madness for you. M&G used to be Prudential, once famous for the...
“Credit Suisse cuts bonuses following Archegos loss”
If you borrow £500 and miss a payment, men in black t-shirts will break down the door and cart off...
“Greenshil and Archegos: two more sorry tales”
Another lesson of history: every ten years or so, the same old financial scandals rear their...
“UK savers urged to switch after brutal cuts to interest rates”
Banks are, of course, easy targets but that’s no reason not to slate them when slating is due....
“High fees help savings advisers rake in more than FTSE bosses”
Coincidentally, on the day that Vouchedfor’s Times’ supplement bigged-up firms and advisers (like...