Major lenders are cutting their standard variable mortgage rates by 0.25 per cent mirroring the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's base rate cut.
Halifax and Cheltenham & Gloucester's new rate is 7.45 per cent. The cut takes the Nationwide's rate to 6.95 and Royal Bank of Scotland's to 6 per cent.
Coventry Building Society has rejected a move by butler and self-proclaimed carpetbagger Michael Hardern to become a director of the building society to force its conversion to a listed company.Hardern has stepped up his campaign to compel the biggest building societies to convert to banks. He is targeting seven societies this year: Britannia, Chelsea, Coventry, […]
Co-operative Insurance Society says the premiums it took from new life assurance, pension and unit trust business increased by 21 per cent to £231m in 1998.It says the highlights of the year were the 38 per cent increase in sales from its unit trust arm and the successful launch in July of its new with-profits […]
Employees at Johnson Fleming, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, are looking forward to trying out some dramatic new hairstyles on Wig Wednesday. A host of colourful wigs will brighten up the office on 20 May as staff support children and young people with cancer.
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Launches and developments announced at Intelliflo’s recent annual conference cements its place as a major player in the world of adviser software
The Bank of England’s latest financial stability report has warned on the costs of asset management, alongside banking and insurance, rising following the UK’s exit from the EU. The report says: “If asset management were to fragment between the United Kingdom and Europe, material economies of scale and scope that are currently achieved by pooling of funds […]
It is only a few weeks since we woke up to the news of a hung parliament. So what does the political backdrop mean for us? I am not in the business of making predictions but it is important to ask both ourselves and our clients whether the Brexit glass looks half full or half […]
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