The Office of Fair Trading is launching an extensive education programme and compliance campaign to help businesses adhere to the Competition Act 1998.In March 2000 new competition law prohibitions come into force giving the OFT new investigation and enforcement powers.Business has 15 months to examine trading practices and train staff to comply with the Act.The […]

Microsoft is importing its Professional Developer Conference from Denver Colorado to Birmingham and is advising IFAs to book early as the US event attracted over 6500.The conference which promises the best bits of the US version takes place on December 4.The one-day event will focus on application development within Windows 2000. Microsoft says the new […]

Britannia Building Society is rolling out two capped-rate mortgages with free unemployment insurance for the first year.The first product is capped for four years at 6.99 per cent. There is a redemption penalty which runs for the term of the cap and there is no arrangement fee.The second product is also capped for four years […]

The David Aaron partnership is recommending six Corporate bond Peps in its new guide. They are the Aberdeen Prolific Corporate Bond Pep, CGU Monthly Income Plus, Dresdner RCM Preference Share Pep, Legal & General Corporate Bond Pep, M&G Corporate Bond Pep and the Perpetual Cash Generator Pep.The guide considers the performance, risk and relative tax […]