Vat
20 April 2012
Once upon a time, the framework used to analyse exchange rates used to be relatively easy to understand.
20 April 2012
Selling a product is one thing, selling advice is another.” That is one of two great lines the always-opinionated Clive Waller came up with a couple of weeks ago.
10 April 2012
The bloke who cuts my hair lives in a mansion. Now you might find it hard to believe that anyone who does this can afford a flat, let alone a mansion, judging by my grainy picture and my lack of hair.
01 March 2012
The economic background in the UK is expected to be sluggish at best in 2012.
20 January 2012
We ask fund managers for their top stocks or sector picks for 2012.
16 September 2011
Strategists have predicted inflation will fall back to target in the New Year when the VAT rise is stripped out of figures, freeing the Bank of England to pump in more money to stimulate the economy.
12 August 2011
Income sector heavyweights return to form after paying the price for anti-cyclical stance.
17 June 2011
Investors stick with Tesco as numbers released last week show top supermarkets are feeling the burn from difficult market conditions.
31 March 2011
An imminent interest rate hike would be the ultimate policy error by the Monetary Policy Committee, which should not raise rates before Q4 if inflation is still high, says Caspar Rock at Architas.
21 January 2011
Inflation is, in effect, a tax. A tax on consumption and, painfully, it is a tax on consumption that it is very hard to avoid.
06 January 2011
Welcome to 2011 – the year of the tax rise. It is hard to get excited about VAT going up 2.5%, just as it was hard to get excited about it going down.
04 January 2011
The top rate of VAT has risen from 17.5% to 20% as the government looks to boost tax revenues to cut the UK's debt levels.
25 October 2010
There are still opportunities in the UK market despite a low level of economic growth, according to Slater Investments’ CIO Mark Slater.
01 September 2010
NEIL CUMMING, manager of PSigma UK Growth fund on UK Growth
11 August 2010
The Bank of England is today expected to lower its economic growth forecast for the UK and raise its expectations for inflation next year.
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