Bank of Japan boosts stimulus measures to encourage growth
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has extended its asset purchasing programme by, 11 trillion yen ($138bn; £86bn). This brings the estimated total stimulus to 91 trillion yen.
This is the second time in as many months that the Bank of …
Changes to child benefit
Child benefit is changing. The UK tax office is to send letters to one million households this week warning parents they may lose child benefit payments.
Households where at least one person earns more than £50,000 will have the benefit …
UK economy returns to growth
The UK economy emerged from recession in the third quarter of 2012 (the three months from July to September 2012).
The Office for National Statistics advised that Olympic ticket sales had added 0.2 percentage points to the figures.…
The Herald quotes Farrell Financial Planning on auto enrolment
The Herald’s latest article on auto enrolment includes comments from our Managing Director, Joe Farrell.
See what he has to say on auto enrolment for businesses.
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Barclays to buy ING Direct’s UK retail banking business
Barclays has struck a deal to buy ING Direct’s UK retail banking business.
The Dutch banking group ING announced its plan to exit the UK in August 2012, as it seeks to raise funds to repay a bailout from the …