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Pre-Budget report 2009: the key points at a glance - Telegraph

Posted by BHazell 901 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: budget pre-budget report uk
British Chancellor Alistair Darling's third UK pre-Budget report comes amid the worst recession in decades and within months of a General Election. [...] read more »
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UK Home buyers defy seasonal dip in housing market as new home loans jump 81pc - Telegraph

Posted by BHazell 978 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: mortgages
Home buyers defied the seasonal dip in the housing market as figures suggested the number of mortgages approved for those buying a new home jumped mo[...] read more »
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Debt to reach levels greater than in wake of Second World War

Posted by BHazell 1280 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: debt pre budget report
Britain will borrow more than £400 billion over the next five years, as the total stock of accumulated Government debt will peak at 57 per cent of GD[...] read more »
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FTSE 100 has record rise after pre-budget speech

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Stocks | Tags: ftse gordon brown pre budget report
Traders responded positively to the Pre-Budget Report, pushing the benchmark FTSE 100 up almost 10pc at one stage, the biggest-ever percentage rise. read more »
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British Insurance industry would get £70m boost from VAT tax cut

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago, popular 1281 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: insurance pre budget report
Cutting VAT to 15pc could save the insurance industry at least £70m a year, claims the Association of British Insurers (ABI). read more »
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HSBC boss says UK economy needs 'rebalancing'

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago, popular 1281 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: hsbc pre budget report
The UK economy has become too reliant on financial services and needs to be "rebalanced", the head of Britain's biggest bank has suggested. read more »
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UK PM Gordon Brown promises 'extraordinary action' to beat recession

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: gordon brown pre budget report
The Prime Minister is driving up public debt to almost £120billion, claiming the package will provide "a boost to the economy to sustain growth that[...] read more »
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British pre-Budget report checklist - what to watch for

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago, popular 1279 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: pre budget report
It has been billed as the most important Treasury statement in decades. As the economy faces recession, Alistair Darling has promised to introduce[...] read more »
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British VAT cut is not enough to save the High Street

Posted by BHazell 1281 days ago, popular 1280 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Business | Tags: pre-budget report tax uk
Leading retailers fear the VAT cut will be too little to save the British high street as the latest figures show "unprecedented" sales are failing [...] read more »
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"It's a recession, not Armageddon" says UK retail chief

Posted by BHazell 1284 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Business | Tags: recession retail
Simon Wolfson, the chief executive of high street retailer Next, has said that any tax cuts in next week's Pre-Budget Report must be sustainable and[...] read more »
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Citigroup's troubles will not sleep

Posted by BHazell 1284 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Stocks | Tags: banking citigroup
The US banking giant’s shares took another bath on Thursday. The lack of specific bad news isn’t soothing investors.[...] read more »
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If redundancy strikes, here's how to work from home

Posted by BHazell 1286 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Entrepreneurship | Tags: redundancy work from home
People who opt to work at home after losing their job have to consider tax, insurance and retirement provision.
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Pre-Budget Report: Top 10 predictions from Price Waterhouse Coopers

Posted by BHazell 1286 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: pre budget report predictions pwc
This year’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) is less than a week away (Monday 24 November 2008) and it seems increasingly likely it will bring some tax cuttin[...] read more »
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