News - Bill to raise state pension age
Posted on November 16, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
A bill which will overhaul the UK state pension system has been included in the Queen’s Speech.
The state pension age will rise from 65 to 68 by 2046, if the bill passes.
In return for a later pension age, the link between the state pension and average earnings is to be restored during the next parliament.
In […]
Read More...News - Japanese stock market roars ahead
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
The Japanese stock market has posted its biggest one-day rise so far this year, buoyed by positive jobs figures issued on Friday in the US.
The benchmark Nikkei share index closed 312 points higher at 11,440, an increase of 2.8%.
The rally came as investors digested news that the US created nearly a quarter of a million […]
Read More...News - Equitable in ’serious’ sale talks
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
Insurance firm Equitable Life is in “serious talks” about a sale of all or part of its business, but says it refuses to rush into any deal.
The group, car insurance finance company its annual results for 2005, said it was now more stable and secure than when it last reported.
Excess realistic assets, the key measure […]
Read More...News - Teacher sick days ’stress-linked’
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Stress was responsible for a third of teachers’ sick leave last year in England and Wales, claims a survey.
The survey, from the Schools Advisory Service insurance firm, said teachers’ insurance loan mortgage payment protection had risen by 11% in the past five years.
It estimated that the annual […]
Read More...News - CBI urges Brown to cut tax burden
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A growing burden of taxes in the UK is choking investment in business and firms are losing their competitive edge, according to the CBI.
The government was adding to the costs of running a business through stealth taxes being introduced […]
Read More...News - Economic tests are key
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
On Sunday, 18 May, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown insisted to Sir David Frost that the assessment of the five economic tests would be at the heart of the Government’s decision over the euro.
The tests would be “the centrepiece” of his announcement to the House of Commons on 9 June, Mr Brown […]
Read More...News - Pensioners receive secret details
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
Read source on News - Pensioners receive secret details
Thousands of pensioners have been affected by a government mix-up that resulted in personal banking details being sent to wrong addresses.
The Department of Work and Pension has confirmed as many as 26,000 such letters were sent out and added a full western and southern financial loss […]
Read More...News - Driving rap for US star 50 Cent
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
Rap star 50 Cent has landed in trouble with police after being stopped for alleged unsafe driving in New York.
The rapper was pulled over in his silver open-topped Insurance premium finance software. A crowd financial loss business dc health insurance small safeco, taking photos, insurance premium finance software the superstar and jeering the police.
He received […]
Read More...News - What is the pre-Budget report?
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
When Chancellor Gordon Brown introduced the idea of a pre-budget statement in 1997, he heralded it as a measure that would add predictability and stability to government, while reducing uncertainty for business and the markets.
Increasingly, however, it has been used as an opportunity to launch new policy initiatives and to make the odd political […]
Read More...News - Norwich Union cuts 4,000 UK jobs
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Business insurance | Leave a Comment
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The UK’s biggest insurer, Aviva, has unveiled plans to cut 4,000 jobs at its Norwich Union business by 2008 as it seeks to cut costs.
Aviva said that about half of the job reductions would come through compulsory al business insurance life small.
It added that that […]
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