Andrew Burgess prompts Havelock Europa rise
SHARES in shopfitter Havelock Europa enjoyed a 10.5 per cent spike yesterday when its largest shareholder upped his stake in the firm to 21 per cent.Andrew Burgess spent £18,000 to buy 115,000 shares...
View ArticleSurprise retail slump fuels recession fears
RETAIL sales across the UK unexpectedly fell in January hurt by heavy snow in some regions and reviving worries that the economy may be slipping back into recession.Sales volumes fell 0.6 percent in...
View ArticleCommercial attraction plan for Forth Road Bridge
IT MAY face early retirement because of the strain of the job, but it now has the prospect of a new lease of life as a tourist attraction.The 49-year-old Forth Road Bridge would be transformed into a...
View ArticleCheaper to buy home than rent, new research shows
THE average cost of buying a home is increasingly cheaper than renting as mortgage rates fall and rental costs rocket, new research shows.The typical monthly cost of renting out the average...
View ArticleScots keen to work past retirement date
SCOTS on the brink of retirement are keener than ever to continue working, new research shows.Of the 51 per cent of Scots who say they would consider working past their state pension date this year, 45...
View ArticleCrackdown on payday lenders urged
New powers allowing the consumer watchdog to shut down firms with immediate effect should be used urgently against payday loan firms, Citizens Advice has claimed. It wants the Office of Fair Trading to...
View ArticlePressure growing to crack down on PPI firms
PRESSURE is growing on the Scottish Government to crack down on the claims management companies (CMCs) swiping huge chunks of the money being paid out to mis-selling victims.The firms, which purport to...
View ArticleJeff Salway: Retail banks’ advice is poor and misleading
ONLY the City regulator will be surprised by the results of its latest investigation into the quality of the advice offered by high street banks.Its mystery shopping exercise told us what we already...
View ArticleCash clinic: Are tax payments my fault?
I retired on 30 April, 2011 aged 63 years. I had deferred my state pension from age 60 until retiring.I decided to take a lump sum of £17,886 and a reduced weekly pension (currently £465 a month).The...
View ArticleInvestment managers warned not to freeze out investors
INVESTORS have been urged not to panic amid fears that more firms could move to freeze people out of their most popular funds.A flurry of so-called “soft closures” in recent weeks has triggered...
View ArticleGive those emerging markets a miss and back good ol’ US of A
IF YOU’VE never heard of Ruchir Sharma it’s time that you did, because what he does is very interesting.Ruchir is head of global macro and emerging markets at Morgan Stanley in New York. In his search...
View ArticleTen money-saving tips: Get your savings balanced
MOST of us know that we should have some form of savings in place, whether to have money set aside for a rainy day, for retirement or to cover life events such as weddings and college fees. But what is...
View ArticleFairtraders unveil Grown By Women products
TODAY the market for Fairtrade products in the UK is worth more than £1bn a year – and the demand is growing.However, it may surprise people to learn that the pioneers of the movement were a group of...
View ArticleHelpdesk: Bus passenger builds up head of steam over a missed connection
Q On 3 October I boarded First Bus Service 60 at Earlston at 08.40 to travel to Berwick Railway Station to connect with the 10.11 East Coast train. This bus service was scheduled to arrive at Berwick...
View ArticleGraeme Brown: ‘Bedroom tax’ must not result in mass evictions
The bedroom tax will leave around 100,000 working age tenants in Scotland with between £50 and £90 a month in extra rent to pay at a time when many are already struggling to pay bills.For families...
View ArticleTen money-saving tips: Moving house
MOVING house can be one of the most stressful life events. But there are ways to take the pain out of moving day.The delivery auction website Anyvan gives home-movers the chance to shop around for...
View ArticleClaire Smith: A wake-up call about where all our food comes from
SOMEONE, somewhere, fed a horse into a mincer. Someone, somewhere put the horsemeat into a plastic bag and stuck on a label saying Beef. And lots and lots of us ate it.There’s been a lot of talk about...
View ArticleCar vandalism really is personal
TWO in three victims of car vandals were targeted by someone they knew, from a disgruntled workmate to an angry neighbour, according to industry research. But the most common culprits of vehicle...
View ArticleHalf of mobile phone users ringing up extra charges
ALMOST half of mobile phone users end up paying extra charges on top of their monthly contracts, paying out £180m a year in additional charges.The main reasons for overspending are premium rate numbers...
View ArticleCustomers still confused over electricity tariffs
ENERGY companies are not doing enough to offer clear information to customers about tariffs and charges, according to a survey of telesales carried out by Which?Although companies are getting better at...
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