Market numbers: Friday 26th February 2010
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,354.52, up 76.30 points or +1.45% on the day and down 3.65 points (-0.07%) over the week.
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The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,354.52, up 76.30 points or +1.45% on the day and down 3.65 points (-0.07%) over the week.
We had a tentative enquiry from a prospective client yesterday who asked if FSA authorisation and regulation was “a voluntary thing”. It is absolutely not!
The unlimited savings guarantee at Northern Rock will finish on 24th May 2010. After this date, savers with Northern Rock will fall back on the terms of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), should the bank go bust.
90% of UK businesses intend to seek external expert advice to help them understand the impact of the Government’s workplace pension reforms due to be introduced from 2012.
With effect from 6 April 2010 the tax rates applicable to trust income will be changing.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,358.17, up 33.08 points or +0.62% on the day and up 215.72 points (+4.19%) over the week.
The launch and publicity this week surrounding a new website PleaseRobMe.com has highlighted some of the dangers of sharing too much personal information online.
Figures have been released recently by the Office for National Statistics which show provisional marriage rates for 2008 represent the lowest numbers since 1862!
The latest price inflation figures published this morning show an acceleration at a speed not seen for over a year. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of price inflation is now 3.5% for the year to January, up from 2.9% the previous month. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure is now 3.7%, up from 2.4% the month before.
A new survey from Reita, the property investment association, has found that most IFAs expect commercial property prices to go up in the next 12 months.
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