READ MOREArticles2nd September 2014UK and Euro Manufacturing Output SlowsThe latest results of influential surveys have revealed that manufacturing growth in the UK and the eurozone have both slumped. According to the Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the regions, the rate of output growth has slowed at a more rapid rate than recently.
READ MOREArticles2nd June 2014Bond Prices Continue to Defy GravityThe Standard & Poor’s 500 reached a new all-time high over the past week, but the question remains whether equity investors are too sanguine or bond investors too pessimistic.
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READ MOREArticles30th April 2014Tullow Sells UK Gas AssetsTullow Oil plc has announced that its subsidiary Tullow Oil SK Limited has entered into an agreement to sell 53.1% of its Schooner unit interest (currently 93.1%) and 60% of its Ketch asset (currently owned 100%) in the UK Southern North Sea to Faroe Petroleum (UK) Limited.
READ MOREArticles16th June 2022Freelancers Should Look for ‘Self Employed’ MortgagesToday is the 16th of June, which is National Freelancer’s Day and the Suffolk Building Society is offering guidance to freelancers about what actions they can take to help qualify for a mortgage. While freelancers may operate under different business structures, such as being a sole trader or a limited company, mortgage lenders tend to group everyone together under a ‘self employed’ banner.
READ MOREArticles3rd November 2014UK Business Confidence CoolsThe Q4 2014 ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor, published today, shows that business confidence in the UK cooled further in the fourth quarter and currently stands at +28.6. Although lower than the +32.3 level of the past three months, the Confidence Index remains high compared with most of the past 10 years.