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One in ten towns caught by IHT [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The number of households caught by inheritance tax net has swelled with house prices in 10% of English towns now above the £285,000 threshold
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Fraudsters targeting eBay users [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fraudsters are using the good name of Companies House to cheat people who buy goods on auction websites
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Market report: Friday close [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Stagecoach's earnings from South West Trains are set to slump by about 70% after the Government demanded the company double its payments to the Treasury
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Warning against minimum wage hike [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Another big rise in the minimum wage would damage industry and boost the black market, the country's biggest business group warned today
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Pay your credit card bill by text [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial company Mint today launched an new service allowing customers to pay their credit card bills via text message
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John Lewis plots move into finance [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Department store giant John Lewis is poised to announce plans to relaunch its website as it moves into banking and insurance
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MPs demand curb on junk mail loans [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Politicians are calling for greater regulation of unsolicited offers of credit by lenders as part of the wider campaign against junk mail.
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Stores accused of 'illegal' practices [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Retailer Nisa-Today's has a policy of restricting competition with rival Costcutter, according to a letter written by a senior manager at the company
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Landlords selling up over licence [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Landlords with multi-occupation properties are quitting the letting market because of tough new Government rules
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Complaints against banks surge [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Complaints against UK banks have risen by 25%, led by anger over loans and overdrafts and default charges, according to industry figures
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Self-assessment deadline looms [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The 9m people that need to complete a self-assessment tax return have until 30 September if they want the Revenue to do the sums
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The burden of double-dependency [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The middle-aged people are becoming 'sandwiched' between two lots of dependents: their own parents and their grandchildren and children
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Real cost of VAT fraud revealed [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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VAT fraud is costing the British taxpayer four times official estimates and five times more than in other EU nations, according to the BBC
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New course for financially challenged [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Open University has launched a new course to help Britons negotiate the money maze of growing bills and complex financial products
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£1bn deal to bring double-deck trains [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Double-deck trains on the South's busiest routes came a step closer today after Stagecoach signed up to commitments to ease overcrowding
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Tax turmoil as another chief quits [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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The tax office is facing a widening power vacuum at the top just as it prepares for the annual flood of tax returns
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Ex-minister slams pension reform [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Former Labour welfare minister Frank Field yesterday condemned the Government's pension reforms as 'positively dangerous'
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Go green or pay more tax [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners who refuse to make their house or flat more environmentally friendly face higher council tax bills, ministers have revealed
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Leftovers lucrative for oil group Venture [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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Here is an oil firm that never looks for oil. In the world of exploration and production giants, it does virtually no exploration
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Sad fall for Browne at the last fence [09/24/2006 01:17 PM]
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What a pity that the man who has been regularly voted Britain's most-admired business executive will spend his final days at BP fighting fires
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