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Planning shake-up to begin [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The biggest planning shake-up for 20 years will see red tape slashed for home improvements
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Hips put brake on house prices [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Record numbers of homes are being put up for sale by people racing to avoid paying at least £500 for a home information pack
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Market report: Monday latest [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Music group EMI's shares opened 5p higher at 253p today as investors learned that Warner Music boss Edgar Bronfman could pay a sweetener of up to £100m
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Mortgages slip back from £1bn a day [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lending slipped back in April from the £1bn a day lent in March but homeowners still borrowed almost 20% more than a year earlier
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Bank charges case resumes today [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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A bank customer's legal bid to obtain damages over NatWest's 'unfair' current account fees will resume today
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Foxtons sold for £390m [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Foxtons was today sold to private equity firm BC Partners for £390m, bagging Foxtons founder Jon Hunt a £370m windfall
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Energy giants cash £1bn overpayments [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Utility companies are holding up to £1bn belonging to customers in a growing overpayment scandal
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M&S profits nudge £1bn [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer will this week confirm its resurgence with profits close to £1bn for the first time since 1998 - a big jump on last year's £750m
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Government's £6m phone rip-off [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government agencies are still raking in millions of pounds from premium-rate 0870 phone numbers despite being told more than two years ago to switch to standard charges
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MPs attack Tesco VAT loophole [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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MPS are joining forces to try to close a tax loophole allowing Britain's biggest companies to avoid paying VAT on items such as DVDs and CDs
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Interview: Fidelity's Sanjeev Shah [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sanjeev Shah has been unveiled as the heir to Anthony Bolton, probably the most successful UK fund manager ever. Jeff Prestridge interviews the man with some big shoes to step into
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every weekend we bring you our review of the top stories in the Sunday newspapers
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Smart meters to cut fuel bills [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans to force power firms to put 'smart meters' into every home will be unveiled this week by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling
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Celebrity shares row at Champneys [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Country estate luxury spa Champneys attracts celebrities and the rich, but clients from Monte Carlo to Manhattan are complaining it has left them pounds lighter - in the pocket
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Tesco prepares new online onslaught [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco looks set to launch a financial services comparison site this autumn after registering and trademarking tescocompare.com
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Google hits Moneysupermarket hopes [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Internet search giant Google has dealt a huge blow to £1bn flotation candidate moneysupermarket.com
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Lenders to slash IVA firm fees [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks and other lenders are to halve the fees they will pay to firms providing individual voluntary arrangements for people unable to pay their debts
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Fraudbusters to grab suspects' assets [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government fraudbusters are to be allowed to claim millions of pounds worth of assets, even from those who have not been found guilty of any financial crime
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Taxman wants to raid homes and offices [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The taxman wants new powers to raid homes or offices to check the paper work of suspected cheats
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Broking duo leave questions to be asked [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Those in the retail investment industry have seen their personal wealth rise dramatically in recent times, but questions need to be asked of firms such as Hargreaves Lansdown
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Hetherington: Bank's charges to pensioner [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he tackles a bank which imposed heavy charges on a pensioner for a small mistake and a boiler room scam
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Rose and King show how to act [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury's, revealed another three-year plan when delivering good results - let's see more bosses avoid the private equity path
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A Chancellor...why bother? [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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It seems a shame to distract Gordon Brown from the thrill of his Brezhnev-style one person 'election' campaign, but there is a large loose end dangling at the Treasury
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Midas: Quarry operator has big plans [05/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas runs the rule over quarry group Ennstone and software company with a difference, Coda
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