Green shoots for business?
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Eight Proven Strategies for Keeping your Business Plan on Track
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Weâre living in unprecedented times. Countries are threatening to default; the West is facing the prospect of a âdouble-dip recessionâ and stock markets are falling sharply. So if youâre running a business, youâd be forgiven for having a one word business plan: âsurvive.â
Optimising the risk-return trade off
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The risk-return trade-off is a concept that every investor should be familiar with. Stated simply, it means that to gain a higher potential return on an investment, you have to accept more risk.
Can you survive an unexpected loss of income?
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One in three (33%) of us are spending more than our salary or are just about managing to break even each month, according to Bright Greyâs Financial Safety Net report, from a study carried out by Opinium Research. Evidence was gathered from interviews carried out online among 2,016 nationally representative British adults, between 31 January and 3 February 2012.
May Market Commentary
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Wednesday April 25th must have been the morning David Cameron felt like phoning in sick. The Office of National Statistics officially confirmed that a shock 0.2% contraction in growth had pushed the UK into its first double dip recession since the 1970s. Meanwhile the Leveson Inquiry rumbled on with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt facing calls to resign; Labour opened an eight point lead in the opinion polls and there were predictions that the increase in diabetes could bankrupt the NHS. All in all a good day for a sick noteâŚ
The Gender Directive – what you should know
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that from 21st December this year, insurers wont be able to use a persons gender as a factor in calculating the cost of their insurance.
Statistically, women live longer than men so they've typically had lower rates for life insurance. This will no longer be the case.