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Category: Economy & Lifestyle & Uncategorized
Why should you care about the Greek financial crisis? Does it really matter what happens to Greece? Wouldnât it really be a good thing if it went back to the drachma, the currency collapsed and holidays became dirt-cheap again?
Category: Economy & Lifestyle & Uncategorized
According to Business Insider magazine, Greeceâs economic woes began in the 4th Century BC, a time when Plato and Aristotle were alive. Thirteen Greek city-states borrowed from the Temple of Delos, but most of the borrowers defaulted and the Temple lost 80% of the money it loaned.
Category: Economy & financial planning & Uncategorized
UK manufacturing executives say that their strategic focus going forward is one that is innovation led, supported by attractive UK corporation taxes like the Patent Box, according to the latest KPMG Global Manufacturing Outlook. The report found that nearly half (48%) of UK manufacturers said that their companyâs strategic focus is on innovation and that only two per cent felt that UK taxes are a challenge to their business in the next 12â24 months.
Category: Lifestyle & Uncategorized
A new publication by the British Banking Association (BBA) has estimated that consumers taking advantage of contactless cards have together saved over 90 years of time since they were introduced! The publication says that on average it takes half a second to âwave and payâ by contactless card, while it takes seven seconds to pay by chip and PIN. Figures from the UK Cards Association show there were 452,912,149 contactless transactions from the period that contactless payment was introduced, up until the end of 2014. The figures mean that 93.6 years have been saved when paying over this period!
Category: Economy & Housing & Uncategorized
According to the Home Builders Federation (HBF), official statistics released in late May show that 40,340 new homes were started in England in Q1 of 2015, the highest quarterly number since 2007. The figures show that the momentum from 2014, which saw 137,310 new homes started, up 10% on 2013 and 60% on the trough in 2009, is gathering speed.
Category: Lifestyle & Protection & Uncategorized
Brits consider an internet connection and mobile phones to be greater financial priorities than protecting mortgages and incomes, according to new research in the latest Scottish Widows Protection Report. Only 39% considered providing financial security for their family in the event of death as essential â which has dropped from more than half in four years â compared to eight out of 10 (80%) who considered broadband and mobile phones (71%) essential for daily living.
