Month: December 2017
Lessons from The Apprentice – Recruiting in the financial services sector
13 Dec 2017With the BBC’s The Apprentice now in its thirteenth series, it isn’t just Lord Sugar who hires apprentices. With university students facing ever-increasing debt and many school leavers not wishing to go onto higher education, apprenticeships are proving to be
First-time buyers exempted from SDLT on homes up to £300,000
7 Dec 2017First-time buyers across the UK are celebrating after the Government brought an immediate end to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on first home purchases on properties worth up to £300,000 – as well as savings on homes worth up to
Are interest rates on savings finally set to rise following change in the base rate?
7 Dec 2017In November, the Bank of England took the decision to raise its base rate for the first time in a decade, from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. While the increase may only be small, savers across the country
Women nearing retirement have half the savings of men
7 Dec 2017A committee of MPs has been told by a leading economist that women aged between 60 and 65 have on average less than half the pension pots of men of the same age. Michael Johnson, research fellow at the Centre