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  • February 2008
    • 29-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The growing cost of property across England and Wales is continuing to slow. Fresh data from the Land...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Computer manufacturer Dell has announced lower than expected profits. Over a period of three months to February 2008,...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen to a new low. The results of a new survey by...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The attractiveness of London as a destination for overseas business has been eroded, it has been claimed. A...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning in relation to the potential dangers of workplace...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The South Wales Working Well Together Group (WWT) is to hold an event to raise awareness of the...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. US president George Bush has announced that the country's economy is not moving towards a recession. Speaking during...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The price of oil has increased again during early morning (February 29th) trading. With the opening of some...
    • 28-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced details of a forthcoming electrical safety seminar in Bury St...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Oil prices reached a new high during trading yesterday (February 27th). The market price of US sweet crude...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Refurbishment sites are being targeted across Westminster in an effort to ensure the safety of the public and...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The US dollar has hit a new low against the European single currency. Sinking during trading yesterday (February...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a rise in profits. The owner of NatWest has reported pre-tax...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to start charging for carrier bags, it has emerged. Following an earlier...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. UK-based senior-level executives are not taking advantage of the marketing potential of social networking sites such as Facebook...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported positive momentum in the UK's buy-to-let mortgage sector. Data released...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Potential homebuyers who do not have a deposit to place against the sale of a property are being...
    • 27-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a strong warning on the dangers of asbestos. The HSE...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The decision by chancellor Alistair Darling to impose new tax restrictions upon non-domiciled residents within the UK has...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Research firm comScore has reported a fall in the click rate of Google's advertisements in the US. With...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has noted positive movement within the UK's buy-to-let sector. According to the...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Learning and Skills Council (LSC) believes that apprentices can be beneficial to businesses. Speaking on behalf...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Market conditions have affected profit levels at the UK's fourth largest banking group, HBOS. With profit levels at...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. This week will see the launch of the Shattered Lives Campaign in the south-west of England, the Health...
    • News by Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A survey conducted by a UK managed hosting company, NetBenefit, reveals that over 80% of consumers are concerned over the...
    • News by Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Federation for Small Business (FSB) has spoken out over the increase in fuel duty expected in the forthcoming budget...
    • 26-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The world's largest credit card company is planning to float on the New York Stock Exchange. Although exact...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data released by the British Bankers Association (BBA) shows subdued activity within the UK's mortgage sector. Over...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. UK house builder Persimmon has reported strong pre-tax profits for 2007. Despite the statement from the chairman of...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Details of a health and safety event for contractors who hire tree-specialists, have been provided by the Health...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to employers in relation to work conducted at...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Moneysupermarket.com has confirmed its lack of surprise at Nationwide's recent mortgage deposit decision. Following the decision of Nationwide...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The acting chairman of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning over a crackdown against those...
    • 25-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Fairtrade Foundation has reported a significant increase in the sale of Fairtrade-branded produce. According to data released...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data released by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) has highlighted a lack of awareness in relation to...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Internet firm Google has been rated as the UK's leading brand in research by company Superbrands. In the...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the forthcoming prosecution of a Kent-based tradesman for allegedly conducting...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that a decision was made to pay for information relating to...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. UK homebuyers are to be required to pay higher deposits in order to fend off higher interest rates....
    • 22-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Moneyfacts.co.uk has confirmed the withdrawal of Northern Rock's high loan-to-value (LTV) mortgage proposition. The organisation has speculated that...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has highlighted the need for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to save...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Details of a forthcoming health and safety seminar for advisors to businesses have been announced by the Health...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has revealed a rise in the amount of shopping conducted online....
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The London-based financial institution Lloyds TSB has increased its shareholder return, it has emerged. Lloyds TSB has confirmed...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. An appraisal of the UK's mortgage market has been offered by Moneyfacts.co.uk, following the decision by the Bank...
    • 20-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A business has been fined following the death of an employee in 2003. Following the death of a...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has issued a warning over some of...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's housing market is continuing to weaken, it has been claimed. Moneyextra.com has confirmed that as the...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of councils in the south-east have signed up to participate in a Health and Safety Executive...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. After crossing a threshold of $100 (£51.46) per barrel during trading yesterday (February 19th), oil prices have once...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A representative from moneysupermarket.com has commented on the flurry of lenders who are moving away from the offering...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The recent publication of the minutes of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) illustrates the strength...
    • 19-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has issued a warning relating to a European Union (EU) investigation into low-cost...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA) has issued a warning to businesses considering reducing their budgets for...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Cadbury Schweppes has reported positive sales growth figures, in spite of a fall in profitability. Following the reintroduction...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Credit Suisse has confirmed that asset-backed positions have been written-down within the organisation's investment banking division. Totalling $2.85...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A majority of the UK's managers work for more than their contracted number of hours, it has been...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Ministry of Justice has reported a fall in the number of company closures. The department, created after...
    • 18-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced details of this year's campaign against slips, trips and...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Two firms have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for violations of legislation governing health...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Competition Commission has announced details of remedial measures, following an investigation into the practices of Britain's...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. It was decided yesterday (February 17th) that the British financial institution Northern Rock is to be nationalised by...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's largest banks have faced a stockmarket write-down of over £25 billion, it has emerged. Occurring over...
    • 15-02-2008
      Official data has revealed a sharp increase in China's trade surplus. According to recently released data China's customs agency, despite attempts to reduce growth levels, over the course of last month the country's trade surplus increased to $22.7 billion (£11.5...
    • The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has reported a new sense of momentum in the UK's property market. Data released by the organisation indicates a return to growth in the UK's property sector, with the number of home purchasers...
    • The UK's Competition Commission is expected to confirm a number of recommendations to help protect independent retailers against dominant behaviour by supermarkets, it has emerged. Reports have confirmed that the commission, which previously went under the name of the Monopolies...
    • A report by the BBC has highlighted the popularity of fake merchandise in the UK. Conducted for the broadcaster's Money Programme, the report has found that one out of every five Britons have purchased a fake product, with 24 per...
    • Lenders do not give homeowners enough support and advice when difficulties emerge, according to the latest research from the Citizens' Advice Bureau. The organisation's findings support the view that mortgage lenders do not always fully engage with and help borrowers...
    • The number of cheques used for payment declined significantly over the course of last year. Data released by APACs shows that the rate of cheque usage declined by over ten per cent in 2007, when compared with figures from the...
    • 14-02-2008
      News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A new survey has unveiled the extent to which those under the age of 20 have felt self-conscious...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Data recently released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) highlights a rise in the number of unemployed...
    • News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The current governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has issued a warning over the possible direction...