Jun
2009
Articles from 4th Jun 2009
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Aviva policyholders to vote on £400m pay-out offer
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
Insurance giant Aviva has begun mailing voting packs on its proposed £400 million pay-out offer to policyholders. Read
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Midland businesses concerned at shortage of lending
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
Worries that the Bank of England’s £125billion “quantitative easing” is not feeding through to West Midlands businesses were the main concern after the Bank of England said it needed two more months to complete the programme. Read
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Birmingham businesses expect no change in interest rates
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
Business leaders in the West Midlands expected interest rates to be held today as the Bank of England focuses on its programme to kick-start the economy with injections of new money. Read
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Kalamazoo and UEF pensioners strip in protest at Downing Street
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
Midland workers who lost their savings in Britain’s worst pensions scandal have added to Gordon Brown’s woes by stripping to their underwear in a protest march on Downing Street. Read
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Lloyds Bank to axe 30 jobs in Birmingham
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
About 30 people at Lloyds Banking Group in Birmingham were set to lose their jobs yesterday in the latest round of redundancies in the financial sector. Read
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House prices rise by 2.6pc in May
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
House prices as measured by Halifax rose by 2.6 per cent between April and May – the biggest month-on-month jump since the boom days of October, 2002. Read
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Employers using recession to cut pensions - Unite
Jun 04 2009 | Financial
The joint leader of the country’s biggest trade union has accused employers of using the recession as an excuse to permanently cut pensions. Read
