Nov
2009
Articles from 4th Nov 2009
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Midlands taxpayers warned to come clean on offshore assets
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Midlands taxpayers who hold offshore bank accounts and assets need to declare them straight away, according to tax experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read
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Late payments a growing problem for struggling directors
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
The number of companies suffering through late payment from customers has more than doubled in the last six months, according to data from accountants Baker Tilly. Read
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Wyndley Grange completes extension with help from Barclays Commercial
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
A care home for the elderly has doubled its capacity after adding an £875,000 extension to its premises in Sutton Coldfield with funding from Barclays Commercial. Read
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JLT in Birmingham win grain insurance contract
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
The Birmingham office of insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has recently been appointed as advisers to Openfield, the UK’s largest grain marketing business. Read
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Credit unions on the rise since Farepak collapse
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Three years after the collapse of Farepak, in which more than 150,000 customers lost their money, more and more people are choosing credit unions to help them save safely for Christmas. Read
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Another £30bn lifeline for 'slimmer banks'
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Household names like the Cheltenham & Gloucester, Direct Line and Churchill are in line to be sold after part-nationalised banks were forced to slim down. Read
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Ban on top staff bonuses at banks receiving Government billions
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland have had to agree to tough new rules on staff bonuses to secure the extra billions of Government support. Read
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Hundreds of jobs created in Birmingham as HSBC closes UK centres
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Hundreds of new jobs are to be created in Birmingham after HSBC announced it was consolidating nine offices from across the UK into just two in the city. Read
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Business leaders want Bank of England to extend quantitative easing
Nov 04 2009 | Financial
Business leaders in the West Midlands have called on the Bank of England to extend its quantitative easing programme as the region continues to wallow in recession. Read
