June 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 1st June 2018
Small fall According to the Nationwide Building Society UK annual house price growth slowed modestly in May to 2.4%, from 2.6% in April. House prices fell by 0.2% over the month, after taking account of [...]
May 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 25th May 2018
Your Data, your choice Today marks the biggest change to UK data protection law in a generation. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an evolution of the current Data Protection Act (1998) and [...]
Weekly Round-up 14th May 2018
No change, no change Despite plenty of speculation to the contrary, at its meeting ending on 9 May 2018, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7-2 to [...]
Weekly Round-Up: 8th May 2018
Wellbeing at Work The eighteenth annual survey report from the Institute of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) examined trends in absence and health and well-being in UK workplaces. The survey of over [...]
April 2018
Weekly Round-up 27th April 2018
Play your cards right According to UK Finance, spending on cards was 1.2 per cent lower than in March 2017 with repayments outstripping new lending in the first quarter of 2018. Outstanding levels of [...]
Weekly Round-up: 17th April 2018
Thoughts of summer With thoughts of summer holidays approaching, it’s as tempting a time as ever for people to spend their savings and treat themselves or their families. Yet despite this, research from Lloyds [...]
March 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 16th March 2018
Be Aware UK Finance has responded to the Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) publication of the outcome of its consultation on authorised push payment scams. The Trade Body for UK Banks said that authorised push [...]
Weekly Round-Up: 9th March 2018
Flat in Feb According to the latest report from the Halifax, house prices continue to remain broadly flat, as they have since the end of last year. The annual rate of growth has [...]
Weekly Round-Up: 2nd March 2018
Credit card charged The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this week published its final policy statement on new rules for the credit card market. The FCA estimates the changes will save consumers between £310 [...]
February 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 23rd February 2018
Quicker than expected? In his latest report to the Treasury Select Committee, the Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has highlighted that, since November, the prospect of a greater degree of excess [...]
Weekly Round-Up: 16th February
Love is all at home The majority of Brits will have opted to have had a cosy night in at home with their loved one on Valentine’s Day, spending an average £45 to rustle [...]
Weekly Round-up: 9th February 2018
Early Warning System The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met this week and voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee highlighted that the global economy is growing at its fastest [...]