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Key to success is clear vision

10:32am Thursday 9th May 2013

Former Government minister Lord Drayson answers our questions

DIY approach to investing

10:29am Thursday 9th May 2013

Douglas Chadwick, founder of financial website Saltydog Investor based in Long Crendon, near Thame, explains some of the principles behind DIY investing

Taking the Argos approach

10:25am Thursday 9th May 2013

Going short is a strategy beloved by traders and spread bet afficionados who suspect a company’s shares will fall in value.

Transparent technology

11:19am Thursday 21st February 2013

For anyone fed up with those necessary but nuisance-laden rules about not being allowed to take drinks onto aircraft, there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

Have we reached turning point?

11:14am Thursday 21st February 2013

It is hard to believe that back in 1989 the FTSE100 index was only four years-old, the market’s trading floor still dominated by traders in brightly-coloured jackets, a symbol of their brokerage affinity, bellowing out orders and simultaneously gesticulating like frenzied tic-tac men.

Business property relief

11:12am Thursday 17th January 2013

Alison Craggs of Blake Lapthorn highlights the importance of business property relief

Pension dilemma for baby boomers

11:10am Thursday 17th January 2013

I recently reached one of those landmark birthdays which, literally overnight, transfer you seamlessly into a new, if slightly greyer, age band. While I still feel as though I belong in the 15-24 age group, there is in reality one category to which, if the European Commission’s 2012 Ageing Report is accurate, I have moved slightly closer.

Labour of love

9:00am Thursday 13th December 2012

Two friends who met while supplying cakes and flowers to a wedding have joined forces to set up a new business, offering a one-stop-shop of local suppliers for the big day.

Encounter with Mr Bond

9:00am Thursday 13th December 2012

My wife and I recently went to see Skyfall, the latest Bond movie in which Daniel Craig successfully continues to differentiate his more aggressive 007 character from that of Roger Moore and others who have performed the role.

Investors face tax crackdown

9:00am Thursday 15th November 2012

T he annual report into comparative global income tax rates, the Individual Income Tax and Social Security Rate Survey, always makes interesting reading.

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