13/02/2009 by admin.

Hi, there is a great new way to get information from the FSA: FSA - Register

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04/02/2009 by JohnB.

For once there is some good news!

Pontin’s holiday camp are redeveloping their holiday centres creating 2,000 jobs. US sandwich chain Subway is creating 7,000 jobs in the UK  by the end of 2010 as it plans to open another 600 stores. Asda is creating 7,000 jobs across the UK this year. BSkyB the Satellite broadcaster are to create 1,000 positions. Supermarket chain Tesco plans to create up to 10,000 new jobs with new store openings this year. Sainsbury’s are going to create 5,000 new jobs this year, in 50 new convenience stores and a few new supermarkets. Waitrose is to create 4,000 new jobs as part of an expansion drive and Iceland are to create 2,500 jobs after buying 51 Woolworths stores!

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04/02/2009 by Dandy.

Some traders say that the United Kingdom  economy is finished and that investors should get out of Britain. This is a strong statement but our country is facing tough economic challenges and the UK currency has fallen to its weakest point against the dollar since 1985 and a record low against the yen. I wonder what affect the falling pound has on our finances and what does it mean for savers and investors and those with property abroad?

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04/02/2009 by TonyM.

Workers in the UK are protesting about the use of Italian workers at an oil refinery in Lincolnshire. What happens if Italian workers decide to protest about English workers taking their jobs in exactly the same way?

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03/02/2009 by Fin.

Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley have collapsed, the Cheshire and Derbyshire Building Societies have been rescued, and Halifax Bank of Scotland needed a bail-out from Lloyds TSB. Friends of mine are relieved to have just received their savings (paid by the government) from the collapsed internet bank Icesave. Does anyone know the safest place for me to put my money? 

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