Posted by Guy Clapperton on 28th May 2008.
Smaller businesses and in particular the self-employed like me will be delighted with the confirmation that the new fast clearance of payments into the banking system is coming this week. From now on when you put a cheque into your bank or when someone pays you electronically it won’t take the regulation three days to [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 30th April 2008.
At least that’s what Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, seems to think according to today’s Times. More particularly he’s concerned that the top executives at said banks are using other people’s money to do it. So the bail-out the other week should be seen as an offer of breathing space and time [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 20th February 2008.
Readers of this blog will realise I’ve been banging on about the Government’s indecision in the case of Northern Rock, so you can understand why I’m a little relieved that they’ve at last done something. Granted it was only because plan A had failed several times, which is infinitely less than ideal, but at least [...]
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