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BAA fury at order to sell two airports – The Sun

The Sun BAA fury at order to sell two airports The Sun FINANCIAL advisers and insurers were last night slammed for ripping off Brits looking to build up a pensions nest-egg. CONSUMER FOCUS said IFAs routinely switched consumers to pension products with "higher charges or higher risk". ..

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O’Toole’s FirstGroup ‘welcome’ sparks shareholder rebellion – Scotsman

O'Toole's FirstGroup 'welcome' sparks shareholder rebellion Scotsman A spokesman for Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (Pirc), the shareholders advisory group, expressed surprise over the rebellion, having only recommended that investors abstain from voting on the directors' remuneration report rather than vote ... and more

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MP Greg defends ‘secret’ talks with Prince Charles – Bexhill Observer

Bexhill Observer MP Greg defends ‘secret’ talks with Prince Charles Bexhill Observer Others had included Chancellor George Osborne, Education Secretary Michael Gove, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Mr Barker, a Conservative, who shares Prince ...

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City Spy: Desmond pays tribute to Docklands founder – Evening Standard

City Spy: Desmond pays tribute to Docklands founder Evening Standard The shadow work and pensions secretary says: "Thanks to Labour's youth jobs programme, we were beginning to win the fight to get our young people back to work. Yet one of the first things the Conservative-led Government did last year was to scrap our ..

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Newspaper Briefing, including ‘Legal threat to Germany’s Euro bailouts … – Proactive Investors UK

Newspaper Briefing, including 'Legal threat to Germany's Euro bailouts ... Proactive Investors UK Pensions linked to sell-offs, says Eagle: David Cameron's push for pension reform in the public sector is more about paving the way for public services to be privatised than tackling a looming pension crisis, a former Pensions Minister said in an ..

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MetLife eyes further deals – Financial Times

MetLife eyes further deals Financial Times MetLife has already done a deal this year, the €160m ($232m) purchase in June of the Turkish life company of Dexia, the Franco-Belgian financial services group, which Mr Toppeta said rounded out the pensions business in Turkey it got as part of Alico. ...

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Galvan’s Week-Ahead: The summer of discontent leads to High Street blues – Proactive Investors UK

Galvan's Week-Ahead: The summer of discontent leads to High Street blues Proactive Investors UK But foreign exchange traders apparently also see a gun of industrial action pointing at the UK Government in the run up to the threatened public sector workers strike over pensions . Chart wise the UK currency probed over a cent under its key 200-day ...

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Fury as school names staff – Halifax Evening Courier

Fury as school names staff Halifax Evening Courier Jan Holden, of the University College Union, said that while private sector workers could be offered company shares , public sector workers relied on modest pensions in return for round-the-clock working. “Damage us and you damage the structure of the ... and more

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Pension probe at Silentnight amid £120m nightmare for creditors – Insider Media

Pension probe at Silentnight amid £120m nightmare for creditors Insider Media This prompted the directors to make a last ditch offer to the Pensions Regulator and PPF – which included an offer of 10 per cent of Silentnight shares – but it was rejected. The PPF said the offer was "insufficient in light of the debt owed to the ..

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Wealth Check: How to pay off debts while growing a new business – The Independent

Wealth Check: How to pay off debts while growing a new business The Independent However, while the business is new and expanding, it is probably not the time to be locking money up into pensions unless it could directly benefit the business. After paying off all debt other than the mortgage, creating an emergency cash float and ...

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