News

1 min read 09 Mar 2010
The UK's goods trade deficit with the rest of the world unexpectedly widened to its biggest since August 2008 in January. And exports saw their sharpest drop in more than three years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). So why is the news of an increased trade deficit...

1 min read 02 Mar 2010
Today’s Headline of the Day centres on Sterling’s continued weakness as a result of the UK’s debt mountain combined with the increased the likelihood of a hung parliament following the upcoming general election ‘’The prospect of a hung parliament is raising concerns of a delay in tackling Britain’s record budget...

1 min read 26 Feb 2010
''I'd done this interview and the forces of hell were unleashed." Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, on Gordon Brown’s response following his prediction that the recession would be worse than expected.  Given the state of the economy some would argue it’s not Gordon's first time.

1 min Read 26 Feb 2010
Today’s Headline of the Day was chosen to highlight how money and finance impact on all our lives whether we like it or not. Football has been living in la-la land for years now and the news that Portsmouth FC are to go into administration today is simply reality catching...

1 min read 25 Feb 2010
As a break from the normal posts here is something to think upon today. Anyone who has encountered Haiku will appreciate their hidden depths and the following is no exception.

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