STAMP DUTY LAND TAX must be paid if a person buys property or land over a certain price in England and Northern Ireland – although first-time buyers may be able to get a discount by claiming SDLT relief. Zoopla has taken a look at the towns in which buyers are least likely to pay the tax whatsoever. Daily Express :: ...
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Pound US Dollar exchange rate: expectations for October Fed rate cut buoys GBP/USD
The pound rose against the US dollar this afternoon with the pairing currently trading at around $ 1.226 as the ‘greenback’ slumped on September data revealing the weakest US inflation reading since January. With US data also revealing a retreat in underlying inflation, expectations for another near-term Federal Reserve rate cut increased. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Pound euro exchange rate: GBP/EUR eases despite Brexit recession fears being ‘put to bed’
The pound euro exchange rate eased today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.109 after the UK’s growth figure for August fell from 0.4 percent to 0.1 percent. John Hawksworth, the Chief Economist at PwC, said that today’s figures had “put to bed” fears for a recession in the third quarter of 2019, but urged caution, warning of a problematic ...
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Read More »How much Universal Credit will I receive? Do you qualify for more than standard allowance?
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Read More »Pound Euro exchange rate: GBP/EUR falls as EU denies Irish backstop concession
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Read More »Is bitcoin on the brink of COLLAPSE?
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Read More »How former Pizza Express owner had ‘roulette wheel’ in his investment firm’s boardroom
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Read More »Tax poll: What do you think should happen to Inheritance Tax? VOTE HERE
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Read More »Online banking? The simple ways you can protect data and reduce risk of fraud
ONLINE banking and shopping is something many people do in the modern day. But, with the risk of financial fraud something many may be aware of, how can a person keep their data safe and money secure while on the internet? Daily Express :: Finance Feed
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