Sterling held near five-month highs of around $1.28 against the US dollar on Friday morning, down from Thursday’s surge of $1.298 following an announcement that the UK and EU had secured a Brexit deal. However, the government now faces the challenge of a parliamentary vote on Saturday. A “very confident” Boris Johnson may struggle to gain the […]

The GBP/EUR exchange rate remained unmoved today, with Brexit uncertainty continuing to weigh on UK markets following the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) decision not to endorse Boris Johnson’s deal. Meanwhile, 28 MPs have refused to rule out the new deal which offers some hope for Boris Johnson and could see the deal make it through Saturday’s […]

Pension pots may not be the first thing on one’s mind when it comes to a divorce settlement, with physical assets often being a focus. However, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), the median pension wealth of divorced men and women by retirement is £103,500 and £26,100 respectively. Approximately 10 per cent of men […]

Responding to text messages is an act which plenty of people will do almost immediately. Worryingly, fraudsters have been playing on people’s emotions by contacting them and pretending to be someone they know. Chancing that the recipient will respond, the seemingly innocent message claims that the sender is in hospital. They request that you simply […]

The inflation figures were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday, working-age benefits are set to rise by 1.7 percent in April, if the freeze on benefits does not continue. Yesterday, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) chiefs did not confirm the rise. Ministers previously said the freeze would end in April 2020. […]

The state pension age is the age at which a person is able to claim the state pension. It’s up to the individual as to whether they do claim the payment from this point, or whether they instead opt to defer the state pension. The state pension age has been rising in recent years. Changes […]

The UK’s seventh biggest chain, which has a six percent share of the grocery market and operates from 770 stores, made the pre-Brexit commitment as it marked 25 years since it opened in Britain. The German-owned retailer also promised to grow sales of British-sourced fresh meat, poultry and fresh produce by more than 10 percent over […]

Sterling improved after the UK’s Chief Brexit Negotiator, Stephen Barclay confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson would respect the Benn Act and request an EU extension if an agreement can’t be reached by Saturday. Mr Barclay said: “I can confirm, as the PM has repeatedly set out, that firstly the government will comply with the law. […]

The move has received a mixed response – not least from senior figures within the US government – over its use case and ethics. Mark Zuckerberg’s masterplan for the Facebook digital currency has been beset by problems from day one and was recently hit with the withdrawal of some of its leading partners. Last month, electronic […]

An ideal scenario would see the UK leave the bloc with some sort of trade agreement and clarity over the future relationship with the EU, they said. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fractious negotiations with the EU – and the UK Parliament’s refusal to ratify a deal thus far – is causing global investors to […]