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PFA admit Southend United contact
The Professional Footballers Association confirm they have been advising Southend United’s players over the club’s financial problems.
PFA confirm Southend players paid
The Professional Footballers Association confirms Southend United’s players have been paid.
US bank sued for seizing parrot
Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.
Housing affordability ‘at seven-year high’
Housing affordability has remained at a seven-year high, despite the cost of
property rising during 2009, research has showed.
Warning on packaged bank accounts
Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits such as insurance may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned.
Northern Rock hands out bonuses despite staying in the red
Thirty-two staff at Northern Rock have been paid bonuses of more than £25,000
despite the mortgage lender losing £257m last year, as the controversey over
bonus payments at loss-making nationalised banks continues.
Man charged over money laundering
A 42-year-old man is arrested and charged following a crackdown on money laundering and fraud in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
Smaller losses at Northern Rock
Northern Rock says that it made “good progress” in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.
Northern Rock defends bonuses despite loss
Northern Rock chief executive Gary Hoffman has defended paying staff bonuses
despite the mortgage lender failing to make a profit last year.
Hailing the arrival of alien predators
Europe is set to release its first non-native “biological control” species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.
Number of first time buyers falls sharply
Only one in four people planning to buy a home are first-time buyers.
House price rises ‘to ease off’
Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.
Housing market on hold ahead of general election
Housing market on hold as home buyers and sellers adopt a “wait and see”
approach in the run up to the general election.
Worker jailed for defrauding firm
A woman is jailed after admitting fraud offences totalling £450,000, including siphoning off more than £60,000 from her employer.
Bovis turns profit on thin sales
Homebuilder Bovis returned to profit in 2009, but sales were far below pre-recession levels, the company says.
The upside of having a mortgage in retirement
Paying off a mortgage before retirement is not always the best idea.































