Over the financial crisis there has been a resurgence in the number of pawn shops on the high street. This rather old fashioned “pawn” store is a place where you can sell your high worth items such as jewellery for cash. But more than that…there is a loan…where if you repay the money you can [...]
House hold name stocks paying more than 10%
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With falls in stockmarket share prices, some shares now look really cheap compared with their dividend payouts. Two well known listed companies are paying out dividends of over 10%. Compared to paltry rates in the bank, investing in shares could over as much as 5 times or even 100 times the tiny interest rates on [...]
Record low interest rates boost borrowers
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Interestingly the Daily Express ran a headline this past week suggesting that interest rates will remain at record low levels for the foreseable future. This is potentially very good for borrowers and those with mortgages especially as the expected payments on a mortgage dwindle. Whether savings will be passed on to standard loans is another [...]
Britains retailers to be affected by riots
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The current riots ensuing maybe causing more than just discomfort for residents. Its clear that some businesses are unable to operate as the thugs parade streets, looting and stealing from shops and businesses. Retails may counter this by simply having to raise costs which puts up the cost for all of us reliant on particulalry [...]
FTSE 100 heads below 5000 mark
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The recent turmoil has pushed the leading share index below 5,000 this morning. The rapid selling of many shares has led to a recent downwards trend which seems to have considerable momentum driving forward further selling. The FTSE 100 nervously awaits the opening of the US markets and readies itself for a talk from the [...]
Amazing growth of Google+
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The new social network from Google has reached almost 20 million users in 24 days. That’s a growth of around 10 new users per second. I’ve been using the new social networking site for a number of weeks now and have found the growth impressive. Expect to see approval services move to the new social [...]
Britain’s “over paid” public sector go on strike
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Is it fair? This is the question on many of the public’s mind as those with considered gold plated pensions go on strike today. Many teachers have elected to take to the picket line instead of working today. There is not much sympathy for the workers from those in the private sector who have seen [...]
Is the BBC apprentice giving us the wrong business message?
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The long running series, seems to give the impression that business is all glamour and profits come quickly and easily, along with fame. Its simply not like that. I have issues with the Apprentice, for one, it seems to only concern itself with short term gain at the expense of a longer term strategy. Yes [...]
Made in Britain
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New BBC2 series highlights products and services that originate from britain. Evan Davis highlights products that Britain still makes from the aerospace industry to the defence industry and even the car industry. It was a thoughtfully researched piece which attempted to quell fears that all our jobs are moving overseas. Britain is still “thriving” because [...]
Is Britain not working?
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Recent figures are suggesting that 87 % of new jobs are secured by migrants rather than the UK populace at large. Is this down to: Costs. Could the cost of living me too high in the UK to make it worthwhile to take an entry level job and retain standards of living. Ethics. Could it [...]
