Markets
London - The FTSE is almost unchanged this morning, down 1.4 points at 5,453.4 with investors cautious ahead of the release of the Bank of England minutes Wednesday, despite BHP Billiton gaining after positive results and a higher close from Wall Street Friday. Miners take up the top six positions on the risers board, led by Anglo American, up 2.4%. London Stock Exchange tops the fallers board, down 3.2%.

Posted: August 18th, 2008 under Asset Management.
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Markets

London - The FTSE 100 is 15.6 points higher at 5,513 this morning. The London Stock Exchange tops the risers board, gaining more than 3%, while Xstrata tops the fallers board, down almost 4%.

Posted: August 15th, 2008 under Asset Management.
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The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (the ‘Regulations’) affect all business-to-consumer transactions, so any business which sells consumer goods, supplies services used by consumers, labels consumer goods, etc., needs to comply with these Regulations. 
 
The Regulations prohibit unfair practices.  In most cases, an offence is only committed if the unfair practice causes, or [...]

Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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Markets

London - The FTSE 100 is currently 35.3 points lower at 5,506.5 this morning, shrugging off gains on Wall Street overnight, as investors cautiously await the UK Consumer Price Index data. Standard Chartered leads the fallers after Citigroup said the bank that earns most of its money in Asia may have to raise capital.

Posted: August 12th, 2008 under Asset Management.
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Two important reports have recently been published that indicate a large increase in the number of Employment Tribunal claims over the course of the last year.
The annual reports published by ACAS and the Tribunals Service show that the number of employment tribunal cases shot up from 105,177 last year to 151,249 this year, an increase [...]

Posted: August 12th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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