Wednesday 22 May 2013
Buy-to-let lending has increased by nearly a fifth in the space of a year amid strong growth in the rental sector, figures showed.
Some 33,200 loans worth £3.9bn were advanced between April and June this year, an 18% increase on the amount advanced compared with last year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
Vodafone has hit back over accusations of tax avoidance, insisting that it made an "absolutely huge" contribution to the UK Treasury, as the mobile giant unveiled a big slump in annual pre-tax profits.
NORTHERN Ireland pharmacy business Gordons Chemists has teamed up with Co Down firm Calerrific to supply its innovative high energy biscuits.
Royal Mail has unveiled a big jump in profits to £440m as it took another step towards a possible stock market flotation later this year.
MORTGAGE lenders are stepping up action to help up to 1.3 million interest-only customers who do not have enough cash to pay their loans back.
Business groups from each of the G8 countries have urged leaders to use next month's meeting in Fermanagh to clamp down on tax avoidance in member countries.
Apple "avoided" more than $1m (£650,000) in US taxes every hour last year, a senior Washington lawmaker said yesterday as the tech giant found itself the centre of the debate over loopholes in international tax laws.
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