I'M encountering more businesses confidently looking to future but last week's GDP numbers gave scant succour to those of us keen to focus on the recovery.Read
WHEN it comes to the big issue of climate change, the hot topic right now is the Copenhagen summit, where global leaders will be seeking to do a deal in December.Read
THE appearance of Nick Griffin on BBC's Question Time last week certainly increased the scale of debate on equality and diversity, albeit in a way which could and probably should have been managed in a much better way.Read
SINCE the start of the summer emerging market indices have seen a sharp increase. This rise has been driven in part by the belief that the emerging market economies may lead the global recovery but also by the heightened risk appetite of investors.Read
AS the October 31 deadline for filing your paper self assessment tax return looms, Mike Ranson, president of the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, helps clear up some common myths:Read
Alok Dhanda, of Newcastle-based Dhanda Financial explains the effects of the upcoming radical shake-up of the financial services IFA sector and offers solutions to help you get ahead of the changesRead
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) drive to tackle tax evasion and avoidance by UK taxpayers with bank accounts and assets held offshore continued with the launch, on 1 September, of a new 'tax amnesty', known as the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO).Read
ALTHOUGH the global economy seems to have escaped a depression, it’s clear that the slowdown experienced last year and early this has done considerable damage to many of the world’s leading economies.Read
ADMIRAL GROUP - We are retaining our outperform recommendation on Admiral, with a fair value of 1450p. Admiral has a simple, but very strong, underlying business model focusing on UK motor insurance.Read
Are there opportunities as well as worries for investors as the downturn continues? Alexander Dickinson, partner in Newcastle-based law firm Dickinson Dees, takes the long view.Read
WE as taxpayers own the Northern Rock bank, so what should we want our Government to do with it? There is a movement to say that it should be sold back to the private sector as soon as possible – perhaps with some bad loans being kept by the taxpayer.Read
DESPITE a recent fall in the level of fraud being committed on plastic cards across the country, both businesses and individuals should remain extremely vigilant against the threat posed by fraudsters.Read
IN today's economic climate, the likely loss of 63 jobs is rarely the stuff of front page headlines, so it says a lot about the wider significance of Scottish and Newcastle’s decision to close its Dunston brewery that it merited such widespread coverage.Read
