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Property Update Review & Autumn Seminar Programme

Our recent Property Update seminar was the most popular of our Spring Seminar Programme. To read more about this event and to view notes and information from the presentation please click here.

Following the success of our Spring programme we will be launching a range of new seminars in the Autumn and we want to here from you! click here for more information. To register your interest for future events please email shelly.read@banksca.co.uk
 

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Summer Newsletter

 
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BBC Business News

BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The latest BBC Business News: breaking personal finance, company, financial and economic news, plus insight and analysis into UK and global markets.


Darling issues warning to bankers
Chancellor Alistair Darling warns bankers it would be "disastrous" if they return to their old ways and repeat past mistakes.


Rogue trades cost oil broker $10m
A rogue trader at a London-based oil brokerage causes his employer to lose $10m (£6m) after making unauthorised trades.


Madoff's luxury penthouse seized
US marshalls seize the $7m Manhattan penthouse of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff, forcing his wife to move.


Crackdown on credit card cheques
Unwanted credit card cheques will be banned and a new post created to help consumers get refunds, the government says.


Vodafone in deal with Carphone
Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.


US job losses worse than expected
The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected.


IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe
The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.


Pension view 'not radical enough'
The author of an influential report into the future of pensions in the UK tells the BBC his proposals were not radical enough.


RBS boss to delay selling shares
Royal Bank of Scotland says chief executive Stephen Hester will not cash in shares worth up to £3.4m for a further two years.


Kitchen nightmare: Gordon Ramsay's restaurants struggle
Chef Gordon Ramsay saw his UK restaurants struggle in 2008, forcing him to inject £3.5m of his own money into the business.


Nigerian gas firm Nigaz gets web all of a twitter about 'racist name'
A new joint-venture energy firm between Nigeria and Russia has got online communities twittering, after the governments choose the name Nigaz.


Man's world?
Encouraging more women to work on building sites


Feed the poor
Welfare costs to strain India's budget


Consumer champ?
Rip-off businesses will have to face a new foe


Lost tunes
Rare music sleuths make a monkey of the major labels


Burning out
Budget busts mean damp squibs in the US on 4 July


Mexico's woes
US downturn and swine flu batter Mexico's economy


California in 'fiscal emergency'
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal emergency in California to deal with a $24.3bn (£14.5bn) deficit.


Pensions 'threat' to Royal Mail
Failure to resolve the Royal Mail's huge pension deficit threatens the UK's universal postal service, it has been claimed.


More defaults expected on loans
Defaults on loans have risen and are expected to increase in the coming months, a Bank of England survey finds.


Euro interest rates kept on hold
The European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate unchanged at 1% following its monthly meeting.


Game Group warns of profit fall
Shares in computer games retailer Game Group fall 14% after it warns half-year profits may be 64% lower.


Rio Tinto cash-raising supported
Rio Tinto announces that there has been strong support from shareholders for its huge cash-raising exercise.


Twitter followers 'can be bought'
Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.


Hitachi to sell batteries to GM
Hitachi says it will supply lithium-ion batteries to General Motors to power the company's hybrid cars from next year.


Warm weather helps Greene King
Brewer Greene King sees its annual profits fall 62%, but says recent trading had been boosted by the hot weather.


New sales falls for US car makers
US vehicle sales dropped in June, but there were signs of stabilisation as Ford saw its smallest decline in a year.


Indian growth of 7% 'is possible'
Economic growth of 7% in India is possible this year, according to a report from the country's finance ministry.


EU blamed for German bank woes
A German minister blames the European Union for problems in the state Landesbank banking system.


Costs hit low-income households
Rising costs are hitting the incomes of those on minimum household budgets, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says.


Private pension woes increase
Problems with personal pensions drive a 10% increase in complaints to the Pensions Advisory Service.


Machete sold to 15-year-old boy
Trading standards officers call for a ban on online knife sales after a machete was sold to a 15-year-old for £1.50 over the internet.


Unemployment up again in eurozone
The unemployment rate in the 16 countries using the euro rose to 9.5% in May, according to official EU statistics.


Signs of recovery for UK industry
UK manufacturing shrank at its slowest pace for a year in June, a survey says, adding to hopes the worst of the recession is over.


Irish joblessness at 13-year high
The Irish Republic's unemployment rate hit 11.9% in June, the highest since April 1996, official figures show.


EADS wins giant Saudi border deal
Defence and aerospace group EADS wins a contract worth an estimated $2.27bn (£1.4bn) to help Saudi Arabia improve its border security.


BA calls negotiators over pay row
British Airways asks conciliation service Acas to intervene to help reach a deal with unions on jobs and pay.


East Coast rail to be state-run
The government says it intends to take the East Coast rail service, run by National Express, into public ownership.


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