Author: Nathan Bissitt

Tenants’ regular rent payments should be recorded on their credit score and used as proof to lenders that mortgage demands can be met, MPs are to be told.At present, mortgage applicants are unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they would be safe

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More than 56,000 small businesses in England will face steep tax rises next year, research indicates.Business rate increases will total £152m in April, rates specialist CVS said, putting a heavier burden on firms already reeling from rising inflation.The prediction

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It’s been 10 years since the UK last saw interest rates rise.Back then, the iPhone had only just been unveiled, Twitter was a one-year old mystery and Instagram didn’t even exist. Hard to imagine life without these things now, but interest rates of 5.75%

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General Electric has slashed its profits guidance after posting a quarterly loss due to weak trading in two key divisions.The industrial group it unveiled a 5% fall in third quarter earnings to $1.8bn, sending its shares sharply lower before later recovering.New chief

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BMW has confirmed its head office was searched this week by European Union officials investigating an alleged cartel among five German carmakers.EU investigators are looking into allegations that BMW, Daimler, VW, Audi and Porsche colluded to limit their spending on

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Police are looking into the treatment of customers by a division of RBS which was set up to help companies in trouble, the BBC has learnt.GRG was the part of the bank tasked with helping small businesses, but it has been accused of mistreatment by some customers and

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