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If you want to buy a house in the UK most people assume there is a minimum credit score needed to buy a house but the credit score is one part of the process and you would be surprised that there is still hope for those with...

When considering remortgaging for Home Improvements, it is worth conducting a mortgage review and consultation rather than just calling your current lender. For those new to property ownership and looking at improving their home, a remortgage is where you take out a new mortgage...

News has just emerged that Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has funded an additional £1bn worth of customer invoices in the last year and in doing so, bringing its total amount lent in excess of £4bn. The Commercial Lending team is the commercially focused arm...

News has emerged that Jaguar Land Rover sales have dropped further in October, despite its performance in China continuing to recover, according to new financial figures. Jaguar Land Rover reported that a total of 41,866 vehicles were sold during the month of October, down...

The planned £70m acquisition of British Steel by the Chinese steel manufacturing giant Jingye Group, which is set to safeguard thousands of jobs, has been welcomed by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. The Official Receiver and Special Managers from EY confirmed yesterday (11 November 2019)...

According to Co-op Funeralcare, the funeral business market has been hit as the UK death rate has fallen. The group also said that its conscious decision to not change its prices in a increasingly competitive market had weighed on its growth ambitions. Death Rates Falling The...

Retail sales in the UK declined by 0.5% on a like-for-like basis in August 2018, a marked decline from the 0.1% increase seen in July, according to the latest British Retail Consortium – BRC – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Non-food retail sales decreased by 1.2% on a like-for-like basis over...

The pound fell briefly to its lowest rate against the dollar in two years on Tuesday, as the two remaining Conservative Party leadership candidates appeared to spook the currency by refusing to rule out a no-deal departure from the EU in October. Sterling sank earlier in the day to $1.2396,...

Turnover at bedroom retailer Sharps, which has 78 showrooms across the country has passed the £100m mark, according to new accounts. Sharps Bedrooms, which is headquartered in Bilston, has posted a turnover of £102.8m for the year to 30 September 2018, up from £95.2m in the prior 12 months. The latest...

Bathstore, Britain’s biggest bathroom retailer, is on the verge of collapse and crashing out with news that administrators could be appointed early next week. It has been an unsteady couple of months as Bathstore becomes the latest bathroom retailer to go into administration, just three months after the collapse of...