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The secret to Next CEO Simon Wolfson's success is to turn setbacks into victories
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The secret to Next CEO Simon Wolfson's success is to turn setbacks into victories

Eighty years later, what lessons can business managers learn from this book, and how did Wolfson apply them to Next? Simon Wolfso...

Eight of the best homes with fishing rights are up for sale
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Eight of the best homes with fishing rights are up for sale

Picture 1 of 2: Chamberlaynes Farm, Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset, a house for sale with fishing rights. Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset's Cham...

Over-50s use equity releases to pay off their average debt of thirty thousand pounds
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Over-50s use equity releases to pay off their average debt of thirty thousand pounds

According to recent research, many Brits are carrying debt into their midlife years and are increasingly thinking about equity release as...

"The economy will crash due to Rachel Reeves's tax increase"
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"The economy will crash due to Rachel Reeves's tax increase"

According to Terry Tanaka, it will only cause Britain to enter a recession. Stuart Machin, the head of MandS, has already made th...

Bond markets and public finances are at odds
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Bond markets and public finances are at odds

Investors in bonds and stocks are fundamentally at odds. Anything that jeopardizes the bondholder's interest and capital is detrimental. ...

Why it might be dangerous to include cryptocurrency ETN in your ISA
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Why it might be dangerous to include cryptocurrency ETN in your ISA

After HMRC confirmed that investors would only be permitted to hold the assets in a stocks and shares ISA for six months, adding cryptocu...

What the budget's 2p tax increase might entail for independent contractors
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What the budget's 2p tax increase might entail for independent contractors

If Chancellor Rachel Reeves proceeds with plans to raise income tax and lower employees' National Insurance by the same amount, the self-...

Fiscal drag bites: more than a million people pay 45% income tax
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Fiscal drag bites: more than a million people pay 45% income tax

Last year, over a million people in the UK paid the highest rate of income tax due to frozen thresholds pushing hundreds of thousands mor...

Will the price of Bitcoin rise again?
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Will the price of Bitcoin rise again?

Why does the price of Bitcoin fluctuate, and should you invest? In the ten years leading up to 2025, Bitcoin was the best-perform...

"Alan Greenspan continues to cast a shadow over us"
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"Alan Greenspan continues to cast a shadow over us"

The fallout from the chaos he sowed back then is still with us. Alan Greenspan's memoir, The Age of Turbulence, which provides a ...

Invest in emerging markets with a focus on growth
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Invest in emerging markets with a focus on growth

The emergence of emerging markets (EMs) has returned. Over the first ten months of the year, the MSCI Emerging Markets index produced a 3...

"How I introduced BFIA to the general public"
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"How I introduced BFIA to the general public"

I was employed in the financial industry prior to the founding of BFIA, primarily as a junior broker in Tokyo who sold Japanese stocks to...