Archive for May, 2008
Questions Of Cash: The bank is holding money due to me
Questions Of Cash: The bank is holding money due to me
The Independent
By Paul Gosling
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Q: I am executor of my late mother’s will. I wrote to Alliance & Leicester on 8 March, enclosing a probate certificate and requesting it to close her account and transfer the balance of more than £100,000 to an [...]
Sick leave in Northern Ireland civil service: Public Finance
Sick leave in Northern Ireland civil service
by Paul Gosling
Sickness absenteeism in the civil service is more than a third higher in Northern Ireland than in Britain, the Northern Ireland Audit Office has found. Each Northern Ireland civil servant takes on average 13.7 days off ill a year, against 10 days in the rest of the [...]
LSP take centre stage in building community cohesion: Local Government Chronicle
LSP take centre stage in building community cohesion
by Paul Gosling
Community cohesion is one of those challenges that cuts across the responsibilities of a wide range of public agencies – and beyond into the voluntary and private sectors. It is exactly the type of issue that local strategic partnerships were created to address.
Improvement and Development Agency [...]
First in Line: Public Finance
First in line, by Paul Gosling
Peter Robinson is happy to talk about his work as Northern Ireland finance minister. But Ian Paisley’s resignation means he’s going to have to face up to that succession question very soon, says Paul Gosling
Peter Robinson met with Public Finance in the midst of the most tumultuous and politically significant [...]
Neighbourhood watch: Belfast, Ireland
The Independent
Neighbourhood watch: Belfast, Ireland
Belfast’s housing boom has been the fastest in the UK. Should you buy there while you can? Paul Gosling reports
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Belfast is perhaps the most rapidly changing city in the UK. Peace has brought prosperity, and ambitious regeneration schemes are changing the image unrecognisably from the scarred city of [...]
Free sterling-to-euro transfers introduced
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Cross-border electronic transfers between sterling and the euro can now take place free of charge, the National Irish Bank and its sister Northern Bank announced yesterday. It is thought to be the first time that holders of standard business and personal accounts can make free electronic transfers between the two currencies.
The move [...]
Ferrovial in talks with JPMorgan to sell Belfast’s George Best airport
The Independent / The Irish Independent
Ferrovial in talks with JPMorgan to sell Belfast’s George Best airport
By Paul Gosling
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Ferrovial is in negotiations with JPMorgan Asset Management to sell the George Best Belfast City Airport as part of its efforts to reduce its debt burden of more than €30bn (£24bn). Ferrovial is the owner [...]
Questions Of Cash: I’ve been fleeced by my local phone shop
The Independent
Questions Of Cash: I’ve been fleeced by my local phone shop
By Paul Gosling
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Q. In September 2006, I signed a 12-month contract with T-Mobile, through Mobile Connections, which provided me with two handsets, with 500 free minutes for each handset. I had to pay £35 monthly by direct debit. This was to [...]
Ex(changing) Times - Pathfinder Business
(Ex)Changing times
by Paul Gosling
Currency volatility is one of the most significant factors influencing the future profit of any business committed to overseas markets. Yet predicting currency fluctuations can seem impossible.
Take Kenya, a country regarded as one of the most stable and reliable in Africa. Suddenly in December the country’s presidential election was subject to allegations [...]
Questions of Cash: The Independent
Questions Of Cash: With vouchers, it pays to read the small print
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Q: As a result of a safety recall, I had to return my Flymo mower to the retailer, Homebase, in exchange for a new machine. But instead of this, Homebase gave me a cash refund of £80. I bought a similar [...]
