Archive for December, 2009
‘Don’t be scared of Dubai’: Belfast Telegraph
The Dubai World crisis should not frighten Northern Ireland investors off the Gulf region insists Boomer Industries, a Lisburn based company that specialises in operations in the Arabian Gulf.
But investments in the region may need to be regarded as more long-term than was previously the case, said Andrew Robinson, managing director of Boomer, which employs [...]
Mortgage broker ‘lacked integrity’: Belfast Telegraph
Lisburn mortgage broker Noel Heaney has been banned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for not treating his customers fairly.
He was described by the FSA as a man who “lacks integrity and is not competent to run an authorised firm”.
Neither Noel Heaney nor his previously authorised firm Heaney Finance is now permitted to undertake financial [...]
Questions of Cash: ‘Why have I been paying for PPI which won’t cover me?’: The Independent
Q. You helped me get my Barclaycard bill below its credit limit (Questions of Cash, 14 November), but now Barclaycard tells me I have been paying for PPI for years when the policy did not cover me. HA, London.
A. You contacted us seeking help in getting your Barclaycard bill under control. It became clear that [...]
Councils must make progress on IFRS: Local Government Chronicle
Local authorities should by now be well advanced in their progress towards the adoption from April next year of IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards.
The adoption of IFRS has serious implications for local government accounting. It has been widely reported that the assets and liabilities of some PFI contracts that were previously off-balance sheet [...]
Banks win on charges: Belfast Telegraph
A few weeks ago I received a letter from a bank customer. He had just moved to the United States, but before he left he unknowingly went £5.39 overdrawn – without the bank’s permission.
As soon as my correspondent realised his error, he paid £6 into his account and thought no more of it. Because [...]
Can CDFIs take-off in UK?: Co-operative News
The financial services sector as a whole has failed the UK, its economy, its taxpayers and, in particular, those worst-off in society. The bill for rescuing the big banks is likely to fall disproportionately on the poorest.
Even if taxes rise for the highest paid, it is a fair guess that the burden will be even [...]
Questions of Cash: ‘Help: I can’t pay my energy bills’: The Independent
Q. I have had a letter from Southern Electric saying that the ’social care energy tariff’ that we are on is being removed, so we shall have to pay more. We are classed as low fuel users, because we have been careful, efficient and have conserved energy – and because we can’t afford to spend [...]
Signed, sealed, delivered: Belfast Telegraph
Many small firms begin trading from their garages, aspiring to move up and out into larger premises as their businesses expand. This is exactly what Sign it Design has achieved.
Back in 1999, Damian and Connery McGill started producing veichle graphics and signs for commercial customers from a garage attached to the family home. As [...]
ShredBank: Belfast Telegraph
Businesses that grew by 250% during the recession are few and far between. One of those dramatic success stories is ShredBank – a Belfast-based mobile confidential shredding service that operates across Northern Ireland.
“There is a growing demand from the market for a highly professional and secure shredding company,” says Philip Bain, who started the [...]
Lighting up the future: Belfast Telegraph
The move to a lower carbon economy means that companies have to re-evaluate the way they do business. It also creates new commercial opportunities.
One firm that is fully exploiting those new opportunities is a local business, Lighthouse Trading Company – and it is doing so by assisting and encouraging other firms to change the way [...]
