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- A War Is A Good Payday For MoD Civil Servants... by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 13, 2009
Civil Servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid bonuses this year of £47 million. The payments are, apparently, performance related although quite how 'performance' is measured in a department that deals in armed conflict I am at a loss to...
- Wonga moment #25641 by Wonga on Nov 12, 2009
Talking to our customers we are used to great feedback and to hearing about their ‘Wonga moments’ – those particular times when their lives are made so much easier by taking a flexible loan to pay for an unexpected expense or a great deal tha...
- Unemployment - What Hope For Our Young? by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 11, 2009
The Office of National Statistics has announced today that the number of people unemployed in the UK has risen by its smallest amount since May 2008. Before we pop the champagne corks and explode the party poppers, we should remember that the rise w...
- Overall lending Approvals Up by Capital Fortune News on Nov 10, 2009
Home mortgage UK lending increased by £900m in September and the number of mortgage approvals increased to 56,215, according to figures released from the Bank of England. The lending figure was weaker than the August figure of £1.3bn, but above the...
- New rules attempt to force banks to play fairer by Wonga on Nov 9, 2009
News outlets have been reporting this week on new regulation to enforce fair treatment of customers and clarity on charges by banks. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has taken over the Banking Code Standards Board (BCSB) as the regulatory body...
- A Quick Reminder: The Government are Cunts by The Devil's Kitchen on Nov 9, 2009
[NOTE: I'm not The Devil, and I know I'm late to the party on this, but fuck it. You can't have too many reminders.]OK. We had an "asset bubble." Lots of things were overpriced. That house you bought for £200,000 was actually only worth £150,000. S...
- Gordon and Darling: insane bastards by The Devil's Kitchen on Nov 8, 2009
The BBC—even the BBC—is reporting that the latest stupid idea from Brown and Darling has received a "lukewarm reaction".Prime Minister Gordon Brown's idea of a financial transactions tax has received a lukewarm response from G20 countries.The pro...
