Forum Brief: Sandler Review
Policy Consultation 9 July 2002
The Sandler Review of the medium and long-term savings industry has criticised the complexity of many financial products.
Forum Brief: Family businesses
Policy Consultation 20 June 2002
Family firms make up 60 per cent of the nation's businesses, have more productive employees, survive longer and provide more opportunity for women, according to research conducted by Barclays.
Forum Brief: Euro blueprint
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
The British banking industry has set out its outline blueprint for UK entry to the euro.
Forum Brief: SME Bank Accounts
Policy Consultation 14 June 2002
The Office of Fair Trading has today sent a progress report to the Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry on its discussions with clearing banks.
Forum Brief: Tanzanian Air Traffic Control System
Policy Consultation 14 June 2002
A World Bank report into a controversial deal to sell a British made air traffic control to Tanzania will condemn the project as a waste of money.
Forum Brief: Diversity research
Policy Consultation 11 June 2002
Independent research by Schneider-Ross has revealed that more than a hundred of the UK's leading organisations now recognise the development of diversity as an important contributor to their overall business
Forum Brief: Financial advice
Policy Consultation 30 May 2002
The Consumers' Association has today published new figures revealing that more than fifty per cent of consumers do not think they are saving enough to ensure a secure and comfortable
Forum Brief: London's economy
Policy Consultation 15 May 2002
London is the greatest wealth generating city in Europe beating Paris into second place, according to new research.
Forum Brief: IT training for older people
Policy Consultation 9 May 2002
Age Concern, Barclays and UK online have today launched their "Computer Explorer" buses - a mobile IT initiative for older people in the UK.
Forum Brief: Barclays boss pay deal
Policy Consultation 21 March 2002
Matt Barrett, chief executive of Barclays, has been awarded a new contract which will pay him nearly £1 million a year more.
Forum Brief: Banking report
Policy Consultation 14 March 2002
The chancellor has warned Britain's big banks that they must end anti-competitive practices that are hitting smaller companies.
Forum Brief: Wealth survey
Policy Consultation 7 March 2002
With an average annual income per person of over £36,000 the residents of the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea are the richest in England and Wales according to new
Dr Vincent Cable MP, Liberal Democrats' Trade and Industry spokesman
Interview 17 December 2001
Question: You've complained about the derisory rates paid on many saving accounts, and there are many saving accounts on offer. Surely therefore it's up to the consumer to shop around
Christmas spending on tight rein
Press Review 11 December 2000
