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Interest rates held at 0.5%

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep interest rates at 0.5%, but the mood may be shifting to future rate rises. “We [the MPC] are responding to things that are essentially … unpredictable,” said Broadbent this morning on BBC Radio 5’s “Wake Up To Money” programme. “And that means that…

West Midlands and Birmingham ready for nearshoring boost to commercial property market

Birmingham and the West Midlands are in a strong position, thanks to good transport infrastructure and a central location, to take advantage of the Government’s current Nearshoring campaign to encourage businesses to move their overseas operations back to the UK. Commercial property company Cushman & Wakefield’s global business consulting team addressed Nearshoring issues at a seminar…

New blow to first-time buyers: zero-hour contracts

The rapid rise of “zero-hour contracts” is making it even harder for young people to step on to the property ladder, mortgage brokers have warned. Zero hours just means an employee is “on-call” without a minimum amount of weekly work specified in the contract. Mortgage experts said, like the self-employed, aspiring home owners’ options will…