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Darius McDermott wins IFA Personality of the Year (22/01/10)Darius McDermott, the managing director of Chelsea Financial Services, was last night awarded the IFA Personality of the Year title at at a dinner hosted by the Professional Adviser magazine. The award is voted for by industy professionals and Darius beat off competition from a number of well respec...
Jupiter Launches Two New Funds (27/11/09)These new funds, Jupiter Absolute Return and International Financials will be managed by Philip Gibbs, manager of Jupiter Financial Opportunities.
Jupiter Absolute Return will seek to generate an absolute return independent of market conditions by investing on a global basis in equities, bonds, cur...
ISA limit increases for over 50's (06/10/09)The ISA allowance for the current tax year is to be increased to £10,200 from 6th October 2009 for investors aged 50 and over before 6th April 2010. This gives you the opportunity to increase the amount you invest tax efficiently....
Darius McDermott voted 9th most influential in industry poll (25/09/09)Chelsea Financial Services managing director Darius McDermott has been voted 9th in the annual Professional Adviser's 50 Most Influential supplement, which ranks those who have had the most impact upon financial advice in the past year. Darius has now appeared in this list every year since its incep...
UK Business News
Royal Mail quality tests 'rigged'
The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.
BA union announces strike dates
BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.
Vauxhall gets UK loans guarantee
The UK announces a 300m-euro (£270m) loan guarantee for Vauxhall and Opel, the European arm of General Motors.
Lloyds aids mortgage overpayments
UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early.
Interns 'exploited by employers'
The TUC is claiming that young people are being exploited by employers through internships in which they do not get paid.
