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How to beat the Premium Bond prize rate AND get a steady income from your savings

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If you want to break out of your Premium Bond rut and find an investment to beat them, the necessary strategy will depend on your tax position and other earnings.

As half of job applicants face AI interviews, top recruiters reveal what you need to say to get past the chatbots and secure an interview with a REAL person

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Job interviews are nerve-racking enough, especially in a competitive careers market, but today's applicants face an entirely new screening process.

I made so much cash tipping off developers about empty houses that I was able to pay for a cruise. Here's how YOU can do the same...

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Linda Williams was waiting at a bus stop in Haydock, Merseyside, when an elderly man struck up a conversation and said something that stopped her in her tracks.

Tax trick that could wreck your inheritance: How to avoid the hugely expensive pitfall of this popular loophole designed to protect your wealth from care home fees and tax

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As care home fees and inheritance tax bills escalate, growing numbers of people are being persuaded to take out trusts, which they believe offer a neat solution.

Why your pension has soared 25% in a year… but experts warn the markets could be about to crash. This is what you need to know to keep your retirement nest egg safe and growing

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If you've not checked the value of your pension and other investments for a while, you may be in for a very pleasant surprise. Investors' appetite for AI companies is sending stock markets rocketing.

HSBC and Standard Chartered should be encouraged to relocate out of Hong Kong as Beijing tightens its grip, think-tank says

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HSBC could be pressured by Beijing to act against British customers if the two countries were at odds over a conflict such as an invasion of Taiwan.

Make the Youth Guarantee deliver - or risk letting a generation down, says Merlin boss FIONA EASTWOOD

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Alan Milburn's recent Young People and Work report highlights that too many young people lack clear routes into jobs.

UK theme parks chief blasts youth jobs crisis under Labour

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Employers have been left reeling from increases to National Insurance Contributions and the minimum wage.

'Things will get much worse under Burnham': Businesses in Makerfield give their verdict on Manchester mayor's power bid

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With Burnham effectively campaigning to be both Makerfield's MP and Prime Minister, he has tried to bring businesses on board with various promises.

Tesco facing fat cat pay revolt at annual general meeting

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Advisory firm PIRC is recommending that investors oppose the supermarket giant's pay report.

Online AGMs being used to 'swerve' shareholder scrutiny

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Nationwide Building Society, Santander and defence firm BAE Systems are among a growing list of firms to move to a digital-only format that bars investors from turning up in person.

Defence chief slams Labour's dithering over botched military spending plans

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Kevin Craven, head of industry group ADS, told The Mail on Sunday that delays to the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) were creating a 'damaging vacuum'.

Lurch to the Left will ruin City, warns stockbroker boss

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Julian Morse of stockbroker Cavendish said a swing to an even more 'tax and spend' economy was 'the opposite of what the City is asking for'.

Multi-millionaire tyre tycoon Mike Welch has a positive message for Britain's lost generation of Neets

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The Liverpudlian, who set up his first business aged 17 selling tyres on the internet, has now embarked on a new venture that he says will shake up a sector.

More tax pain is on the way for Britons in the autumn, warns HAMISH MCRAE

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The Bank of England won't put up interest rates at its next rate-setting meeting this week - or at least the cat would really be among the pigeons were it to do so.

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER: I bought a cello for £192,500 in 1983 and banked on it being my pension... it is now worth millions

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Julian Lloyd Webber OBE is a solo cellist and conductor. The younger brother of composer Andrew, he was also Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 2015 to 2020.

Pensioners in line for share of £2bn 'gold-plated' scheme payout

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In what one source described as a 'huge exercise', the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will next month write to scheme members.

What the warning lights on your car dashboard mean and how serious they are

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You're on your way to a crucial meeting or important family event when a worrying warning light flashes up on the dashboard. It could be nothing, or it may be a nightmare in the making.

Musk's astronomical IPO hits the headlines: Should you put your chips on the real stars of AI?

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The response to the $1.8 trillion (£1.3trillion) SpaceX share sale shows that, this summer, investors have a taste for initial public offerings.

ALEX BRUMMER: The Bank of England risks being left behind

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At an impromptu press conference, Carney, now prime minister of Canada, reaffirmed that the Bank was ready to do whatever was necessary to uphold financial stability.

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