Newspage Raws
Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.
59 Raws in women
· 11 expert responses
Impact of corporation tax U-turn on mortgages, pensions and markets
A journalist at the Daily Telegraph is after comments from brokers and financial advisers for an article in tomorrow’s paper. Qs are below: How did the markets respond to the sacking of the Chancellor and Liz Truss’s…
· 7 expert responses
Bank of England widen the scope of its daily gilt purchase operation to include purchases of index-linked gilts
This morning, the Bank of England has announced that it will widen the scope of its daily gilt purchase operations also to include purchases of index-linked gilts, as it warned an ongoing rout in the gilts market poses…
· 3 expert responses
Bank of England announcement
In line with the Bank’s financial stability objective and in order to avoid dysfunction in core funding markets, the Bank of England is today launching a Temporary Expanded Collateral Repo Facility (the facility). The…
· 4 expert responses
Insolvencies soar
Looking for quick comment on the following bleak data published this morning relating to company insolvencies: Total company insolvencies in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2022 reached their highest…
· 5 expert responses
House prices a year from now
With rising interest rates, sky-high inflation and the economy almost certainly set to enter recession, where do you think average house prices will be a year from now? Click >> here << to answer the snap poll (takes 5…
· 12 expert responses
Has lifestyling now been exposed as dangerous?
In recent days, quite a few IFAs on Newspage have noted how the ‘lifestyling’ strategy used by many work-based pensions isn't as low risk as people originally thought — something that has been highlighted by the…
· 12 expert responses
Stockmarkets and Sterling...
The Pound was under pressure again Thursday morning, as the fall-out from Friday's mini-Budget continues. Housing and retail stocks also took a pounding Thursday morning, with Barratt the main faller on the FTSE 100 and…
· 10 expert responses
Bank of England to buy gilts to restore orderly market conditions
The Bank of England has just announced it “will carry out temporary purchases of long-dated UK government bonds from 28 September. The purpose of these purchases will be to restore orderly market conditions. The…
· 15 expert responses
Pound hits record low
The Pound hit a record low this morning against the greenback, and is moving ever closer to parity. Investor confidence in the UK has been shattered by Friday's mini-budget and the government’s tax-cutting policies. The…
· 5 expert responses
Sterling hits 37-year low
Sterling is under sever pressure and sank to a fresh 37-year low as the Chancellor unveiled tens of billions of pounds of tax cuts and spending this morning. How serious is this and what problems will it cause?
· 7 expert responses
NI increase to be scrapped
A 1.25% rise in National Insurance will be reversed from 6 November and the government will axe a planned tax rise to fund health and social care, the Chancellor has just announced. The Chancellor claims the reversal…
· 16 expert responses
MPC rate decision Sept 22
We sought views from IFAs, mortgage brokers and other FS experts about today's Bank of England rate decision. Their views are below.
· 3 expert responses
Retail sales data - August 2022
This morning, the retail sales data for August was published . Key points below, but the main takeaway is that sales are dropping amid the cost of living crisis. How are things for you as a retailer? Are customers…
· 4 expert responses
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Drive the news - September 12
It's Monday and we're asking you for stories, rather than for you to respond to stories that are already breaking or coming up. It's an opportunity for you to drive the news. So have a quick scan of the two Qs below and…
· 3 expert responses
Return of the annuity?
An IFA on Newspage has said that in recent months he has seen the way clients access their pension savings at retirement change dramatically. Since the introduction of 'pension freedoms' in 2015, clients tended to take…
· 4 expert responses
Social media agony aunts
A journalist at the Mail Online is writing an article about the rise of social media agony aunts and why young women may feel the need to seek advice and connection online more than in previous years? She's also keen to…
· 5 expert responses
How's the retail sector feeling for you?
On Friday 22nd October at 07:00, the Office for National Statistics is publishing the latest retail sales data - for September. With this in mind, we want to know: As a small independent retailer, how have September and…
· 8 expert responses
The Freelance Informer - startup or degree?
New research has found that almost half of former university students would advise against pursuing a degree. Instead, for those with a great idea, they suggest launching a business instead or, at the very least,…
· 4 expert responses
New business incorporations: Q1 2021
This morning at 09:30 the Office for National Statistics published data on the number of companies incorporated between January and March 2021. It showed the number of incorporations in the first quarter of 2021 was the…