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Property Bounceback Grant

Five Trade Associations have this morning issued a call for the Government to introduce the Property Bounceback Grant. Whilst costing an estimated £1.75 bln up front, it could save 375,000 jobs and generate tax revenues of up to £7 bln from the economic trickle down activity. The underlying suggestion is

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Personal Finance Society Guide to P2P Lending

Whilst it seems an age ago now, back in April this year Proplend worked with the Personal Finance Society to update their excellent Good Practice Guide for Advisers (Wealth Managers & IFA’s) titled; An asset class growing in popularity: What advisers need to know about peer to peer lending. It

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Negative Rates put in the Bank of England toolbox

Whilst the Bank of England base rate is currently a paltry 0.1%, at least it’s a positive number. Today for the first time the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, admitted that they have put “negative interest rates in its toolbox”, where they are under “active review”. He quickly followed