| _______________ | 1 |  | Retail sales bring scant comfort | | Sales on the UK's high streets fell by a lower-than-expected 0.1% in October, figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown. The decline was much less than the 0.9% drop that analysts had predicted after sales fell by 0.4% in September. | | 4h 54min 35sec ago | |
| _______________ | 2 | | B&CE warning over personal account advantages | | PERSONAL accounts must not have any advantage over good existing pension provision if we are to avoid the threat of leveling down, B&CE Benefit Schemes says. Deputy chief executive John Jory told delegates the introduction of personal accounts was to | | 5h 2min 34sec ago | | | |
| _______________ | 5 | | October mortgage lending picks up | | Lending has risen slightly but is expected to stay low Mortgage lending rose slightly in October, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). Total lending rose to 18.7bn, 7% up from the previous month. However, last month's lending was still 44% | | 7h 20min 35sec ago | | | |
| _______________ | 8 | | Retirement dreams give way to despair, anger | | It was so close. And then, it wasn?t. Fifty-year-old Eddie Whitlock thought he was closing in on his hard-earned golden years. According to his master plan, in just five short years he?d retire from his job as executive director for Mental Health | | 14h 23min 35sec ago | | |
| _______________ | 10 | | 'Check home insurance' before travelling | | As well as checking their travel insurance policies, holidaymakers have also been urged to read their home insurance policies before travelling. Travellers have been warned that spending more than 30 consecutive days away from home could invalidate their | | 1d 5h | |
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