BUDGET 2013

Te government is to embark on a programme to crack down on "aggressive" tax avoidance, the Chancellor confirmed in the Budget today.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Budget that the government will give capital gains tax (CGT) relief on sales of businesses to their employees.

Investors who go it alone will have to dedicate ten hours a week to managing their portfolio in order to beat inflation, according to one external asset manager.

Cyprus turned to Russia for help on Tuesday night after the country's parliament overwhelmingly rejected a tax on the deposits of bank savers.

Some of the UK's biggest high street banks are failing to give the right advice to customers on transferring and managing their cash Isas, according to the results of a 'mystery shopping' exercise.

Lighthouse group has reported losses of £4.6m in 2012, up from a loss of £2.7m in 2011.

The government is to announce further spending cuts in Wednesday's Budget, with the savings going to large-scale infrastructure projects designed to boost economic growth, according to reports.

Some agents selling Harlequin properties before March 2009 misled investors into thinking that their investment money would be held securely in ring-fenced accounts.

TailorMade Independent, a distributor of Harlequin Property investments, has had its permissions changed to restrict its ability to carry on new pensions business.