Five things clients will call you about this week

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Here are five stories clients may have read in the weekend's papers…

Foxtons Estate agency Foxtons is set to announce a £400m stock market flotation later this week, reports the Mail on Sunday. The firm was sold to private equity group BC Partners in 2007 for £375m but renewed investor confidence in the property market has prompted Foxtons to consider the sale of new shares. Read more here Nationwide The UK's biggest building society has temporarily shelved plans to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in order to meet capital requirements set out by the regulator. The Financial Times reports that Nationwide has had to be more selective...

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