Papers

FIRMS INVOLVED IN the split capital investment trust scandal have been told by the FSA that their bank accounts may be frozen as the regulator seeks to impose a resolution to the issue.

MOST OF THE national press this morning are dissecting the impact of yesterday's Bank of England base rate rise, however, the Times has the most innovative take on the matter, by suggesting it is not house prices which could drop, but BIRTH rates.

ALL EYES are on the City today in this morning's national newspapers, as the industry waits to see whether the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee increases the base interest rate, as expected.

The cost of covering occupational pension payouts to employees left high and dry when their employers went bankrupt should not cost more than £76m a year for the next 30 years, a new study funded by two of the country's biggest unions suggests.

TAX AVOIDANCE HAS been put on the same pedestal as terrorism by the Treasury in its latest comments on a massive tax avoidance clamp-down by the Inland Revenue sparked by actions taken by clients of accountant Ernst & Young.

Tory MPs will press the government on a decision whether to extend retrospective powers of investigation to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's office through new legislation following an earlier admission the government may have missed a legal opening for...

CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown looks set to back a likely rise in interest rates next week after he yesterday told business leaders he was standing behind any difficult decisions made by the monetary authorities.

HUNDREDS of pensioners within the Equitable Life Trapped Annuitants action group who face impoverished retirements, following the near-collapse of Equitable Life, now have plans troubled insurer over their losses, says the Times .

Office for National Statistics figures for the UK economy are once again under fire after yet another industry survey showed a gap between what the statisticians are saying about the country and what groups such as the CBI are finding out from their own...

AEGON'S CHIEF executive David Henderson has told this morning's Scotsman newspapers he is considering ditching the Scottish Equitable name to eliminate "brand confusion" across the group.