It is unlikely that any previous Budget statement has been more heavily trailed than was this one. When Gordon Brown was Prime Minister and Alistair Darling the Chancellor, haggling o0.6 the Budget measures could continue until a few hours before the statement to Parliament.
21/03/12
Today (12th March 2012) the government published final details of a revamped Right to Buy scheme, which will significantly increase the discounts for two million social tenants in England.
12/03/12
Apprenticeships Week - Wed 8 February 2012, 8.00 to 9.30am This morning HSBC hosted a roundtable for the Financial Services Sector to discuss the value of creating new apprenticeship routes into employment. John Hayes, Skills Minister, gave a 10-15 minute address at the event...
08/02/12
Sales of properties u100r the Right-to-Buy scheme, the reason for the biggest increase in home ownership in the last 50 years, continue to be well down on previous years, according to research by HSBC, the UK's largest direct mortgages le100r. 31 years ago this week (3rd October 1980)...
05/10/11
A personal blog by Peter Bull, Head of Community Investment In August, I represented HSBC at a hearing in the House of Commons by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People. APPG'S meet together, relatively informally, to discuss a particular issue of concern.
04/09/11
HSBC today announced that it is set to join the government's apprenticeship scheme which will initially provide nationally recognised qualifications to around 1,000 of its employees. The government is actively encouraging financial and professional services firms to set up such schemes.
01/04/11
