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People ‘are making increasingly risky investments’

Date: 30 June 2009, Author: Steven Jackson

Low interest levels on standard savings accounts are causing those putting money aside to seek out risky investments, one specialist has claimed.

Expert denies lenders are withholding mortgages

Date: 30 June 2009, Author: Steven Jackson

Recent research suggesting that the high-end property market is stagnating due to stringent lending on the part of mortgage providers has been dismissed by one specialist.

Lending ‘continues to stabilise but is still low’

Date: 30 June 2009, Author: Steven Jackson

Recent mortgage figures reveal that while the market has steadied over the last few months it remains depressed, according to one expert.

Winding Up Orders now used as Debt Collecting Tools

Date: 30 June 2009, Author: Derek Cooper

Winding up (or compulsory liquidation) is the closest thing to bankruptcy for a limited company. The process is normally initiated by one or more of a company's creditors who feel that the company should be closed and cease trading. The creditor will present a petition to wind up the company at the court (a Winding Up Petition). The company may then be ordered by the court to be liquidated or wound up.

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