Research archive releases
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25th October 2008
Price of farmland in England and Wales more than doubles in 5 years
Price of farmland in Scotland more than doubles in 5 years
18th October 2008
Seven-fold increase in ISA savings since 2000
27th September 2008
London boroughs see the biggest population rises over the past decade
Full list of 434 local authorities
Oswestry records the biggest population rise in West Midlands over the past decade
Ceredigion records the biggest population rise in Wales over the past decade
Torridge records the biggest population rise in the South West over the past decade
Ashford records the biggest population rise in South East over the past decade
West Lothian records the biggest population rise in Scotland over the past decade
Ribble Valley records the biggest population rise in the North West over the past decade
Durham records the biggest population rise in North East over the past decade
City of London records the biggest population rise in Greater London over the past decade
Banbridge records the biggest population rise in Northern Ireland over the past decade
East Cambridgeshire records the biggest population rise in the Ease of England over the past decade
North Kesteven records the biggest population rise in East Midlands over the past decade
Richmondshire records the biggest population rise in Yorkshire and the Humber over the past decade
Commodity prices ease back from record highs
12th July 2008School fees rising at more than twice the rate of inflation
5th July 2008
Pensioner inflation of 36% since 1998
14th May 2008
EU stock prices up 118% over the last five years
31st March 2008
Boarding school fees rise by nearly three times inflation in the last ten years
18th February 2008
Scottish jobs market remains subdued
14th February 2008
Commodities the best performing asset class
5th January 2008
2.5 million move to South East over the past decade19th December 2007
Wheat is the top performer as commodities hit record highs
17th December 2007
Scottish labour market continues to cool
7th December 2007
HBOS Economic Forecast for 2008
Bank of Scotland Economic Forecast for 2008
20th November 2007
Scottish jobs growth slowing, labour market still tight
17th October 2007
Residents of Wokingham have best quality of life
Aberdeen has best quality of life
15th October 2007
UK stock prices up 223% since 1987 stockmarket crash
9th October 2007
Halifax welcomes the doubling of the inheritance tax threshold for couples
6th October 2007
North-South divide narrows over the past five years
20th August 2007
Jobs growth remains strong in Scotland
28th July 2007
School fees rise by 41% in five years
28th July 2007
Scottish school fees up 40% in five years
24th July 2007
Share are the top performers over the past year
19th July 2007
HBOS economic forecast update for 2007
2nd May 2007
The MPC's 10th anniversary - Key Facts
30th April 2007
17th April 2007
Pound hits $2 level for first time in 15 years
17th February 2007
£85.6m today is equivalent to £1m in 1907
14th February 2007
China enters Year of the Pig after 112% growth
3rd February 2007
Gold returns to favour with the 24% rise in 2006
29th January 2007
Precious metals best performers in 2006
11th December 2006
HBOS Economic forecast in 2007
11th December 2006
Scottish Economic forecast in 2007
5th December 2006
Inheritance tax and stamp duty revenues soar due to failure to link thresholds to house prices
9th October 2006
Private schooling significantly less affordable than 5 years ago
23rd September 2006
One in ten towns with an average house price above the inheritance tax threshold
26th August 2006
School fees rise by 43% in 5 years
5th August 2006
72% rise in number of estates paying inheritance tax
9th June 2006
British farmland prices up 58% in the past decade
22nd May 2006
12th April 2006
Private pensions have grown at three times the rate of state pensions since 1979
9th April 2006
Wide disparity in academic returns in fees
5th April 2006
Inheritance tax risk for 4.2 million households by 2020
22nd March 2006
Detached properties owners most likely to be liable for inheritance tax
18th March 2006
Annual Inheritance Tax take could triple to £5.6bn in 2020
17th March 2006
FTSE 100 hits a five-year high
25th February 2006
£360 billion of housing wealth to be inherited over the next 15 years
3rd December 2005
One in three detatched property owners potentially liable for inheritance tax
19th November 2005
Three-fold rise in the number of properties above the inheritance tax threshold
3rd October 2005
Stocks buck trend in September
3rd September 2005
Business services jobs have increased by nearly two million over 20 years
2nd August 2005
1st August 2005
1st July 2005
Sun shines on investors in June
14th May 2005
Finance sector employment up 22%
5th May 2005
General elections and the impact on stockmarkets
16th April 2005
General elections and house prices
5th April 2005
General elections and the stock market
23rd March 2005
Changes to the RPI basket - How our lifestyles have changed
