IF you are a UK worker earning more than GBP100,000 it may be worth dragging your eyes away from the sports or fashion pages for ten minutes to think about your pension contributions. The Budget in April reduced the tax relief available on pensions to those earning over GBP150,000 from 2011. The UK tax authorities have put in place measures to avoid people chucking loads of money into their pensions in the meantime in order to get round the change

A UAE property developer says that speculators are still “driving” the market. Another great press release euphemism that, but it's pretty hard to swear in writing nowadays with Orwellian firewalls censoring our every blasphemy.

LONDON is preparing to host one of the shipping events of the year: the 2009 conference of the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association. WISTA, led by international president Marita Scott, is going from strength to strength. Spinnaker Consulting employs several WISTA members and we support its role in maritime career development, fostering industry expertise, and networking.

All through history, one subject appears again and again. How to make a lot of money quickly! The first recorded case in England was that of a State Lottery in 1569. The tickets were on sale at the west door of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The name of the winner is not recorded. In 1720 the whole of England became involved with what has since become known as The South Sea Bubble.