The latest house price survey from the Nationwide points to house prices slowing.

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Jaguar have announced plans to lay off 1100 staff at its Coventry plant

UK Betting have announced that their financial situation has improved, thanks largely to a boost in profits from betting during Euro 2004.

The Financial Services Authority has fined the Bank of Ireland some £375,000, as reported 2 September 2004.

Report on UK house prices from the Halifax, August 2004.

British Parents Face Six Figure Sums As Future Education Costs Spiral - Skipton Building Society, 27 August 2004.

On the subject of insurance, Legal & General report on the value of personal belongings, August 2004.

You can read the Press Release issued by the Bank of England on 5 August 2004 to hear about the UK interest rate rise.

The Land Registry say that house prices in Middlesbrough are rising faster than the rest of the country. See their August Press Release here for more information.

An August Press Release from Marks & Spencer announces the signing of two new banking facilities.