| Threat of even higher gas prices
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Consumers face the threat of even higher gas bills if a merger between two energy giants is allowed
|
| £1,000+ windfalls for Lambeth
customers [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
The Portman building society is to take over its London-based rival, Lambeth, triggering four-figure payouts for 67,000 customers
|
| A to Z of the Sunday newspapers
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
This is Money reads the Sunday papers so you don't have to. Here is this week's round-up of the bigger stories from the financial pages
|
| Asda scraps its famous slogan
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
The ailing supermarket chain is scrapping its 30-year-old 'Asda Price' jingle and the image of shoppers patting their pockets
|
| Royal Mail in cheques delivery
probe [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
As postal workers learn of their latest bonus, the Government watchdog investigates their role in the cheque-clearing process
|
| Vodafone boss under pressure
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Sluggish growth and a sliding share price could spell the end of Arun Sarin at the helm of the mobile phone giant
|
| Matalan boss looks at a £903m
buyout [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Store's founder and major shareholder John Hargreaves has had talks with three venture capital groups about a 220p-a-share buyout
|
| Severn is braced for reprimand
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
The water industry watchdog is expected to announce the findings of an 18-month inquiry into false accounting by Severn Trent
|
| ITV in £300m share buyback
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Cheer for investors as profits at the broadcaster rocket despite viewers switching off at an alarming rate
|
| Companies make pension gaps
'disappear' [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Some of Britain's biggest companies are using new accounting rules to make part of their pension deficits disappear from the balance sheets
|
| Households owe £2.6bn
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Spiralling household bills will hit consumers in the pocket hard this year - equivalent to nearly a penny on income tax
|
| New £1bn raid on pensions
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Britain's biggest pensions and human resources consultancy has accused the Government of a new stealth-tax raid on company pensions
|
| We each overpay £155 in tax
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Britons are collectively set to waste £7.6bn paying unnecessary tax during 2006 - £1.8bn more than they wasted last year, figures showed today
|
| M&S squeezes suppliers to foot
TV ads [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Marks & Spencer is forcing suppliers to offer increased discounts to foot the bill for its TV campaign featuring Twiggy
|
| Bets signal cheer on house
prices [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
City punters are increasingly confident of rising house prices this year, despite the setback suffered by homeowners in February.
|
| HMV stalker ups the takeover
ante [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Private equity firm Permira is reported to be willing to pay at least £802m to secure board support for a takeover
|
| Wetherspoon puts pub smoking
ban on hold [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Pubs group JD Wetherspoon is shelving plans to turn its entire chain non-smoking until the Government ban comes into force
|
| Rank signals slowdown at Hard
Rock [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Gambling and leisure group Rank has warned that strong growth last year at its Hard Rock Cafes will not continue
|
| Cairn surges as India eyes
Rajasthan bid [03/06/2006 06:04 AM]
|
|
India's state-backed Oil & Natural Gas Corp today said it was considering an offer to buy Cairn Energy's Indian oilfields
|
| Green's Bhs sale comes to nothing
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Philip Green has been touting his Bhs clothing chain for sale, as it battles with falling sales
|
| Rivals dent Avis Europe profits
[03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
Car rental firm Avis Europe's profits slid by more than a quarter as competition drove down hire prices
|
| £3m raid jacks up insurance
costs [03/06/2006 06:04 AM] |
|
The armoured van and cash transit industry is set to see insurance premiums rocket by as much as 50% in the wake of the £53m Tonbridge robbery, Lloyd's underwriters said today
|