| Tesco to get even bigger
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Supermarket juggernaut Tesco has unveiled plans to open 130 new stores as it announced record profits of £2.2bn
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| BP makes £3bn profit from dear
petrol [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Oil giant BP today announced profits of nearly £3bn in the first three months of this year, and its £9m-a-year boss is promising more to come
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| Market report: Tuesday 14.30
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Shares in ITV were up and running again today as word in the Square Mile suggested a new suitor has begun stalking the shares
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| Alpha shares grounded as deal
probed [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Alpha Airports has lurched from the drama of a £2.5m fraud to the crisis of an unrelated investigation into a major contract
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| Hint of hope for Gazprom on
Centrica bid [04/25/2006 03:10 PM]
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Trade Secretary Alan Johnson has hinted the Government may be prepared to allow Gazprom to buy UK gas supply company Centrica
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| Bank staff salaries top £50,000
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Boom times in the City have pushed the average salary among investment banking support staff above £50,000 for the first time
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| McCarthy & Stone profits slide
20% [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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The retirement homes builder reports a tough first half, but says it still hopes to beat last year's sales total
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| Tax credit fiasco hits families
again [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Hundreds of thousands of families face financial problems after a second year of 'gigantic' overpayments of the tax credit system
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| 600,000 Brits own second home
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Ownership of second homes has soared to record levels, leaving some areas with a third of homes used only at weekends and holidays
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| Multiplex sues Wembley steel
contractor [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Wembley contractor Multiplex today launches one of the British construction industry's biggest-ever legal battles, against its steel supplier
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| Whitbread mulls major 'refocusing'
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Whitbread today announced plans that could see it sell off huge swathes of the business to focus on its core Premier Travel Inn
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| Glazer sons beef up Man Utd
role [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Malcolm Glazer's sons will take a growing role in the family's business empire while their father recovers from a stroke
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| Polish plumbers bring cheap
mortgages [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Polish plumbers are boosting the UK economy, according to the Ernst & Young Item Club - and helping keep people's mortgage costs down
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| Homeloans bounce back as cards
tumble [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Mortgage lending by Britains major banks bounced back during March but credit card, loan and overdraft borrowing tumbled
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| Touch of spring in the High
Street [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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A bounce in retail sales has boosted hopes the retail sector is finally on the way to recovery
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| Petrol hits £1.19 a litre
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Petrol prices are predicted to reach their highest-ever levels in Britain this week as the cost of oil continues to climb
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| Brown misses his borrowing
target [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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The Chancellor has overshot his borrowing forecast for the 2005-6 financial year, only a month after setting it out in the Budget
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| Founder bids for Waterstone's
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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The founder of Waterstone's has confirmed he wants to buy back the bookstore chain in a £280m bid
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| Financial ads misleading consumers
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Three quarters of financial service adverts are inaccurate, mislead consumers and fail to meet FSA guidelines
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| Isa season sales hit six-year
high [04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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The demand for Isa funds has bounced back, with net sales for the first quarter of the year hitting a six-year high
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| Book chain that lost the plot
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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The bookstore chain Waterstone's is in desperate need of some care and attention. What better person to provide it than Tim Waterstone, who changed the face of book retailing in Britain?
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| New leaders, same poor Standard
[04/25/2006 03:10 PM] |
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Arrogance has always been a feature of those who run Standard Life, and nothing has changed
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