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Thames faces huge new fine

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Thames faces huge new fine - Thames Water is facing multimillion-pound fine over investigations by industry regulator Ofwat into failing customer service standards. House of Fraser 'keen' Baugur bid - Department store chain House of Fraser today looked set join Baugur portfolio after reportedly backing £356m takeover approach



Thames faces huge new fine  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Thames Water is facing a multimillion-pound fine over investigations by industry regulator Ofwat into failing customer service standards
House of Fraser 'keen' on Baugur bid  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Department store chain House of Fraser today looked set to join the Baugur portfolio after reportedly backing a £356m takeover approach
Market report: Friday 12.30  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Punch-drunk City investors have taken a big hit this week and faced some hefty losses. Today they set about clawing back some of the deficit
Fullers' World Cup bid  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Chiswick brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner is to take its Whatever You Do, Take Pride marketing slogan seriously over the coming month
Property millionaires hit 66,000  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
A record 66,000 homeowners have been made property millionaires by house-price inflation, research has shown
Trade deficit blow to growth hopes  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Hopes that foreign trade will boost the economy this year have suffered a setback from news that Britain's trade gap has widened again
WPP hit by China blow  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
An alleged slur by advertising titan Sir Martin Sorrell has led to his WPP Group's Grey Global agency being dumped by Chinese partner
Claims firms face crackdown  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
A crackdown on no-win, no-fee 'cowboys' will also target unscrupulous endowment claims firms forcing them to abide by a code of conduct
Goldman Sachsleaves BAA to Spanish  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The £15bn battle for BAA is officially over, after the Spanish group Ferrovial scooped up more shares and Goldman Sachs quit the battle
Bank holds base interest rate at 4.5%  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England froze interest rates for a 10th month today as it emerged the struggling manufacturing sector has suffered a fresh setback
iSoft crash threatens NHS upgrade plans  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
The future of a £6bn NHS programme was thrown into doubt after one of its key software suppliers said it was in crisis talks
C&W switches broadband tactics  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Cable & Wireless has decided to stop marketing its Bulldog broadband service to the public and concentrate on serving other internet providers
House prices 'will rise 7%'  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Lenders say house prices will rise more than three times faster than predicted this year because of fierce competition among buyers
Lib-Dems target super-rich in tax review  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Sir Menzies Campbell today declared war on the super-rich as he announced a major shake-up of the Liberal Democrats' tax policies
Halfords gets Britain on its bike  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Halfords has enjoyed a pick-up in sales as Britain's get on their bike for summer and politicians promote green travel
Wake-up call for the zombies  [06/09/2006 01:17 PM]
Zombie predators are taking over the world of life assurance and two safeguards are needed to protect policyholders