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First Direct to end free banking

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First Direct end free banking - First Direct is start charging less well-off customers £10 monthly fee what could be first step towards end of free bankingFirst-class squirming from First Direct boss Sainsbury's gets organic health kick - Booming sales of healthier, organic, British-sourced seasonal food have helped Sainsbury's more double its profits



First Direct to end free banking  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
First Direct is to start charging less well-off customers a £10 monthly fee in what could be the first step towards the end of free bankingFirst-class squirming from the First Direct boss
Sainsbury's gets organic health kick  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Booming sales of healthier, organic, British-sourced and seasonal food have helped Sainsbury's more than double its profits
Market report: Wednesday latest  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
12.00: Oil giant BP put on 3p to 596p today after raising £154m with the sale of its entire 5% stake in Spain's Enagas
Scottish & Southern to supply water  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Scottish & Southern Energy today launched plans to provide water, as it announced a profits jump and ruled itself out of the battle for Scottish Power
Roads paved with gold for insurers  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Higher car insurance charges have helped push up industry profits from customers by more than half in a year
Gas-guzzlers to be priced out of capital  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Drivers of family cars branded gas-guzzlers will have to pay £25 a day to enter London's congestion charge zone, Ken Livingstone has said
State pension to start at 68  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
A new law to raise the state pension age to 68 for men and women will be announced tomorrow when the Queen reopens Parliament
Line goes dead on easyMobile  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
EasyMobile's 80,000 customers will lose their service after the company's Danish partner decided to pull out of the UK market
Surprise drop in homeloans  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The number of homeowners remortgaging in September fell to its lowest level in five years according to new figures
Cheaper mobile deals if you agree to ads  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone said today UK customers would be offered cheaper services if they were willing to allow advertisements to be sent to their mobile phones
Nokia signs up Bowie in war on the iPod  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Nokia is to take on Apple and Microsoft in an online music download war and has signed up David Bowie to promote its new service
Inflation steady at 2.4%  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The UK inflation rate remained unchanged at 2.4% in October as the increase in university tuition fees was offset by falling petrol prices
ITV to axe final-salary pension scheme  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The broadcaster plans to replace its final-salary scheme for existing members with one based on career-average earnings
Electronic bank clearing 'within hours'  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Electronic bank payments are to be processed within hours under new proposals backed by the Treasury today
Scottish Power profits leap 77%  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Scottish Power revealed today why it is being stalked by Iberdrola of Spain after it revealed a staggering 140% profits increase
Farepak: Lloyds offers refunds  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB today urged customers who had paid into the collapsed Christmas savings club Farepak using its debit or credit cards to apply for a refund
BT to hire 6,000 in India  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
BT today unveiled plans to hire 6,000 workers in India over the next two years, as it bids it to provide services direct to the area's businesses
Tories consider 'tax Google' plan  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The Treasury should be forced to publish full details of public spending on the internet, say the Tories
The tycoons of tomorrow  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Despite endless complaints from business about red tape and surging taxes it seems creativity and social conscience are alive and well among the next generation of entrepreneurs
30 Second guide to Regional tax breaks  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's city team take you through the tax reliefs that have fuelled growth in the Celtic Tiger
Free banking? Forget it  [11/15/2006 01:17 PM]
This is the latest ploy by a big bank to squeeze more money out of current account customers by forcing them to buy more of their services or pay a fee