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£5 fine for a late gas payment

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£5 fine for late gas payment - Millions of British Gas customers will be hit with unprecedented £5 fines if they fail pay bills time, was revealed yesterday New tax 'to hit home improvements' - Homeowners will receive higher council tax bills every time they improve house under Government proposal



£5 fine for a late gas payment  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of British Gas customers will be hit with unprecedented £5 fines if they fail to pay their bills on time, it was revealed yesterday
New tax 'to hit home improvements'  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners will receive higher council tax bills every time they improve their house under a Government proposal
Market report: Monday latest  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
12.30:At last, some good news for British Airways, which has resolved a potentially damaging dispute with the unions
Watchdog demands lower fuel bills  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Energy companies came under renewed pressure to cut household bills today after the price of wholesale gas continued to tumble
BT launches wi-fi mobile  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
BT launched an assault on its mobile phone competitors today while the launch of the long-awaited Apple iPhone is predicted to be imminent
Pay deals add to rate-rise pressure  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Rising inflation is putting upward pressure on pay deals this month, with settlements averaging 4%, according to a new report today>How to get a pay rise
Councils want pay-as-you-throw  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Families should be forced to pay for having their rubbish collected, town halls declared yesterday but oppponents have said it will fail to cut bills
Britain must wait for EC energy cuts  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Tough EC action to be unveiled to break up energy monopolies on the Continent should cut gas and electricity prices in the UK but not for at least four years
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Insurers sell victims' details  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Insurers are secretly selling off the details of road crash victims to lawyers who then represent them in high-earning court cases
Record Christmas for M&S  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer is poised to unveil its best-ever Christmas trading figures on Tuesday in a further boost for investors after shares hit record highs last week
EasyJet passengers get email cash call  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Budget airline easyJet is emailing passengers who have already paid for flights asking for more money to cover airport taxes that do not come into effect until February 1
Credit card debt starts to tumble  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Warnings about record debt levels are hitting home as the amount borrowed on credit cards falls by hundreds of millions of pounds a month
BA in £2.1bn pension gap deal  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
British Airways is poised to agree to a multi-billion-pound fleet renewal programme after reaching an agreement with unions on tackling its £2.1bn pension deficit
Grade urged to axe 'trash'  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Michael Grade, who starts work as boss of ITV this week, is under pressure to axe the controversial quiz shows that many feel tarnish the ITV's reputation
Chip and Pin fraud alert  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Shoppers were warned today about a major security fear over chip and Pin machines after scientists filmed how they could beat the 'foolproof' systemWatch the video
Surprise fall in house prices  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Prices fell for the first time in six months during December - was it a sign that property price inflation may be slowing down or just a blip in a rising market?
O'Leary hits back at 'dead sheep'  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Flamboyant Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary hit back today at criticism from a Government minister, who 'hasn't a clue what he's talking about'
Flights cancelled over skid fear  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
EasyJet today cancelled 18 flights to and from Bristol because of concerns that aircraft might skid on the wet runway
Small-cap share tips: Sturdy ACM  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes ACM and Worthington Nicholls
Midas: Credit Experian with a look  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail's top stockpicker takes a closer look at credit checking agency Experian, and concludes it's a good time to buy
They falsely invoiced then threatened me  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the ace investigator takes a closer look at a company called Imprint, which has issued false invoices for children's safety handbook
Debt amateurs on losing side  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Twenty five years ago, the post-Christmas air would be thick with recriminations of staff taking sickes. The current fit of morality concerns personal debt
When insurers make a policy out of sleaze  [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
There are apparently no tactics too base for some insurers in their efforts to squeeze every last drop of profit out of their policyholders