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UK pensions are Europe's worst - Countries such as Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia Slovakia all give pensioners better deal Britain, according new report M&S wipes floor with rivals - Thousands of Marks & Spencer shop workers will receive windfalls of up £45,000 from extraordinary turnaround of High Street chain



UK pensions are Europe's worst  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Countries such as Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia all give their pensioners a better deal than Britain, according to a new report
M&S wipes floor with rivals  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of Marks & Spencer shop workers will receive windfalls of up to £45,000 from the extraordinary turnaround of the High Street chain
Market report: Tuesday latest  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
12.00:Merrill Lynch has joined the growing number of City brokers tipping ICI to become a takeover target sometime this year
Rogue bosses face big low-pay fines  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Employers who refuse to pay the national minimum wage will face a £200 fine for every worker involved said the Government as it announced a new crackdown
Apple to set off war with iPhone  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
It's a mobile phone, MP3 player and handheld computer all in one - and Apple hopes it will conquer the world as it unveils it today
Inflation up 72% since 1997, say Tories  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of living in the past 10 years has risen almost five times faster than official figures, say the Conservatives>> Calculate your inflation rate
Beer is cheaper than water  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Supermarkets have been branded reckless for selling lager at a lower price than water >>TIPS: 50 money-saving ideas
Christmas figures boost High St  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Retail sales figures for December announced today showed more seasonal cheer than expected, confounding fears of a disastrous Christmas trading period
£5 fine for a late gas payment  [01/09/2007 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
Rush to divorce as holiday ends  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Today is one of the busiest of the year for divorce lawyers as thousands of marriages collapse under the strain of Christmas
Mortgage advisers told to improve  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage advisers have been told to pull their socks up by the financial watchdog after it found two thirds were in danger of providing unsuitable advice
Watchdog demands lower fuel bills  [01/09/2007 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  [01/09/2007 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  [01/09/2007 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  [01/09/2007 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
New tax 'to hit home improvements'  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners will receive higher council tax bills every time they improve their house under a Government proposal
Britain must wait for EC energy cuts  [01/09/2007 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  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Insurers sell victims' details  [01/09/2007 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
30 Second Guide to... Wage settlements  [01/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team assess the prospects for higher pay for employees.
They falsely invoiced then threatened me  [01/09/2007 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
Midas: Credit Experian with a look  [01/09/2007 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
Debt amateurs on losing side  [01/09/2007 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  [01/09/2007 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