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Tesco £500m green drive - Tesco has boarded environmental bandwagon with £500m 'green revolution' Farepak victims lose lot - Christmas savers who lost an average of £400 each when Farepak went bust last October will receive at most 5p for every pound, administrator revealed today



Tesco in £500m green drive  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco has boarded the environmental bandwagon with a £500m 'green revolution'
Farepak victims lose the lot  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Christmas savers who lost an average of £400 each when Farepak went bust last October will receive at most 5p for every pound, the administrator revealed today
Market report: Friday latest  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
12.15:India's Tata Steel is putting together the finances for a new knockout offer worth up to 600p a share for rival Corus
Surprise December spending spree  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Shoppers went on a bigger-than-expected spending spree during December, despite the higher cost of borrowing, official figures revealed today
UK firms bank on Brown's India mission  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
India is close to lifting restrictions on foreign firms investing in its domestic companies after Chancellor Gordon Brown's trade mission to the sub-continent
Average council tax bill to top £1,300  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The average council tax bill will soar past the £1,300 mark in April, Government figures show
First family spending drop for 10 years  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Family spending has dropped for the first time in more than decade, figures show
Triple whammy on rates outlook  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The chances of another hike in interest rates were increased today as data showed mortgage lending soaring and firms intending to raise prices
Carbon offset schemes exposed  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Only four out of the dozens of carbon offset schemes currently offered to the general public meet the new 'gold standard' being introduced by the Government
Carphone pulls Big Brother sponsorship  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse suspended its sponsorship of Celebrity Big Brother today as a result of the race row
TV licence to rise £4 in April  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The BBC suffered a blow today when the Government revealed how much it will allow the TV licence to rise over the next six years
Average mortgage costs £127 a week  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The typical UK family spends nearly £140 a week on housing-related costs - with homeowners facing an average £127 per week mortgage bill
Fixed rate savings top 6%  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Birmingham Midshires is paying savers 6.05%, following the Bank of Englands decision to raise the bank rate to 5.25% last week.
Debt grows £1m every four minutes  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The personal debt mountain is increasing by £1m every four minutes, experts have warned
£900m Premiership bonanza  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Premier League has negotiated global broadcasting rights which will see the total package rise to £900m a year
Apple trounces all expectations  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Apple's first-quarter profits blew away even the most optimistic forecasts to hit a record of more than $1bn - a 78% surge on this time last year
Crackdown on IVA sellers  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
More than a dozen firms promoting IVAs to people unable to cope with their debts have been ordered to stop using misleading adverts
4.1% pay rise stirs fresh rates worry  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Average wages rose by 4.1% toward the end of last year, but further claims in coming weeks will raise the spectre of another rate rise
Homeowners face rate crunch  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers were rocked by more depressing financial news last night, as they were warned to brace themselves for yet another interest rate rise
LSE plots aggressive response  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
After more than two years under siege the London Stock Exchange is plotting a more aggressive response
30 Second Guide To BCC  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team examine the nationwide networking club for businessmen, its origins and purpose
The without-profits funds  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage endowments are still a disaster. To blame the downturn at the start of the century, as many insurers continue to do, is pathetic
Conman's tax avoidance scam  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mails ace investigator Tony Hetherington delves into a convicted conman pushing a tax avoidance scheme
Final months needing some gloss  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
It's usually best for top execs to go sooner rather than later - and Lord Browne needs to put some gloss on the past 18 months
Pushmi-pullyu inflation tips rate rise  [01/19/2007 01:17 PM]
As higher petrol and university bills push up inflation, the interest rate rises. So life becomes more expensive all round says Financial Mail's economics editor