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Be a patriot, says British Gas

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Be patriot, says British Gas - Put up with poor customer service because we're British company, says Phil Bentley - new boss of British Gas Barclays' £1bn sell-off talks - Barclays is talks sell parts of its Barclaycard operations at close £1bn an attempt offset losses struggling division



Be a patriot, says British Gas  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Put up with poor customer service because we're a British company, says Phil Bentley - the new boss of British Gas
Barclays' £1bn sell-off talks  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays is in talks to sell parts of its Barclaycard operations at close to £1bn in an attempt to offset losses in the struggling division
Sunday & Midweek share tips  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Each week we round up the Sunday newspaper share tips and the views of the mid-week tipsters too. For the Mail on Sunday's stock picks read the midas column.
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Warner eyes EMI and Kylie  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Kylie Minogue could soon be singing along with fellow star James Blunt as Warner looks to bid for troubled EMI
Norwich Union halts Indian jobs  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Nowich Union will not transfer any more call centre jobs to India, chief executive Simon Machell has pledgedSurvey: Visit our call centre survey
M&S to launch eco-store  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer's first ' ecostore' will open by the end of this year as part of its £200m commitment to become carbon neutral by 2012
Vodafone's Google tie-up  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Vodafone will put the Google search engine on the front page of its internet-enabled handsets within weeks
Anger at £8m for Qinetiq chiefs  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Controvery surrounding the flotation of the former MoD agency has flared again as the end of a time-bar on share sales has allowed top bosses to cash in
Bank profits soar - along with complaints  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's High Street banks are to reveal record profits of £37bn as customer complaints soar to an all-time high | How to reclaim unfair fees
British Gas cut online bills again  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The energy price war heated up as British Gas made more cuts for online customers, just 24 hours after Powergen guaranteed to beat its prices
World's largest Co-op formed  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The UK's two biggest co-operatives have agreed the terms of a merger to form the world's largest consumer co-operative group
Broadband paid for in 4 months  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
A broadband internet connection will save you enough money on cheaper purchases that it pays for itself in just four months, experts say
Bank insider guilty of £1.3m fraud scam  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
A 'bank insider' was facing jail today after helping identity thieves plunder £1.3m from accounts
Pay rises keep up rates pressure  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Average pay deals have risen to 3.5% in recent months - the highest for eight years - figures showed today, supporting the case for another rate rise
Debt enquiries soaring  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of people seeking advice for their debt problems has soared by 15% over the past year, Citizens Advice said today
Court halts 'boiler room' firms  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Two companies accused of being involved in 'boiler-room' share selling scams have had their assets frozen by the High Court
Dennis looks to sell lads' mags empire  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Maxim publisher Felix Dennis is considering selling his lads' mag empire, a day afer new industry figures revealed grim sales figures
M&S in houmous salmonella scare  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer has been forced to remove its own brand houmous from the shelves after a salmonella scare
MoT tests every two years  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Proposals to end the need for an annual MoT check have come under fire from road safety campaigners and the motor industry
Rate rises and debt hit High Street sales  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Retail sales fell at the fastest rate for four years last month as the High Street recovery over Christmas came grinding to a halt
Nationwide gets £1m laptop fine  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Nationwide Building Society has been fined nearly £1m following the theft of a laptop from an employees home, which contained confidential customer information
Rate rises cool house market  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
House price inflation cooled for a third consecutive month in January as buyer demand fell back in the face of higher interest rates, an influential report today indicated
No love loss for Qinetiq  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The speed with which private equity firm Carlyle and chief executive Graham Love have sold stock in QinetiQ does not reflect well on the government or the company
Midas: Next maps out fightback plan  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Its fortunes have waned but Next has a robust strategy and its share price should reflect that, says the Financial Mail's top stock-picker
30 Second guide to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)  [02/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at the controversial insurance that is lucrative for the banks but porr value for consumers