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Water bills rise by 16% - The average cost of water some parts of Britain is hit £650 as industry regulator urges companies plug holes system Banks face huge bills over charges - The High Street banks will have set aside hundreds of millions of pounds repay unfair charges levied current accounts, analysts have warned



Water bills to rise by 16%  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The average cost of water in some parts of Britain is to hit £650 as the industry regulator urges companies to plug holes in the system
Banks face huge bills over charges  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The High Street banks will have to set aside hundreds of millions of pounds to repay unfair charges levied on current accounts, analysts have warned
Fresh hope for broadband customers  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Ofcom is considering a review of how complaints from phone and broadband users are handled over concerns that disputes are taking too long to resolve
Happy to pay for UK call centres  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
More than 90% of people would pay extra for goods and services if they the company's call centres were in Britain, according to our survey
Dud bosses 'should give back bonuses'  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Campaigners are heaping pressure on companies to change executive pay contracts so that bonuses could be reclaimed if company results do not warrant them
Banks face huge bills over charges  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The High Street banks will have to set aside hundreds of millions of pounds to repay unfair charges levied on current accounts, analysts have warned
Thousands of Airbus jobs face the axe  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Highly skilled Airbus jobs in Britain are at risk because parent company Eads is expected to scrap plans to invest £100m in a new high-tech carbon fibre plant
Brown to earn £1bn from Reits  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor is set to reap a huge windfall this year from property companies turning themselves into tax-efficient real estate investment trusts
PC World's new green computer  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
PC World is developing the first 'green' computer as part of parent company DSG International's efforts to tackle global warming
Brown urged to lift death tax  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Calls have begun for Gordon Brown to substantially revamp inheritance tax just days after the announcement of the Budget date
Row as Virgin TV viewers lose Sky One  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Cable customers have been left without a string of hit TV shows after Virgin Media said that Sky One will be pulled from their screens
Farmland price boom fuelled by City buyers  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
City workers with huge bonuses have pushed the price of farmland to record highs as they buy into their rural dream
Employees urged to leave work on time  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Workers are being urged to leave their office on time and take a proper lunchbreak today as part of a campaign to end the UK's long-hours culture
Microsoft ordered to pay £779m damages  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The world's leading software giant Microsoft has been ordered to pay $1.52bn (£779m) in damages for infringing audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent
Cost cuts boost Lloyds profit 8%  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB posted record profits today despite bad debts soaring by 20% last year to £1.56bn
Sorrell hails Africa as next big thing  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Africa is the next big thing, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, the advertising and marketing guru who has made a career out of predicting where the next boom will come from
How the banks take revenge  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are increasingly kicking out customers who demand refunds of illegal and unfair penalty charges>> How to reclaim your bank charges
£35 for not using your plastic  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB is forcing thousands of its most prudent credit card customers to pay an annual fee of £35 because they do not run up any debt
An ethical vacuum at BAE  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
In pure financial terms it is hard not to be impressed by BAE's results - A company which was seen as a commercial basket case is now on top of these problems
30 Second Guide To Memorandum of Understanding  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at the gentlemens agrrement that is seldom worth more than the paper it is written on
Midas: Clamour for insulation boosts SIG  [02/25/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at an insulation company that should benefit from Heathrow's Terminal Five