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Tour operators challenge air tax [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Leading tour operators today launched a legal challenge to the Government's Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax
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Homes rise £1,200 in sellers' market [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The lack of homes for sale led to the biggest monthly leap in house prices for almost three years - with the average property rising £1,200 in February
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Market report: Monday latest [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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11:45Alfred McAlpine today plunged 63½p to 550p after the company warned it had uncovered what looks like fraud going back several years
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BSkyB warns of profits hit [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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BSkyB warned today of a possible £20m hit to profits if a row with Virgin Media leads to its basic channels being pulled from the network
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£300m boom for Fairtrade aids the poor [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sales of Fairtrade goods have risen by nearly half in a year in Britain, with shoppers spending nearly £300m
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HBOS staff to share £210m [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Around 50,000 bank and mortgage sales staff at Halifax Bank of Scotland were celebrating news of a £210m shares windfall today
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Rise and rise of the 100% mortgage [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of homebuyers taking out 100% mortgages has doubled in a year, a top broker said last night
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Tesco criticised over school vouchers [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco has been criticised for demanding £1m of spending for a £3,000 trampoline in its voucher system. Not one school has saved enough
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Could this be the end of email scams? [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Europe-wide crackdown is being launched to stamp out scams that are netting more than £1bn from vulnerable people - in the UK alone
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Travel cover crackdown [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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MPs called for a travel insurance crackdown today after finding that 10m holidaymakers in 2006 were left without medical cover in the event of terrorist attacks
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Are you one of the 750,000 shopaholics? [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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750,000 people Brits have been identified as shopaholics who spend more than than £200 a month and have debts topping £11,000
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The 'free banking myth' [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:There's no such thing as 'free banking' and any bank that offers it should be sued, says Andrew Hilton director of a leading think tank
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C4 'warned two years ago' on quiz scam [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Channel 4 was warned more than two years ago in a devastating email that the Richard And Judy phone-in competition was 'unfair'
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Now BBC admit phone-in gaffe [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The firm behind the Richard And Judy quiz 'scam' is embroiled in fresh allegations that it also misled viewers of Saturday Kitchen
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Banks face huge bills over charges [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Fresh hope for broadband customers [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A round-up of interesting stories from the business pages of the Sunday (and one Saturday) papers
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Happy to pay for UK call centres [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Brown to earn £1bn from Reits [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Chancellor is set to reap a huge windfall this year from property companies turning themselves into tax-efficient real estate investment trusts
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Brown urged to lift death tax [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Calls have begun for Gordon Brown to substantially revamp inheritance tax just days after the announcement of the Budget date
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Thousands of Airbus jobs face the axe [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Water bills to rise by 16% [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Taxman grabs £bn from late payers [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon brown was last night accused of shamelessly grabbing half a billion pounds from late-paying taxpayers
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The boiler room boys are back with a new 'bargain' [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week our ace investigator exposes the bad guys selling shares in Northern Lynx, the money missing from a PayPal account and a gemstone storage scam. Read on...
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Share tips: Recognise RCG's big potential [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Its products may look like they belong in a James Bond film but investors looking for excitement should also take a look at RC Group, says the Financial Mail's tipster. Also in the spotlight: Findel, UraMin.
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Pensions victory brings a well-earned smile [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A judge's ruling that the Government mis-managed the pensions wind-up crisis is the first-step to victory for protesters who lost their livelihoods - let's hope ministers see fit to deal with the mess
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Britain leads the way on private equity [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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At last, an attempt to improve transparency over the murky practice of buying companies on the cheap and loading them with tax-free debt
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Currency deals short of change [02/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Foreign exchange markets still do not work today, when a policy of benign neglect has replaced the intervention of 20 years ago
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