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Housebuilders get £500m tax lifeline - Floundering housebuilders will be thrown a £500m lifeline by the taxman, in a bid to save the ailing industry



Housebuilders get £500m tax lifeline  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Floundering housebuilders will be thrown a £500m lifeline by the taxman, in a bid to save the ailing industry
Sainsbury's to star in new reality TV show  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Sainsbury's boss Justin King has given the go-ahead for a reality TV show - where ordinary staff compete to replace the boss
Market round-up: Rate cut fails to make mark  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Weekly stock market report:The Bank of England's half point cut to 1.5%, the lowest since it was founded in 1694, did little to boost already meek trading
VAT cut sparks return of copper coins  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
The Royal Mint is bracing itself for a surge in demand from shopkeepers for smaller coins as a result of Alistair Darling's VAT cut
Energy firms bow to direct debit pressure  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Energy companies have agreed to change their code of practice after a campaign by Financial Mail to stop the abuse of direct debit payments
Tories' eco-friendly Isa with higher limit  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
The Conservatives have plans for a 'green' Isa with a higher tax-free limit for investing in environmentally friendly firms
EDF plans to make UK nuclear leader  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
EDF plans to turn the former British Energy into a multi-billion pound centre of excellence capable of building nuclear plants around the world
SFO UK Madoff appeal bears fruit  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
An appeal for whistleblowers and investors who may have lost money through the UK operations of the Madoff group has borne fruit
Yahoo! sued over football fixture list  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Football authorities are taking Yahoo! to the High Court to stop it publishing fixture lists on its website without permission
Scammers will target indebted in 2009  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Indebted borrowers and the elderly are two groups likely to be targeted by scams such as bogus lottery claims in 2009, according to the OFT
Foxtons under threat as bail-out rejected  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
The future of London's biggest estate agency chain Foxtons has been thrown into doubt by the unprecedented slump in home sales
Worldwide economy reels under new blows  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Britain's manufacturing industry is in its worst decline for almost 30 years and US unemployment is at its highest level for more than 15 years, new data reveals
Government 'must act to save homeowners'  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
The government is being urged to buy up hundreds of thousands of homes in imminent danger of repossession to prevent their owners being thrown out on to the streets
Credit cards charging up to 46% interest  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
American Express has increased the cost of borrowing on one of its credit cards to 46% - more than 30 times base rate
Half-speed broadband rip-off revealed  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Millions of Britons paying up to £30 a month for high-speed broadband are getting a snail's pace service, a study has revealed
EDF's rather favourable Russian gas dispute  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Help for savers is a long time coming  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Rose battered by the storm  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
This time fat cats will face revolt in their own ranks  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Maxwell echo that should have alerted Madoff's fans  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]
Back to basics for exchanges?  [01/11/2009 01:17 PM]