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• in Business
  Britain's Economy: On The Road to Somewhere
  This week's official statistics really don't say very much.
  by orangeduvet / on Nov 18, 2010
• in Business
  UK Interest Rates Remain at 0.5% and Look Set to Stay There
  The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold yet again.
  by orangeduvet / on Sep 9, 2010
• in Small Business
  Free Website Service Offered For UK's 'Invisible' Small Businesses
  The UK government wants to get 100,000 small British businesses online in 2010 through an ambitious new initiative.
  by orangeduvet / on Mar 13, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “uk business”

 

• David Cameron defends Jeremy Hunts handling of BSkyB bid

  
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  Prime minister says culture secretary acted impartially after he took over responsibility for decision David Cameron has strongly defended Jeremy Hunts handling of Rupert Murdochs bid for BSkyB in the light of new evidence showing that Hunt was privately pushing for the takeover to be allowed before he was ...
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• Jeremy Hunt to appear at Leveson inquiry on Thursday

  
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  Under-fire culture secretary will have chance to explain his handling of the Murdoch BSkyB bid before media ethics inquiry The beleaguered culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is set to appear at the Leveson inquiry next week to explain his relationship with News Corporation and handling of the companys £8bn bid for ...
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• Kipper Williams on Farepak

  
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  Farepak bosses accused of being unfit to run a company
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• Cape shares lose a third after profit warning due to £14m charge on Algerian project

  
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  Company audit finds extra costs which will hit full year results Industrial group Cape has crashed by more than a third after issuing a profits warning relating to a contract in Algeria. The company said it would take a £14m hit on the liquefied natural gas development, which would knock back its full year ...
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• Unilever veteran checks in as InterContinental Hotels chairman

  
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  Patrick Cescau will take over from David Webster at IHG, owner of the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands InterContinental Hotels Group has appointed the former chief executive of Unilever as the successor to its outgoing chairman, David Webster. Patrick Cescau will take over from Webster on 1 January next year, ...
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• Hunt must resign, says Labour

  
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  Culture secretary was not the impartial arbiter he was required to be over Murdoch BSkyB bid, says Harriet Harman The Labour party has made fresh calls for Jeremy Hunt to resign after the Leveson inquiry heard the culture secretary had written an outspoken memo to David Cameron staunchly supporting the £8bn Murdoch ...
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• Going through the gears: how Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative has grown

  
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  Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative grew from one store to a business with six stores, a successful online shop and a turnover of £12m Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is Scotlands longest established worker co-operative. The business is owned by and run for the benefit of the employees. Once a member of staff has worked ...
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• GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca invest in antibiotic research

  
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  Drugmakers join forces in £180m research in battle against threat from bugs resistance to antibiotics Britains two biggest drugmakers have joined forces in a £180m research collaboration in the battle against the growing threat from bugs resistance to antibiotics. As new drug resistant superbugs such as the "New ...
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• Facebook IPO: Five things that went wrong with the social networks debut

  
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  Facebooks IPO was the most-hyped tech offering since Google went public, but the sale is proving a disaster for the firm Facebooks stock market debut was supposed to be the sale of the century. The social network phenomenon had teased investors about an initial public offering for over a year. Now the sale is ...
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• Jeremy Hunt urged PM to allow BSkyB deal weeks before taking charge of bid

  
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  Culture secretary told David Cameron the media sector would suffer for years if News Corps bid for BSkyB was blocked The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, wrote privately to the prime minister urging him in strong terms to back Rupert Murdochs takeover bid for BSkyB just a month before David Cameron appointed him to ...
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• Markets rally despite gloomy GDP data

  
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  Investors shrug off concerns about the recession to go bargain hunting The FTSE has bounced 1.8% despite news that the UK has fallen into a deeper recession. Miners led the charge, with gold miner Randgold Resources topping the FTSE leader board, up 383p at £51.70. Vedanta followed it up, rising 48p to 999.5p. Oil ...
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• Greek euro exit flowchart: what happens next

  
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  Lombard Street Research has provided a handy flowchart of the options ahead for the eurozone Paddy Allen
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• Mike Lynch: master salesman

  
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  The analysts who were bearish on Autonomy and pronounced the shares a sell will feel they have scored a pyrrhic victory Hats off to Mike Lynch. We always knew Britains spikiest technology entrepreneur got a pretty price when he flogged his company, Autonomy, to the Americans. But it turns out that £7bn in cash was ...
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• Frédéric Michel at the Leveson inquiry on his relationship with Jeremy Hunt - video

  
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  Former News Corp lobbyist Frédéric Michel tells the Leveson inquiry into press standards he had increasing contact with Adam Smith, culture secretary Jeremy Hunts special adviser
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• Thomas Cooks Harriet Green: My challenge in life is achieving balance

  
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  Travel firms new chief executive on the importance of relaxation – a message Britons must embrace if its fortunes are to revive What makes Harriet Green, the chief executive-in-waiting of Thomas Cook, a promising fit for the ailing holiday firm? Not just her success in growing profits at Premier Farnell, the ...
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• Asos fashion retailers top managers reap £66m payout

  
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  Asos founder Nick Robertson is receiving almost 1.5m shares worth nearly £25m The top management of online fashion retailer Asos are being handed a share-based payout of more than £66m from a three-year performance plan. Chief executive and founder Nick Robertson is receiving almost 1.5m shares worth nearly £25m ...
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• Pakistan and India start new era of trade co-operation with a beer

  
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  Murree Brewerys lager returns to market lost since 1947 partition as politicians turn tap to increase trickle of business Amid rising hopes for an unprecedented opening up of trade between south Asias two nuclear rivals, Indian drinkers are soon to enjoy Pakistani beer for the first time since the two countries ...
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• BT boss paid £7.7m last year

  
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  Ian Livingston was among 1,000 top managers who shared in £90m share bonanza but is forgoing a pay rise this year Ian Livingston, the boss of BT, took home £7.7m last year, when he was among 1,000 top managers to share in a £90m share bonanza. Livingston, who is credited with turning around the telecoms company, ...
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• News Corp believed Jeremy Hunt was onside for BSkyB bid, Leveson hears

  
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  Frédéric Michel tells Leveson inquiry that Hunt was considered supportive by late 2010, before he took responsibility for bid Jeremy Hunt had indicated to News Corporation by the end of 2010 that he was "probably in favour" of arguments for allowing its £8bn BSkyB takeover, the companys lobbyist responsible for ...
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• Harriet Green takes over at Thomas Cook

  
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  Thomas Cook appoints Harriet Green of electronics business Premier Farnell as troubled holiday company enters crucial phase Thomas Cook has appointed a permanent chief executive as its push for survival enters a crucial phase, with Harriet Green of electronics business Premier Farnell taking over at the troubled ...
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