UK Business News

One of the most fiercely debated issues in UK politics over the years has been whether the UK should have joined the Euro-zone when it had the chance to, or indeed should we ever join.
With the current exchange rate it would be worth arguing the case for joining now, but that would only serve to [...]

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The UK bank HSBC has today announced that it will be cutting 1,700 jobs in the UK, while adding that it would be creating ’several hundred’ new jobs next year.
The staff cuts will be made in the bank’s retail division and will mainly effect employees in the service sector. HSBC is adamant that it will [...]

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It is expected that you have heard about the economic condition across the world. Countless people are speculating how a formerly thriving UK economy has slumped so abruptly, resulting in a lot of companies and people becoming bankrupt.
The stock market has become more unpredictable than it was in the past. The once flourishing real estate [...]

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The UK’s Bovis Home Group have seen an increase in reservations for new homes in the first half of the year, but still see no signs of stability in the housing market.
Private reservations increased by 92% during the period up to June 2009 compared to the same period last year, but still amounts to just [...]

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The man in charge of high street bank HBOS in 2008 when it almost collapsed, has taken a position with the UK chemist chain Alliance Boots, and not on the check-outs or shelf filling.  Andy Hornby will become chief executive of Boots in July.
Hornby who had been the youngest CEO of a main UK bank [...]

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