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UK Postal Workers Agree Royal Mail Pay Deal

John Williams - Tuesday 09.03.10, 12:35pm

Following months of hard bargaining between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Royal Mail an agreement has been struck that appears to suit both parties.
Postal workers walked out last year throwing the UK postal service into chaos and threatening the future of the mail service that businesses and the general public have relied upon [...]

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Scotland’s FlyGlobeSpan collapse leaves 4,500 stranded overseas

John Williams - Thursday 17.12.09, 13:56pm

Scotland’s biggest airline FlyGlobeSpan has mounted an operation to repatriate it’s flight crews and passengers that are covered by insurance, following the financial collapse of parent company GlobeSpan yesterday.
Over 4,500 passengers are said to be stranded by the airlines sudden collapse, with most in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Egypt, the Civil Aviation Authority will repatriate [...]

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Labour Finance and Industry Group invite Simon Cowell to ‘inspire our young people’

John Williams - Monday 14.12.09, 16:10pm

The Labour Finance and Industry Group, the Labour party’s link to business since 1972, have invited music entrepreneur and X Factor founder Simon Cowell to address and inspire the younger members within their ranks.
Chairman of the Labour Finance and Industry Group Dr. Peter Slowe said, “Simon Cowell is the greatest example of a British Entrepreneur [...]

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UK offer tax incentives for electric company vehicles

John Williams - Thursday 10.12.09, 13:10pm

UK Chancellor Alistair Darling unveiled plans to support new low carbon industries and boost the use of electric vehicles in businesses through lower taxation.
Darling said that the government would scrap taxes on electric company cars for the next five years and announced 100% first year capital allowances for businesses using electric vans.
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Wetherspoon step up expansion programme in UK

John Williams - Tuesday 01.12.09, 11:30am

There have been many reports relating to the decline in standards of Public Houses across the UK this year and coupled with a fall in trade aided by the financial crisis it has been no surprise to see so many establishments calling time and closing down for good.
Things are slightly different at J D Wetherspoon [...]

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