UK Business News

The UK’s third largest do it yourself (DIY) retailer, Focus DIY, has received the backing of the UK’s biggest commercial landlords in a rescue plan designed to save the company from going under.
The landlords, who make up the bulk of Focus DIY’s creditors, will join other creditors to vote on the proposed Company Voluntary Arrangement [...]

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Hat’s off to the management of B&Q who have managed to come up with a way to get do it yourselfers back into their stores, having witnessed a cut back in spending as cash strapped home owners feel the full effects of the economic crisis.
B&Q have teamed up with another old favourite, Jacqui Smith our [...]

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Edinburgh based Microsphere Technology have signed a deal with Swedish company Trelleborg Engineered Systems, to develop a revolutionary paint additive aimed at the aerospace industry.
The technology firm, based at the Pentlands Science Park outside Edinburgh, has been developing microsphere-related technology for use in a series of applications. In this case, the technology is aimed at [...]

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UK Tanker drivers have agreed a deal with their employers after a few days of strike action sent the country into the usual panic last weekend.
Despite pleas from Gordon Brown to the public, not to panic buy, the message as always had the reverse effect, with basements and garages being stockpiled across the country, to [...]

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Gordon Brown has urged the public not to panic buy fuel, ahead of the planned four day strike by tanker drivers due to start on Friday morning.
The government believes that if the strike goes ahead, it could affect just 10% of the countries filling stations, they also say they have  stocks in place around the [...]

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