UK Business News

In a peculiarly British finding, Which? have confirmed what perhaps we knew all along;
Marks & Spencer  may not always get their buying right but when it comes to undies, they’re just not ‘pants’ at all.
Outstripping Asda, Tesco and Calvin Klein, M&S manage to consistently out-gun both ends of the market, most notably with their £5 Real [...]

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Construction and investment group Balfour Beatty PLC has just paid £45m for civil engineers Dean & Dyball Ltd, strengthening their presence in southern England and Wales.
The increasingly acquisitive Balfour Beatty snapped up building contractors Cowlin last summer for £52m; civil engineers Birse were integrated in 2006 and the Mansell building enterprise in 2003.
Dean & Dyball’s portfolio of [...]

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Anyone who has ever had a ‘flutter’, will be familiar with the saying, ‘You never see a poor bookmaker’.
In County Durham that might not be so true, as Bookmaker Neville Porter, a company that floated on the Alternative Investment Market 12 months ago, has been hit by a string of bad results.
The company has announced [...]

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