2014年8月14日 星期四

2014-08-15 U.K. Business

  Yahoo News UK   
New Rules To Boost Home-Based Businesses  Sky News
Law changes announced by the Government will make it simpler for people to run a business from a rented property. 4:21am UK, Friday 15 August 2014. Home business generic image. Some 70% of new businesses begin at home. Tweet ...

New rules to help home businesses   Daily Mail

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  Daily Mail   
T-Mobile and Orange customers can pay fee to jump queue on helpline  Daily Mail
Well-off customers with Orange or T-Mobile who phone its helpline can pay extra to have their complaint heard first. Parent company EE has launched what it calls a 'priority answer service' which allows customers with a query to pay 50p to jump to the front of ...

EE criticised for introducing two-tier call centre system   The Independent
EE hopes you will pay 50p to jump its customer service queue   Telegraph.co.uk
Mobile firm EE introduces queue jumping charge   BBC News
Geek   
PC Pro   
goodtoknow   
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  ITV News   
62000 homes quit npower since January  The Times (subscription)
More than 62,000 households deserted npower in the first six months of the year as complaints about the energy company with the worst track record on customer service continue to stack up. Npower, which supplies 5.37 million households, receives more ...

Npower blames government and costs increase for 38pc profit fall   CITY A.M.
Npower profits fall 38% on customer service costs   BBC News
Npower's Profit Plummets By Almost 40%   Sky News
This is Money   
ITV News   
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  Reuters UK   
Euro May Slide to $1.30 on Yield Link Redux: Chart of the Day  Businessweek
The euro may weaken to a one-year low of $1.30 as German bond yields dropped to records after the economy shrank at twice the pace analysts forecast, according to IG Markets Securities Ltd. The CHART OF THE DAY shows the 120-day correlation of the ...

German growth should prompt ECB into action   Irish Times
Europe now needs full-blown QE   Financial Times
ECB under pressure to boost growth, analysts say   BBC News
Yahoo Finance UK   
Bloomberg   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Fast food stops for more Asda supermarkets  Herald Scotland
ASDA hopes to turn the weekly shop into a trip out by introducing fast-food outlets and other vendors in more of its stores, its chief executive said yesterday as the retailer gained ground in the grocery price wars. ASDA hopes to turn the weekly shop into a trip ...

Asda's cuts deliver a win over Big Four rivals   The Independent
Asda boss warns of two speed UK recovery   The Guardian
Asda growth shows no sign of stopping after sales boost in discounter battle   Express.co.uk
Scotsman (blog)   
This is Money   
Financial Times   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Carillion boosts merger pitch with £175m in cost savings  The Independent
Carillion set out its stall to shareholders yesterday in a£3bn pitch for its larger building rival Balfour Beatty, identifying at least £175m a year in cost savings. The two construction companies announced talks over an agreed deal at the end of July, but the ...

Balfour warns Carillion not to build on its bid   CITY A.M.
Carillion, Balfour Beatty merger could cost thousands of jobs -Times   Reuters
Market movers: Avocet, Caza, Carillion, Glencore, Horizonte, Mariana, Ophir ...   Proactive Investors UK
Express.co.uk   
Scotsman (blog)   
This is Money   
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  Daily Mail   
Train firms 'could improve trust'  Daily Mail
Passengers do not feel the train companies are "on their side", according to a survey of thousands of rail travellers. Many passengers do not trust their train company to provide a good day-to-day service nor do they trust them to be truthful, fair or communicate ...

UK rail groups must do more to win over passengers, says watchdog   Financial Times
GRAND CENTRAL 'MOST TRUSTWORTHY' - SURVEY   The Northern Echo

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Market Report: Holiday season sees Tui Travel in demand  The Independent
With much of the City on holiday, Tui Travel is in demand. The travel group climbed 7.8p to 369.7p in strong trade after great results from its German parent company Tui AG, which is piloting a £5.6bn merger with its UK subsidiary. It revealed a 89 per cent ...

Profits ahead at TUI Travel   Irish Times
Market Report: TUI merger in focus   Telegraph.co.uk
UK blue chips rise, led by TUI Travel   Reuters
Reuters UK   
MarketWatch   
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  Daily Mail   
People 'spending less while abroad'  Daily Mail
Spending by UK residents while on overseas visits has dipped 16% in the first six months of 2014 compared with the same period last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced. The spending figure, at £12.83 billion, fell despite the number ...

Visitors to UK shelling out   CITY A.M.
Record number of tourists come to UK, but they are spending less   The Guardian
Tourists visiting UK in record numbers   BBC News
Telegraph.co.uk   
Travel Daily Media   
BigHospitality.co.uk   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Zoopla homes in on targets  Herald Scotland
ONLINE property search firm Zoopla has said the number of average monthly visits to its websites and apps jumped 34 per cent to 45.5 million. ONLINE property search firm Zoopla has said the number of average monthly visits to its websites and apps ...

Unusually for a tech stock, this one's looking as safe as houses - Bottom Line   CITY A.M.
Property company Zoopla is proving to be a web wonder   This is Money
First trading update since Zoopla IPO shows online traffic is up   Financial Times
Quartz   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
iNVEZZ   
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