2014年12月12日 星期五

2014-12-13 U.K. Business


Daily Mail
   
Water companies ordered to slash bills by 5% by 2020   
Daily Mail
Water companies were yesterday ordered to slash bills – but will still end up charging households more because of inflation. Regulator Ofwat told suppliers to reduce average customer bills by 5 per cent by 2020, a £20 drop from £396 to £376. In a new ...

The price of water falls: How to drive yours even lower   Mirror.co.uk
Household water bills in England and Wales to fall by 5%   Irish Times
Water utilities forced to swallow price cuts   The Independent
Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy   
The Times (subscription)   
ChronicleLive   
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This is Money
   
FTSE 100 shares see biggest weekly drop in over three years   
This is Money
More than £110billion was wiped off the UK stock market this week in the biggest fall for more than three years. This week's 6.6 per cent slide on the leading London stock market index is the worst weekly performance since August 2011. It came as the price of ...

FTSE 100 sheds 70 points   Proactive Investors UK
Airlines fall on airspace closure   Telegraph.co.uk
FTSE 100 Suffers Worst Week In Three Years   Eagle Radio
Express.co.uk   
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euronews
   
S&P doubts UK deficit target despite top rating   
Gulf Daily News
LONDON: Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) yesterday said Britain's public borrowing was likely to be higher than the government had forecast and the country might need to find ways to raise more tax revenue to balance the books. Finance minister ...

S&P affirms UK AAA rating, cuts Bulgaria to junk   MarketWatch
Osborne will have to raise taxes to hit deficit targets, warns S&P   Telegraph.co.uk
S&P doubts UK deficit target, says more tax revenue may be needed   Daily Mail
Financial Times   
Bloomberg   
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Belfast Telegraph
   
Air disruption not over yet: Fears of knock-on effect after computer glitch causes ...   
Belfast Telegraph
The chaos that hit UK airports after a computer glitch could cause further flight mayhem on some of the nation's busiest plane routes over the weekend. Also in this Section. Ill Mel B may miss X Factor final · From the first editions · EU boss raps UK over ...

Delays at Heathrow due to computer failure   Irish Times
NATS: UK's air traffic control system 'back up and running'   BBC News
Scottish flights hit by London air traffic control glitch   Herald Scotland
International Business Times UK   
The Independent   
Bridgwater Mercury   
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The Independent
   
Mining tycoon puts SFO back in dock   
The Independent
The Serious Fraud Office, still reeling from its bungled investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers, is being sued by BSGR, the mining empire of the controversial diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz. Mr Steinmetz has also filed against the Home Secretary ...

Steinmetz's mining group sues UK home secretary, anti-fraud body   Irish Times
Mining tycoon's company fights corruption inquiry   The Times (subscription)
BSG Resources takes legal action against UK fraud office, home secretary   Daily Mail
The Guardian   
Businessweek   
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Financial Times
   
Banks sign up to offer fee-free accounts   
Financial Times
The UK government is to unveil the details of a new fee-free current account on Monday, which will be offered by major high street banks to help thousands of people with poor credit records. Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland ...

Treasury To Unveil 'Landmark' Bank Agreement   Yahoo Finance UK

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New York Times
   
Gucci's Creative and Business Heads Will Step Down   
New York Times
PARIS — The 93-year-old Gucci brand was long a powerhouse for the luxury group Kering. But in recent years, the Italian fashion house seemed to have lost its way. Its ready-to-wear collections swung from 1960s to '70s references and beyond. The most ...

The new Gucci: not for everyone   The Independent
CEO and creative director of Gucci stepping down   Daily Mail

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The Times (subscription)
   
Energy giants fined £4.6m for failings   
The Times (subscription)
Three of Britain's largest energy companies have been fined a total £4.6 million for failing to meet targets to insulate the homes of low-income households. As a result of their failure, more than 2,000 low-income households — almost a third of those covered ...

Energy groups fined £4.6m for failing to help customers cut bills   The Guardian
Vulnerable to benefit from £4.15m fine on Scottish Power and SSE for energy ...   WalesOnline
Ofgem secures £4.6m for environmental failures   Your Money
Sky News   
CITY A.M.   
Financial Times   
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Which?
   
Online Christmas delivery delays expected   
Which?
Delays with Christmas deliveries are expected after a peak in festive shopping and the surge of spending on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to courier company Yodel, the UK's next biggest delivery company next to Royal Mail, there are likely to ...

Warnings of delays in delivering Christmas goodies as retailers struggle with ...   Scottish Daily Record
Christmas shoppers warned of festive delays after stores hit by Black Friday and ...   Mirror.co.uk
Yodel to clear parcels backlog by Monday   BBC News
Sky News   
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Batley News
   
Kirklees Council raked in £2m from parking fees   
Batley News
Kirklees Council collected £2m from parking charges and penalties in 2013/14 - 36 per cent more than the previous year. The council made the money from on and off-street parking, according to a survey carried out by the RAC Foundation. The figure ...

Councils make £667 million profit from parking fees and fines - but how much in ...   Scunthorpe Telegraph
City council top of the car parks as it rakes in £2.8 million surplus   Tewkesbury ADMAG
Daylight robbery? Councils make millions from parking   ITV News

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