2015年9月15日 星期二

2015-09-16 U.K. Business


The Independent
   
Which Companies Top 'Useless Service' Survey?   
Sky News
Energy suppliers and telecoms businesses remain unpopular with customers but banks are scoring better this year says Which?. 01:26, UK, Wednesday 16 September 2015. ScottishPower Scottish powerr. Scottish Power came bottom in the survey. Share on ...

Scottish Power offers 'the worst customer service in Britain'   The Independent
Scottish Power and Npower named and shamed by Which? for customer service   Daily Mail
Scottish Power named worst for customer service in Britain by top watchdog   Mirror.co.uk
The Times (subscription)   
ITV News   
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The Independent
   
'No-flation' adds up to no rate rise until well into next year   
The Independent
Tumbling oil prices drove inflation back to zero in August, giving the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee more reason to hold fire on interest rate hikes until well into next year. The Bank's official consumer prices index benchmark dropped ...
Britain returns to zero inflation amid flat-lining of petrol cost   Daily Mail
Comment: Slow inflation should stall rates action   Scotsman
Q: As the UK inflation rate falls back to zero per cent, does this reinforce ...   City A.M.
Re:locate Magazine   
the Irish News   
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Government rejects Redcar's plea for £100m emergency loan   
Telegraph.co.uk
The Government has turned down a request for a £100m emergency loan from Redcar steel plant, leaving it on the brink of insolvency. Sahaviriya Steel Industries, the Thai company behind the historic works, is understood to have approached the ...

Teesside steel factory crisis puts thousands of jobs at risk   The Times (subscription)
Government accused of failing Britain's crisis-hit steel industry as 2000 ...   Mirror.co.uk
Fears grow for 2000 SSI steel jobs at Redcar   The Northern Echo
Reuters UK   
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Daily Mail
   
Billions of British bank notes lost abroad to the black economy or 'under beds'   
Daily Mail
More than half of all British banknotes in circulation are held overseas or in the black market, the Bank of England revealed yesterday. And a further £5billion worth is kept stuffed under the mattress by cautious families saving for a rainy day. It ...
Half of the UK's cash is either in the black market or overseas   Metro
Half of UK banknotes 'held overseas or used for black market'   shropshirestar.com
UK savers hoard at least £3bn of cash at home   Financial Times
BBC News   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Sky News   
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Financial Times
   
UK shale gas cash should pay for carbon capture projects - report   
Reuters
... * CCS industry needs to develop alongside shale. * Shale gas production unlikely for 4-5 years. * Pilot study needed to check emissions. LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Britain should use revenues from the shale gas industry to help fund the ...
Fracking produces low-carbon gas, Lord Smith argues   Financial Times
Shale gas fracking should go ahead in UK, says taskforce   The Guardian
Fracking could be 'bridge' to low carbon future, shale gas task force says   Belfast Telegraph
Yorkshire Post   
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The Independent
   
The end of free banking will come 'in the next five years'   
The Independent
Banks may start charging UK customers to hold current accounts within the next five years. That's the view of Steve Davies, head of retail and commercial banking at PwC, who said that free bank accounts will soon be a thing of the past as banks move ...

Tesco promises £60 current account bonus - but should annoyed Santander ...   Mirror.co.uk
Tesco Bank scraps £5 monthly fee for current account   Herald Scotland
Santander United Kingdom doubles fees for 123 current account holders, blaming low   Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)
Which?   
Reuters   
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The Independent
   
Glencore taps investors for $2.5bn   
The Independent
The commodities and mining giant Glencore has kicked off its promised $2.5bn (£1.6bn) fundraising, the first salvo in a $10bn emergency debt-reduction plan designed to maintain the firm's investment grade rating. The share sale was done through a ...

Glencore launches 1.6 billion pound share placement to ease debt pile   Reuters UK
Glencore launches $2.5bn share placing   Financial Times
Glencore gives new details on debt-reduction plan   The Australian
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Guardian   
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BBC News
   
Diesel pumps could run dry says RAC Foundation   
BBC News
There is a danger Britain's diesel pumps could "run dry" because of a growing dependence on foreign fuel, according to the RAC Foundation. The motoring research group says diesel demand has been rising for decades, but UK refineries are struggling to ...

Demand for diesel 'leaves UK at mercy of global market'   Belfast Telegraph

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Times LIVE
   
South Africa's Truworths in talks about bid for British footwear retailer Office   
Reuters UK
JOHANNESBURG South African fashion retailer Truworths International (TRUJ.J) said on Monday it was in talks with privately owned shoe chain Office about acquiring the British company. Though the South African retailer has clothing stores in Ghana, ...

Truworths Starts Talks to Buy U.K. Footwear Chain Office Retail   Bloomberg
S.Africa's Truworths in talks with British footwear retailer   Reuters
Truworths in talks with British footwear retailer   BDlive
Drapers   
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Daily Mail
   
B&Q boss says Eastern European tradesmen working cheap is behind trend   
Daily Mail
IF you are handy with a hammer or a whizz at painting walls, it seems you are in the minority these days. Because Britons are increasingly employing handymen to carry out DIY jobs in their homes, according to the boss of the company behind B&Q.
Kingfisher takes a hammer to the English language   The Independent
Getting in the experts pays off for Kingfisher   The Times (subscription)
B&Q to shut 60 stores as owner Kingfisher is flattened by weak French sales ...   This is Money
Telegraph.co.uk   
PPP Focus.com   
Financial Times   
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