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Ministers 'could not run businesses'

19.07.2008 08:58    clickajob.co.uk
It is unlikely government ministers have the skills or background to run a private company, a new survey has claimed. A questionnaire of chief executives...


Current accounts 'failing customers'

19.07.2008 08:57    clickajob.co.uk
The UK current account market is not working for consumers, a report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) finds today. The watchdog's study...

University challenged by credit crunch

19.07.2008 08:57    clickajob.co.uk
The majority of parents fear the credit crunch will make it more difficult for them to fund their children's university education. The Association of...

Co-op to buy Somerfield for £1.57bn

19.07.2008 08:57    clickajob.co.uk
The Co-operative Group is set to buy supermarket rival Somerfield for 1.57 billion. The deal will go ahead on a cash free and...

Ryanair grounds planes as oil prices rise

19.07.2008 08:57    clickajob.co.uk
Ryanair is closing seven European bases and ground eight planes at Stansted this winter. A total of 250 flights from Stansted will be cut with...

Unemployment rise largest since 1992

19.07.2008 08:57    clickajob.co.uk
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits increased at the fastest rate since 1992, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS...

JD Wetherspoon sales rise

19.07.2008 08:56    clickajob.co.uk
Overall sales at pub chain JD Wetherspoon rose 2.2 per cent over the last year. Like-for-like sales increased by 0.4 per...

Women take top apprenticeship prizes

19.07.2008 08:51    clickajob.co.uk
Three out of this year's four Apprentice of the Year awards have gone to women, the first time that men have not taken the...

FTSE 100 rallies to end week

19.07.2008 08:51    clickajob.co.uk
The FTSE 100 closed up 1.56 per cent today to end the week continuing yesterday's rally. The index closed at 5,368.80...

Property investment not safe as houses

19.07.2008 08:51    clickajob.co.uk
The fall in average property prices should force a dramatic reappraisal of pension plans, according to research from Friends Provident. Both Halifax and Nationwide are...

Market towns prove most desirable

19.07.2008 08:51    clickajob.co.uk
Homebuyers are proving the enduring appeal of the quintessential market town, pushing prices for property ever higher. According to research from Halifax, some 67 per...

New requirement for adult education teachers to prove skills

19.07.2008 08:49    clickajob.co.uk
Adult education professionals will now have to demonstrate their literacy, numeracy and information communication technology (ICT) skills before they can take up a post, according...

FTSE 100 dips on opening

19.07.2008 08:49    clickajob.co.uk
The FTSE 100 fell on opening this morning, but has managed to hold on to yesterday's gains. At 9:42 BST the FTSE 100...

Halifax drops mortgage rates

19.07.2008 05:40    moneynews.co.uk
Halifax has cut its mortgage rates for the eighth time in 2008, it has emerged, with a reduction of up to 0.15 per cent planned for 20 of the lender's 45 fixed-rate products.

M&S Money voted 'top for loans'

19.07.2008 05:40    moneynews.co.uk
M&S Money has been selected as the top provider of personal loans at the Your Money Direct Awards.

More Than: Parents are impatient during family car journeys

19.07.2008 05:40    moneynews.co.uk
Parents may be less patient than their children when it comes to travelling by car in the summertime, new research from More Than Car Insurance has revealed.

Media frenzy surrounds Obama's foreign trip

19.07.2008 04:52    news.ft.com
When Barack Obama departs this weekend for his much-heralded trip to Europe and the Middle East, he will be joined by the glitterati of US political journalism

Scottish Minister Gets Updated On Decommisioning At Dounreay

19.07.2008 03:26    caithness-business.co.uk
Scottish Government Minister Richard Lochhead today visited Dounreay to see for himself how waste from the shutdown and clean-up of Scotland's biggest nuclear site is being managed. Richard Lochhead is the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment. ...
Scottish Minister Gets Updated On Decommisioning At Dounreay

Halifax cuts mortgage rates

19.07.2008 03:18    thisismoney.com
Britains biggest mortgage lender Halifax has followed the lead of Nationwide Building Society and banking rivals by cutting mortgage rates

Mortgages tumble 21% as buyers stay put

19.07.2008 03:18    thisismoney.com
The mortgage crunch has seen lending in the traditional spring home buying period tumble by a fifth year-on-year

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