NEWS TAPE : News : ALL-BIZ.INFO: United Kingdom

ALL-BIZ | Home page | Advertising

Registration

United Kingdom

Buy

Sell

Enterprises

	Search in server		All-Biz		Web

Main / News / news tape

GOODS AND SERVICES

SERVER SECTIONS

BUSINESS NEWS

news rating

science and technologies

OUR PROJECTS

FOR MEMBERS


E-mail :
Password :

REGISTRATION

TEST REGISTRATION

Autotransport
Trucks&Trailers
Art
Modern painting Water-colour, butter

Exchanges rates on 07 Apr 2008
	1 EUR = 0.790	GBP
	1 USD = 0.503	GBP
	1 JPY = 0.005	GBP
Currency converter

	NEWS TAPE

Bank's Gieve does not rule out recession : Bank of England deputy governor Sir John Gieve said today he could not rule out a UK recession and admitted that the credit crunch had cancelled out any benefits from the Bank's last three interest rate cuts. ...
18 Jul 2008 16:39

18 Jul 2008 16:32

Drug users claiming state benefits : Nearly 300,000 heroin and crack cocaine users in England are claiming state benefits, the Department for Work and Pensions said. A report said about 270,000 "problematic drug users" were claiming in 2006 - making up 6% of the total number of working-age individuals on benefits. ...

Wolseley may be up for sale : A sale of the top London restaurant The Wolseley is on the cards as the beleaguered financial house Dawnay Day edges closer to a major restructuring. Dawnay Day, the £2bn company that owns a 50pc stake in The Wolseley, has called in administrators at Ernst & Young to advise on strategic options for some of its investments. ...
14 Jul 2008 10:39

14 Jul 2008 10:25

Friends Provident Scraps Sale of Advisory Division (Update1) : Provident Plc, the 176-year- old British insurer, has scrapped plans to sell its Pantheon Financial wealth-advisory unit because it hasn't been able to get the price it sought. ...

BAA refinancing comes closer to taking off : ABI approves proposal for airport-backed securities, reports Ben Harrington Airport operator BAA moved closer to completing its refinancing by asking bondholders to swap their bonds for new notes secured on Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. ...
14 Jul 2008 10:18

14 Jul 2008 10:09

Thus Extends Deal to Carry BSkyB's Sky Talk Through March 2009 : Thus Group Plc, the Glasgow-based phone company, said it extended a deal to carry British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc's Sky Talk calls through the end of March 2009. The contract was extended to facilitate an orderly migration to Sky's new wholesale calls carrier, Thus said in a Regulatory News Service statement today. The measures were taken to avoid ...

Marks & Spencer faithful rally to Sir Stuart : Sales might be dropping and its share price might be in free fall, but private shareholders in Marks & Spencer are emphatic in their support for executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose. The man who saved the ...
10 Jul 2008 10:19

U.K. Stocks Climb; Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, ICAP Lead Advance : U.K. stocks rose for a second day, led by commodity producers, as oil and metal prices climbed and the Financial Times reported ArcelorMittal may buy a stake in Rio Tinto Group. ...
30 Jun 2008 16:22

30 Jun 2008 15:59

Mortgage lending slump sparks house price fears : The number of mortgages given to home buyers has fallen to an all-time low, according to figures from the Bank of England. Just 42,000 loans were handed out in May – down from 58,000 in April and a massive slump of 64 per cent compared to this time a year ago, when 116,000 mortgages were given to home buyers. ...

30 Jun 2008 15:33

Oil prices close in on record-high $143 : World oil prices rose to within touching distance of a record-high point of 143 dollars on Monday, as French truckers protested at high fuel costs and energy leaders met to discuss soaring crude. New York crude oil had hit an all-time record of 142.99 dollars on Friday as the US currency remained weak. The ailing dollar has fuelled demand for oil, which is priced in dollars, from traders holding ...

U.K. Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Since 1990 (Update1) : U.K. consumer confidence dropped in June to the lowest level since the London riots 18 years ago that preceded Margaret Thatcher's downfall, as house prices fell across the nation. ...
30 Jun 2008 15:05

30 Jun 2008 14:49

U.K. Bank Confidence in Steepest Decline Since 1990, CBI Says : Business confidence among U.K. banks and insurers recorded its steepest fall in the second quarter since 1990, according to the Confederation of British Industry. About 57 percent of companies surveyed said they were less optimistic than in the first quarter, the CBI and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in an e-mailed statement today. About 44 ...

Trinity Has Biggest Drop as Profit Misses Forecast (Update2) : Trinity Mirror Plc, publisher of the U.K.'s Daily Mirror newspaper, had its biggest plunge in London trading after saying 2008 operating profit will be about 10 percent lower than forecast ...
30 Jun 2008 14:49

30 Jun 2008 14:42

Cable & Wireless in Talks With Thus on Possible Bid (Update3) : Cable & Wireless Plc, the U.K.'s second-biggest phone company, raised its bid for Scottish operator Thus Group Plc to about 329 million pounds ($656 million) and said it already owns 29.9 ...

U.K. May Mortgage Approvals Decline to Record Low (Update2) : U.K. mortgage approvals fell to the lowest in at least nine years in May, a sign that the housing slump is deepening. Banks granted 42,000 loans for house purchase, compared with 58,000 in April, the Bank of England said in London today. The result was the lowest since the bank's series began in 1999. ...
30 Jun 2008 14:29

30 Jun 2008 14:23

Taylor to Raise Funds in Share Sale to Avoid Default (Update1) : Taylor Wimpey Plc, reeling from the worst U.K. housing slump in 30 years, will write down 660 million pounds ($1.3 billion) of real estate and plans to raise cash from investors after ...

Societe Generale Says Sell Barclays Puts, Buy Lloyds TSB Puts : Societe Generale SA advised clients to sell puts in Barclays Plc and buy puts in Lloyds TSB Group Plc on speculation shares in Britain's second-biggest bank will outperform those of its ...
20 Jun 2008 12:02

20 Jun 2008 11:53

Wolseley Cut by Morgan on Falling Revenue, U.S. Housing Starts : Wolseley Plc, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating equipment, had its shares cut to ``underweight'' at Morgan Stanley on a U.S. housing slowdown and the risk it may ...

Barclays to Get $927 Million From Mitsui, Person Says (Update1) : Barclays Plc, the fourth-biggest U.K. bank, may get about 100 billion yen ($927 million) from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. as part of a plan to restore depleted capital, a ...
20 Jun 2008 11:42

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Commodity Producers; BP Climbs : U.K. stocks rose for the first time in five days, led by commodity producers, as oil traded above $135 a barrel and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recommended buying Vedanta Resources Plc. ...
12 Jun 2008 13:29

04 Jun 2008 10:28

U.K. Consumer Confidence Falls to the Lowest Level Since 2004 : U.K. consumer confidence fell to the lowest level since at least 2004 in May as increases in living costs added to gloom about the economy, Nationwide Building Society said. Nationwide's index of sentiment taken from the responses of 1,000 people declined 1 point to 69, the lowest since the survey began in May 2004, Britain's fourth-biggest mortgage lender ...

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Airlines on Crude; Carnival Climbs : U.K. stocks rose, led by airlines and travel stocks after the price of crude oil dropped in New York. British Airways Plc and Carnival Plc rallied as higher energy prices reduced demand ...
30 May 2008 19:43

30 May 2008 19:18

Silverjet Stops Flights as Oil Costs Cripple Industry (Update3) : Silverjet Plc, the U.K. carrier founded 16 months ago to fly business travelers to New York, grounded planes after running out of cash, the industry's latest casualty as spiraling fuel ...

British Airways, Air France Lead Airline-Stock Surge (Update2) : British Airways Plc and Air France- KLM Group led a surge in European airline stocks as oil prices headed for their biggest weekly decline in 10 weeks, firing optimism that a slide in ...
30 May 2008 19:03

27 May 2008 10:45

Vodafone Chief Sarin Steps Down After Record Profit (Update1) : Vodafone Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Arun Sarin will step down and be replaced by his deputy Vittorio Colao after steering the world's largest mobile-phone company to a record profit. ...

Baugur Drops Its Offer for Moss Bros After Shareholder Changes : Baugur Group Hf, the Icelandic owner of U.K. fashion brands Karen Millen and Oasis, said it scrapped its 40 million-pound ($79.25 million) offer for suit retailer Moss Bros Group Plc after ...
27 May 2008 10:28

15 May 2008 13:55

Pakistan offers good trade, investment opportunities for UK Investors : Pakistan offered good trade and investment opportunities and conducive business environment for British investors. This was stated by Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi, President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a meeting here with the British delegation led by Peter Courtney, Senior Country ...

RBS Wins Investor Approval to Raise 12 Billion Pounds (Update1) : Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc won shareholder approval to raise 12 billion pounds ($23.4 billion) in the sale of new shares to shore up capital depleted by writedowns and the takeover ...
14 May 2008 17:15

08 May 2008 13:42

Illinois Tool to Buy Enodis of U.K. for $2.1 Billion (Update4) : Illinois Tool Works Inc., the manufacturer of Duo-Fast nail guns and Wilsonart countertops, agreed to buy Enodis Plc for $2.1 billion, trumping a rival offer for the U.K. catering-gear ...

U.K. Stocks Decline, Led by Airlines on Oil; SABMiller Falls : U.K. stocks retreated, led by British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest airline, and Carnival Plc as crude oil traded near a record. SABMiller Plc retreated after rival InBev NV reported an unexpected drop in profit. Carphone Warehouse Group Plc declined after the company said Best Buy Co. will invest 1.1 billion pounds ...
08 May 2008 13:35

Subscribe to delivery : Industrial news

from:
till:
	Consider a date

	contains a text:

Price-lists :	Bulletin board \| Export-import
News :	Ratings
Reference book :	Hotels \| Phone codes \| Zip codes \| Units
Contacts :	Registration \| Advertising \| Server dynamics \| Essential elements \| Deliveries \| Server map





ALL-BIZ.INFO: UNITED KINGDOM	Use material UK.ALL-BIZ.INFO permitted only at presence of the reference UK.ALL-BIZ.INFO Customer agreement
Registration Advertising	Copyright © 2005-2008 All-Biz Ltd. All rights reserved.