Strike again!!

Well it looks like strikes are looming in on us for the New Year, it seems British Airways Union have said that it will be ballot for fresh strikes. Meaning some people who have booked a holiday in the half term holidays could be in for a big let-down If they are due to travel [...]

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Home Computers

Three quarters of the Uk’s households apparently have a home computer, with almost the same proportion connected to the internet, these figures were released by the Office for National Statistics. There was a massive 72% increase in people owning a computer in their homes in 2008-2009, there was also a 5% rise in people having [...]

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Someone is making a profit

Russia’s biggest private oil film has reportedly made a massive jump in its quarterly profits, probably due to the higher global oil prices. Its net profit increased by almost 40% to £1.82 Billion in the July to September period, this being in comparison to the same quarter a year previous. The thriving company said that [...]

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Costly Beer

Today the government have announced that taxes on high strength beers and lagers will be put up next year, this being in an attempt to reduce problem drinking. Beer that is stronger than 7.5% will be subject to the higher duty from autumn 2011, the tax on low alcohol beers that has a lower strength [...]

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Flybe Success

London’s – Flybe Airline which is Britain’s biggest domestic airline, is to list on the London Stock Exchange as of next month, raising £60m through initial public offering. The companies  director’s say was one of only a few European airlines to consistently report profits through the downturn, plans to use half of the funds raised [...]

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