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Plant hire firm helps storm clean-up
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy last November has led to booming revenues in the US for the plant-hire company Ashtead.
Sun European in £35m Dreams rescue deal
Wednesday 06 March 2013
The private equity firm Sun European is set to acquire Dreams, the UK's biggest bed retailer, in a deal worth £35m via a pre-packaged administration today.
Almost half of councils set to ignore council tax freeze
Thursday 28 February 2013
Town halls revolt as 40% look to shun Eric Pickles' plan to hold rates
Anthony Hilton: Shared audits add up to a sensible solution
Saturday 23 February 2013
Lunch on Wednesday with Michael Snyder, chair of the Professional and Businesses Services Group, one of the network of advisory committees for government. He, in his day job, is long-time head of Kingston Smith, a mid-sized accounting firm.
Aussies get access to the swinging Duke as England's cricket ball is exported
Saturday 16 February 2013
England's oldest sports company has cracked the market Down Under
Self-employed face greater risk of bankruptcy
Friday 15 February 2013
Singer and former EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon was this week declared bankrupt. The 36-year-old filed for insolvency at Kingston upon Thames County Court after being unable to meet debts of £187,000.
Manchester United set for bumper financial season following huge commercial revenue rise
Thursday 14 February 2013
Predicted revenues rise amid Champions League run and sponsorship deals
Print decline hits Future revenues
Monday 04 February 2013
Moving towards digital formats wasn't enough to stop Future, the publisher of Total Film magazine and the TechRadar website, posting a 3 per cent decline in revenues since October.
£100 fine for a late return even if no tax due
Friday 25 January 2013
Taxpayers who fail to file their tax returns by next Thursday will be hit by hefty fines, even if they don't owe any money.
Flybe axes 300 jobs to slash costs
Wednesday 23 January 2013
Around 300 jobs are to be axed at regional airline Flybe as it battles to slash costs by £35 million to stem losses.
Champions League failure proves costly for Tottenham Hotspur
Wednesday 23 January 2013
London club announce loss for last season
Rate-appeals backlog 'sending shops to wall'
Monday 21 January 2013
Retailers and their advisers have called for urgent action to deal with a huge backlog of business rate appeals, warning that delays in refunding struggling shops could put them out of business.
US prisoners filed more than 173,000 fraudulent tax returns in 2012, claiming $1.1 billion in rebates
Friday 18 January 2013
Ruse detected by the IRS, which blocked a total of $2.1bn in fraudulent refunds in 2012
Stobart warns of a slowdown
Thursday 17 January 2013
The lorries and logistics group Stobart has warned its operating performance will miss expectations this year, blaming the "uncertain economic environment".
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