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Crunch 'creates flexible workforce'

Monday November 23 2009

Firms will emerge from the recession with a smaller core workforce but more staff on "flexi" arrangements, a leading business group has predicted.

Extend scrappage scheme, urges CBI

Friday November 20 2009

The leader of Britain's biggest business group has urged the Government to extend the car scrappage scheme until the general election to help the recovery from recession and boost employment.

UK economy predicted to grow by 0.3pc and interest rates will rise

Thursday September 24 2009

THE British economy will grow by 0.3pc in the current quarter, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) calculates, as attention turns to post-recession policies and increases in interest rates.

World economy set for return to growth -- OECD

Thursday August 20 2009

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has emerged as the latest international body to declare that the world economy has stabilised and seems set for a return to growth.

British Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver his Budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday

New 50pc top rate of tax as Darling looks on bright side

Thursday April 23 2009

The british Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling yesterday targeted high earners with a new 50pc top rate of tax in an attempt to rebuild Britain's battered public finances as he revealed that borrowing this year will soar to a record £175bn.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is set to unfold his latest budget tomorrow against a background of ballooning exchequer deficits, weaker sterling and forecasts of a poor recovery in early 2010.

Bullish UK Chancellor predicts 'modest growth' by late next year

Tuesday April 21 2009

Business representative group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said yesterday that Britain has been through the worst of the recession and will return to modest growth in the second half of 2010.

Lending drought may force fresh UK bailout

Saturday January 03 2009

Francis Elliott and Gary Duncan in London

Lloyds takeover of HBOS confirmed

Thursday September 18 2008

Lloyds TSB Group Plc agreed to buy HBOS Plc for 12.2 billion pounds ($22.2 billion) after Britain's biggest mortgage lender lost half its market value in the past week and Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed for a deal.

UK business group calls for big cut in interest rate

Tuesday September 16 2008

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Britain's top business lobby, said the central bank should slash its benchmark interest rate in November by the most in seven years to halt a recession.

Media firm joins tax flight from Britain to Ireland

Tuesday April 29 2008

United Business Media found itself at the centre of a political storm last night after confirming it would move its tax base to Ireland in order to escape the way in which international companies are taxed in the UK.

Murmur in the Shires over UK tax policy

Saturday April 19 2008

The jury is still out on the decision by British pharmaceutical firm Shire to move its tax base to Ireland.

Major UK firm to move tax base to Ireland

Wednesday April 16 2008

Shire Pharmaceutical said on Monday that it intends to move its tax base from the UK to Ireland, arguing that Dublin offered the group an "optimum" tax location for the future.