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“When Canada is 40% cheaper and France has built-in tax credits, you're looking at saving millions a year.”
“you're looking at saving millions a year”
“This is something that already exists for the film industry and the games industry is bigger than that.”
“falling behind in a global industry worth billions”
“The UK - and especially Dundee - are at the forefront of this and are working with global players. It is something we can excel in and this was an opportunity to drive that.”
“the cuts would devastate the region where almost third of workers are employed in the public sector.”
“Wansbeck in Northumberland has the second highest percentage of public sector workers with 47.8%”
“and Durham third with 46%.”
“The BP face paints have been sold in nearly 300 of its stores in the UK”
“The paints, costing £1.99, were bought at a BP store in Lightwater, Surrey.”
“BP said it had received no other complaints about the face paints, which were sold in nearly 300 of its stores.”
“Surrey County Council Trading Standards said BP had fully co-operated with them once they were alerted to the problems and offered to withdraw all stock from shelves nationwide.”
“We will strengthen our contingency plans and aim to fly from Heathrow 100% of long-haul operations and a substantial proportion of short-haul services”
“The industrial action taken by cabin crew this year has already cost the airline an estimated £150m.”
“Earlier on Tuesday, BA said it had reached an agreement with its pension trustees on a plan to reduce its £3.7bn pension deficit.”
“Last month, BA reported its biggest annual loss since it was privatised in 1987 - £531m ($788m) in the 12 months to March.”
“Some 83% of the 31,000 rail users questioned were happy with their rail journey - a 2% rise since spring 2009.”
“However, less than half - 48% - felt their rail ticket was value for money, although this was up from 40%.”
“The survey found those satisfied with punctuality and reliability had risen from 80% in spring last year to 82% in spring 2010.”
“It also revealed that satisfaction with the comfort of carriages - whether there was sufficient room to stand or sit - was up from 66% to 68% over the same period.”
“However, passengers continued to have concerns with the industry's handling of delays, with satisfaction levels in this category unchanged at just 35%.”
“Where individual train companies were concerned, the Wrexham & Shropshire company had the highest overall satisfaction figure - of 99%.”
“Grand Central and Merseyrail also scored highly, with satisfaction rates of 94% and 93% respectively.”
“Meanwhile, the lowest ratings for overall satisfaction was given to London Overground, at 72%.”
“First Capital Connect and National Express East Anglia also scored poorly - with respective satisfaction figures of 76% and 77%.”
“Owners have shut all 250 garment factories at one of Bangladesh's main manufacturing zone after violent protests by workers over wages.”
“Workers want three times the current minimum wage of $25 (£17) a month.”
“The rate, set by the Bangladesh government, was last raised in 2006.”
“In the past few weeks, angry workers vandalised around 200 garment factories.”
“sent the council a bill, demanding cash for an hour's labour and materials”
“Mazda confirmed that he had worked at the company for less than a month before he resigned in April.”
“Ujina is Mazda's main assembly plant, employing some 7,000 people.”
“At a news conference, company officials said that Mr Hijiki was a temporary worker employed at the plant for a very brief period ending in April 2010.”
“approximately 3,000 litres seeped into the drains.”
“the all-clear was given at 0300 BST on Monday.”
“Seven crews from Burton, Barton-Under-Needwood, Chase Terrace, Lichfield and the Damage Limitation Unit from Hanley attended the scene.”
“Eight workers at Central Laundry, which provides linen services to the healthcare, hospitality and education sectors, were also evacuated from the site and received medical treatment at the scene.”
“Michael Jackson's estate has made more than $1bn (£677m) since his death a year ago”
“album sales have generated about $383m (£259m)”
“revenue from the film This Is It has hit nearly $400m (£271m)”
“A new recording contract is estimated to have made $31m (£21m) so far”
“The Sony Music Entertainment deal will see 10 albums of the late singer's music released over the next seven years”
“The estate is guaranteed between $200m (£135m) and $250m (£169.5m) for the deal”
“Billboard believes approximately $31m (£21m) of this will have been paid in the last 12 months”
“revenue from tickets retained by fans as souvenirs and not refunded brought in about $6.5m (£4.4m)”
“merchandise raking in $5m (£3.4m)”
“Jackson's music publishing company, Mijac, currently has a value of around $150m (£102m)”
“Mijac could have generated as much as $50m (£33.9m) in the last year”
“Jackson's share of Sony/ATV's revenue is $80m (£54.3m) a year”
“Jackson's estate also owns half of music publishing company, Sony/ATV.”
“The Waste Recycling Group (WRG) had first applied to use the site 13 years ago.”
“Australian mining contractors are expected to start clearing a path through the jungle on Tuesday, Sundance Resources said in a statement”
“over the last two years they had been making economies in other areas, including a programme of voluntary redundancies under which up to 50 jobs have gone”
“including a programme of voluntary redundancies under which up to 50 jobs have gone”
“Iberia now has three months to reach a decision on the recovery plan.”
“The larger New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) also closed to new joiners in 2003 but still has about 30,000 staff in it.”
“The Airways Pension Scheme (APS) closed to new members in 1984 and is made up mainly of pensioners.”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages the house, confirmed a new boiler was installed six weeks ago.”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages about 29,000 properties in the city, said it had been carrying out renovations at the house.”
“Consumers loved them and they sold in millions all over the world - bringing competitors like Fuji into the market too.”
“Whitbread says business account sales at Premier Inn grew by 21%”
“Like-for-like sales at the budget hotel rose 10.5% in the 13 weeks to 3 June, compared with the same period a year earlier.”
“Sales across the Whitbread group were up 7.6% over the same period.”
“Sales at Costa rose 8.5%”
“while those at Whitbread's pub restaurants rose 3.6%.”
“It has opened four new Premier Inns in the past quarter”
“and has plans to open about 250 new Costa stores in the current financial year.”
“Space technology is worth about £6bn a year to the UK economy”
“It is worth about £6bn a year to the UK economy and it supports about 70,000 jobs.”
“With a 7% growth last year globally in the space sector”
“SNP ministers have repeatedly called for the release of cash from the levy, which comes from energy firms in Scotland and is held by industry regulator Ofgem.”
“The chancellor said there would be no new increases in duties on alcohol or fuel, which stands to benefit Scotland's vital whisky industry and rural businesses.”
“Bowmanville Zoo, in Ontario, has even offered $2,000 (£1,325) for a picture of the animals being given water.”
“A $20,000 reward offered since Saturday has failed to produce any leads on the whereabouts of Jonas, a Bengal tiger, and camels Todd and Shawn.”
“a new boiler was installed six weeks ago.”
“The explosion was heard up to half a mile away”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages about 29,000 properties in the city”
“Garage franchise owner Amrik Kalsi saw business drop by 47%”
“where Sundance Resources is hoping to extract 35 million tonnes of iron ore a year.”
“loss of 67 jobs and a threat to another 87.”
“its nine shops have ceased trading.”
“annual turnover of £5m”
“The company, which employs 380 staff in Greater Manchester, Dorset and Dublin, went into administration last week.”
“Administrator KPMG has announced that 204 employees have been made redundant at the company's headquarters in Swinton, Salford.”
“Thirty seven workers at its quarry in Poole, Dorset, were made redundant on 16 June, the administrators said.”
“Unfortunately, on assessing the demand for the company's products, it has been necessary to make 204 staff redundant.”
“Negotiations with customers are ongoing and we are hopeful that we will be able to recommence production of terrazzo flooring and the ceramic products in the Swinton factory in Greater Manchester early next week.”
“We are hopeful that we will be able to recommence production of terrazzo flooring and the ceramic products in the Swinton factory in Greater Manchester early next week.”
“To date, a great deal of buyer interest has been shown in the terrazzo and ceramics production.”
“He was told he could travel on the next available flight from Gatwick but would have to pay for two seats.”
“Air Transat said he took up a third of the next seat.”
“In this case, the arm‑rest would not go down and separate Mr Russell from the lady beside him - and he was taking up more than a third of her seat.”
“Operator First Cymru said there would be new timetables on around 25 routes in the city from Sunday.”
“The number of services they are supporting has fallen, but by working together we have tried to minimise the impact of these changes on customers.”
“Local people will be aware that the council, while continuing to support a number of bus routes, has had to make some savings in light of the current economic conditions. The number of services they are supporting has fallen...”
“The society is a non-profit organisation, which makes something like this particularly sad and upsetting for the members.”
“An £8.5m centre being built to boost the construction industry in Northamptonshire has won an award.”
“The building will contain an innovation centre with 60 small office units for businesses in the emerging market of sustainable construction, a conference hall for up to 300 people, as well as a public piazza and a cafe/restaurant.”
“Work has now begun on the development and it is expected to be completed by December 2010, opening in 2011.”
“Equally importantly, it will bring new jobs and investment to the local area, and provide a home to some cutting edge companies in the field of sustainable construction.”
