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“The building was constructed between 1904 and 1906 and served as the headquarters for Manchester's Fire Brigade in the first half of the 20th Century.”
“The hit sequel was widely panned by critics but still took £2.47m in takings between Friday and Sunday.”
“Neil LaBute's comedy made £696,280.”
“the private company which was responsible for the maintenance and inspection of the water treatment programme at the prison were not directly under contract to the Prison Service, but were part of a wider Crown estate contract.”
“two carriages”
“Nationalised bank Northern Rock has said it plans to cut 650 jobs by the end of this year as part of its ongoing restructuring process.”
“Northern Rock currently employs about 4,500 people.”
“The Unite union claims the number of jobs cut will be 990, in addition to the 2,000 already lost since 2008.”
“Northern Rock refuted the 990 figure, saying that related to the number of roles affected. After redeployment, the number of people losing their jobs would be 650, a spokesperson maintained.”
“The decision by Northern Rock management to cut over 20% of its workforce and alter the pensions of the remaining staff is devastating,”
“The reservoir enabled Sir Edmund Buckley to establish the Hendre Ddu Slate and Slate Company in 1864, which specialised in producing slate slabs for billiard table beds.”
“trying to sell the landmark hotel in Piccadilly for £250m.”
“managed to extract from them a payment of £1m.”
“the actual value of the hotel which was between £450m and £600m.”
“planned to make a £50m profit by selling it on.”
“said he had access to a contract to buy The Ritz for £200m”
“could buy the hotel and casino for just £200m. They claimed they would then sell it on to Mr Collins' firm, London Allied, for £250m.”
“nine-mile stretch of mine”
“it is creating 50 jobs”
“now employs 180 staff”
“first 20 staff in post by the end of the month”
“chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the best companies to work for in 2009”
“he hoped all new employees will be in place by the end of summer”
“founded by a brother and sister in 2000”
“A Wrexham-based company which provides personal assistant and telephone answering services for business clients says it is creating 50 jobs.”
“Moneypenny, founded by a brother and sister in 2000, now employs 180 staff at Wrexham Technology Park.”
“It says it hopes to have the first 20 staff in post by the end of the month.”
“Managing director Glen Jackson said he hoped all new employees will be in place by the end of summer.”
“The business was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the best companies to work for in 2009.”
“We've grown significantly during the recession,”
“More than 1,000 warehouse jobs are at risk in England and Wales after a distribution shake-up by DIY firm B&Q.”
“Instead, a £77m distribution centre will open in Swindon, creating 550 jobs.”
“Another 250 jobs will be created at B&Q's site in Worksop, Notts.”
“Unions are now being consulted about the changes, which will come into force from January 2012.”
“But it means employees based in seven partner centres run by DHL, Kuehne and Nagel and Wincanton are facing possible redundancies.”
“One of the biggest sites is DHL's distribution centre in Preston Brook, Runcorn, where 615 staff are affected.”
“It is too early to say how many affected employees will be made redundant”
“New contracts, however, are seeing the International Power Projects division pick up business, with revenues up by 8% in the first half of this year.”
“There is a forecast of 18% more power generation in the third quarter, when compared with last year.”
“Sir Terry Leahy has overseen 13 years of dynamic expansion and development that has taken Tesco from living in Sainsbury's shadow to the UK's number one retailer - not to mention third in the world after Wal-Mart and France's Carrefour.”
“Tesco Metro burst onto the scene in Covent Garden in 1992”
“Introduced in 1995”
“Clubcard now has 20 million active members.”
“The company brought in its upmarket Finest range - another first - in 1998.”
“Supermarkets were not known for having any ability apart from selling food - until Tesco started its banking joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1997.”
“The company employs almost half a million staff worldwide, 250,000 of which are in the UK.”
“It has about 2,500 stores in the UK.”
“A relatively small city, its three Tescos have been said to have 51% of the grocery market, higher than anywhere else in the UK.”
“When I became chief executive I had a plan to build Tesco around its customers, to make it number one in the UK and to find new long-term growth in non-food, in services and in international expansion”
“toasting a 90% increase in profits.”
“In 2009, Ian Macleod Distillers moved into the Scandinavian market by taking a 34% share in Norwegian spirits distribution company, Cask Owners AS.”
“now produces and sells more than 15m bottles of spirits a year.”
“It employs 185 staff at three different sites across Scotland.”
“then took a major step with the purchase of Glengoyne Distillery in 2003 to become a single malt distiller.”
“the company, which was founded in 1933”
“One of the largest independent family companies in the UK spirits industry is toasting a 90% increase in profits.”
“Broxburn-based Ian Macleod Distillers said profits after tax reached £2.2m in the latest financial year as a result of increased volume and margin.”
“Turnover soared 18% to £26m thanks to increased sales to export markets, especially in the Middle and Far East.”
“The company, which was founded in 1933, now produces and sells more than 15m bottles of spirits a year.”
“opens next year”
“Cornwall produces roughly 900 tonnes a year”
“we are looking at 6,000 tonnes a year”
“The BBC understands that BT has replaced a single-year offer of a 2% rise, with a two-year deal, offering 2% in the first year, followed by 3%.”
“Staff will also be in line for bonus payments of £250 each year.”
“BT has also pledged to avoid compulsory redundancies between now and the end of 2011.”
“The CWU, representing 50,000 employees, decided to hold a strike ballot in protest at the original offer.”
“2% was 'not good enough when the company is making profits of over £1 billion'.”
“BT has replaced a single-year offer of a 2% rise, with a two-year deal, offering 2% in the first year, followed by 3%.”
“Last week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), representing 50,000 employees, decided to hold a strike ballot in protest at the original offer.”
“The CWU deputy general secretary Andy Kerr said at the time that 2% was "not good enough when the company is making profits of over £1 billion".”
“are growing at a rate three times faster than the US average.”
“which starts in January when OWN - The Oprah Winfrey Network launches.”
“Winfrey's long-running talk show is coming to an end in September 2011 after 25 seasons.”
“auditions are taking place in Texas and California this month.”
“The proposed fees would see drivers paying between 50p and £3 a day.”
“He began his career as the post boy at the William Morris talent agency in the late 1970s.”
“He went on to become a producer in the 1980s.”
“He was the executive producer on Dirty Dancing in 1987.”
“Reuther created a production company with actor Michael Douglas in the 1990s.”
“which went to number one at the UK and Ireland box office.”
“The Highways Agency is holding a two-day public exhibition outlining proposals for the M40 junction 9, where the motorway meets the A34 trunk road.”
“The scheme includes building a third lane on the busiest parts of the interchange.”
“The work, which will be completed in phases, is expected to start in July.”
“The two-day exhibition is being held at Weston-on-the-Green Village Hall on Wednesday afternoon and at the Wyevale Garden Centre in Bicester on Saturday morning.”
“EDF Energy faces a £2m penalty over its handling of a three-day power cut which affected 94,000 Kent and London homes.”
“EDF Energy now has until 7 July to respond.”
“Following the power cut, EDF Energy offered a goodwill payment of £50 to properties left without electricity for more than 24 hours.”
“by 2011, the maximum charge for making an inter-Europe call would be 35 euro cents (29p) and for receiving a call, 11 cents.”
“one of the 27 European Union countries”
“as much as five times the wholesale price”
“could cost 2.50 euros a minute”
“The knitwear firm has been in the town for more than 130 years”
“Peter Scott & Co in Hawick went into administration last month”
“and the majority of its 140 staff have been made redundant”
“Interested buyers have until 14 June to contact administrators KPMG.”
“It is clear that the administrators are working hard to find a buyer and I am encouraged by the early interest of investors, ... I hope that this interest results in formal and viable bids for the company by next week's deadline.”
“HarperCollins had agreed to pay more than $2m (£1.37m) for the book.”
“STV currently provides two distinct news services - one for the historic STV area in the central belt and the West Highlands, the other for the former Grampian TV area in the north.”
“Its news programmes at 1800 also include local news opts-out.”
“To raise £2,500 for a new camera, Carrbridge Films has offered sponsors "perks" such as roles as associate producers.”
