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“Last year Flybe was placed in the top 250 private companies.”
“The fact that we are the only company in it from Devon and Cornwall is an even bigger thrill.”
“Esso said it apologised for the "regrettable incident".”
“The minimum adult hourly wage will rise by 2% in October to £5.93 an hour.”
“That figure, for May, showed prices rising by 5.1%.”
“The new rate, for adults over the age of 21, will come into force alongside a new £2.50 hourly minimum wage for apprentices.”
“Younger workers between the ages of 18-20 will get a 9p increase to £4.92 an hour”
“16 and 17 year-olds will get £3.64 an hour, 7p more than previously.”
“The Low Pay Commission estimates that some 970,000 people stand to benefit from the increases.”
“Earlier this month, the so-called 'London Living Wage' was increased by a higher amount of 3.3% to £7.85. almost £2 more than the new national minimum.”
“more than £5m”
“1,000-strong location crew”
“five weeks”
“brought in 500 crew, 650 extras and 125 horses”
“three friends”
“spent five weeks”
“500 crew, 650 extras and 125 horses”
“some operating 24 hours a day”
“Strikes cause misery. They prevent ordinary people going about their daily lives, whether it's getting to work or getting the kids to school,”
“Strikes also cost the economy dearly and undermine our efforts to help rebuild the economy. That is why we believe the bar needs to be raised.”
“Costner invested $20m (£13.46m) developing the machines, which can clean up to 210,000 gallons of oily water a day.”
“raised £6m in its latest round of fundraising.”
“Oyster 1 has been undergoing sea trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney since last November.”
“Aquamarine plans to deploy its new Oyster 2 device next summer.”
“Aquamarine has won the rights to develop the Brough Head wave farm off the coast of Scotland, which at 200 MW could provide enough energy for about 190,000 homes.”
“It plans to develop up to 1,000 MW of marine energy sites by 2020 in partnership with utility SSE Renewables.”
“Aquamarine Power has made substantial progress over the last 12 months," Mr McAdam said.”
“Culture and Sport Glasgow will now be known as Glasgow Life and has spent money on a new logo for uniforms, new signage and marketing material.”
“Culture and Sport Glasgow, which was launched three years ago, said research suggested the name meant little to the public who used the facilities.”
“Corn is one of the ingredients in some food thickeners A US food innovation firm that used to be part of chemicals giant ICI has been sold in a $1.3bn (£877m) deal.”
“It had sales of $1.2bn in 2009, employing 2,250 people on 11 plants in eight countries.”
“Purchased by Dutch firm AkzoNobel as part of its acquisition of ICI in 2008, the business includes a technical support centre in Manchester.”
“raking in $109m (£73m) in its opening weekend”
“which took $29m (£19.49m)”
“$70.5m (£47m)”
“took $13.8m (£9.27m)”
“with $6.1m (£4.1m)”
“taking just $5.1m (£3.43m)”
“with takings of $4.8m (£3.22m)”
“with takings of $2.7m (£1.8m) apiece”
“The sale, likely to bring in around £1.5bn, could open it up to more operators, possibly from overseas.”
“The route, known as HS1, cost £5bn to build and is currently run by London and Continental Railways under the control of the Department for Transport.”
“The successful bidder will become the owner of HS1 Ltd, with a 30-year concession to run the line and stations.”
“This hospital would have provided hundreds of construction jobs over the next two or three years.”
“we spent two days pounding out the beginnings of what became Toy Story 3”
“With more than three hundred characters Toy Story 3 is a huge marketing opportunity for Pixar's parent company, Walt Disney”
“The Hollywood giant expects retailers to sell $2.4bn in merchandise, and the film could turn in the company's biggest profit to date”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages 29,000 properties in the city, confirmed it had fitted a new boiler at the address six weeks ago.”
“Last year, it raised £4.1m.”
“Organisers say the costs of meeting licence requirements such as fencing, trackways and security personnel for the event have risen from £21,000 in 2004 to £170,000 last year.”
“Ken Talbot, one of Australia's richest men, is amongst the missing”
“The area they were visiting includes the Mbalam project which straddles Cameroon and Congo - where Sundance Resources is hoping to extract 35m tonnes of iron ore a year.”
“Mr Talbot is a non-executive director of Sundance with an estimated wealth of $840 million (£567m), according to BRW business magazine's latest rich list.”
“Meanwhile, BP has said that its costs in tackling the disaster have now risen to $2bn (£1.34bn).”
“He said to repair the control pod would have meant temporarily stopping drilling work on the rig at at time when it was costing BP $500,000 (£337,000) a day to operate the Deepwater Horizon.”
“BP chief executive Tony Hayward, giving evidence to Congress, said: "There is nothing I have seen in the evidence so far that suggests that anyone put cost ahead of safety, if there are then we will take action."”
“Several rig workers the BBC spoke to who were on the Deepwater Horizon said there was pressure in April to work fast. Work to prepare and then seal the well was behind schedule and had to be completed before a production rig could move in …”
“BP said it had indications of a successful cementing operation and the company that was in charge of the cement job, Halliburton, has said it was consistent with that used in similar applications.”
“The number of Scots finding work has risen for the eighth month in a row”
“The number of people seeking permanent work across the country rose for the 26th month in a row”
“The Scottish unemployment rate now stands at 8.0%, which is above the UK rate of 7.9%”
“The company, which also owns Magners cider, is moving 23 jobs to Glasgow from Prague and Budapest.”
“The company is transferring 37 jobs in customer contact, which have been in Glasgow under A-B InBev, and will now remain in the city.”
“C&C has agreed a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Rangers and Celtic”
“Factory Events has said it is a tenant of the Custard Factory and has 15 years of history of putting on entertainment in the area, but there is no financial/business relationship beyond the tenancy.”
“She has agreed a three-year deal to present a breakfast show with Chiles and prime time entertainment shows.”
“the BBC had offered her a £900,000 contract over two years.”
“Mr Chiles left The One Show in April over changes to the show's format.”
“Announcing her move on Sunday after three years on The One Show”
“The £180,000 scheme to improve the centre of Thatcham started in March but its completion has been delayed until July after a gas main was unearthed.”
“Traders claim takings are down by as much as 40%.”
“Stephen Walker, from the Family Bookshop, said: "It has reduced our footfall considerably and my takings have been down by up to 40%.”
“Christian Martin, from the Cook & Butcher shop, added: "During the main bulk of the work when they shut The Broadway we lost about 25 to 30% in that three-week period.”
“Councillor Pamela Bale added: "This scheme will be a great improvement to the centre of Thatcham and should make it all the more attractive to visitors and shoppers.”
“Traders have also raised fears about a smaller project which is scheduled to take place in the High Street in the autumn.”
“the two later exchanged business cards”
“About 200 jobs would have been created”
“Telstra said the agreement would earn it at least A$11bn (£6.5bn; $9.6bn).”
“Telstra's chairman Catherine Livingstone said the deal represented a 'mutually beneficial outcome for investors, customers and employees' after a year of 'complex negotiations'.”
“However it is still pursuing legislation to break up the company into its wholesale and retail operations.”
“I've lost $300,000 in the past three years.”
“Mr Helo used to employ 32 people at his factory. Now there are only four.”
“A kilo of beef smuggled from Egypt costs around $15...”
“The station is undergoing a £7m refurbishment.”
“Passenger information displays have been transformed and three separate artists have been commissioned to work with architects and designers.”
“The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida on Friday.”
“5,000 people were waiting to get in before the park opened.”
“The 20-acre site includes rides, shops and reproductions of the fictitious village of Hogsmeade, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Hogwarts Express train.”
“The park has two roller coasters and a ride which takes guests on a flight through Harry's life, including encounters with Dementors and a dragon and projections of characters from the film.”
“The deceased worked for AMEC who are the contractors working on a scheduled maintenance shutdown.”
“it had lost more than £250,000 over five years due to a succession of poor summers.”
“who has leased the lido from Brighton and Hove City Council for the last 10 years”
“I can confirm that we do not allow legal high traders to trade at any Festival Republic festival and fully support the minister's view.”
“He was later spotted by photographers on his $270,000 (£182,000) Farr 52 racing yacht, "Bob", at the event.”
“Khalifa Al Kuwari, chief operating officer of Qatar Holdings, which is buying the store on behalf of the Qatari royal family for a reported £1.5bn.”
“The tram project is already behind schedule and over budget.”
“He has also claimed that it was still possible for a 'properly performing' contractor to finish the project by the end of 2012.”
“has been on the same site for 206 years”
“with the loss of 100 jobs”
“went into administration in May along with nine others in the UK owned by Vergo Retail”
