19,920 source-backed business facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 163 of 200.
“The ballot closes on 5 July.”
“it would cost 3.6% of available cash flow”
“making profits of more than £1bn”
“two-year wage freeze”
“Sweden's 10 reactors, at three power stations, supply as much as half of the country's electricity.”
“The plan allows for new reactors to be built at the same site as the country's existing plants, but forbids the approval of new sites. The number of reactors is not allowed to exceed 10.”
“£25m”
“valuable income would be lost as hundreds of college staff and thousands of students relocated to an out-of-town site.”
“HIE claimed the project would create jobs, retain talent and generate millions of pounds for the Highlands economy.”
“it will come as a boost to Blackpool after a VisitEngland survey last year reported that the number of annual visitors to the town had dropped to 1.38m in 2008 from 1.87m the previous year.”
“Despite this, it was still sixth on the tourism agency's list of the top 10 most-visited English towns and cities.”
“He says his profit margins have been halved in just five years.”
“We have 50 foreign companies here, mostly from hi-tech industries.. firms from Korea, Taiwan, the United States and Japan”
“It is the biggest such facility in the world.”
“Foxconn. The Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer made history last month when it announced it would, effectively, double wages at its main plant in Shenzhen in China following a spate of suicides.”
“He said Keydata sold the SLS bonds to customers between July and December 2005, at which time Elias did not own or control SLS.”
“Elias only took over SLS in September 2007 from another firm CRT.”
“Since Keydata was closed down in June 2009, some of the investors who lost money have been questioning the role of the authorities.”
“Shell is the second largest oil producer in the Gulf of Mexico”
“bought back in 2007”
“tripling its 5% smartphone market share”
“It was also announced this week that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation wishes to buy full control of BSkyB. News Corporation currently owns a 30.1% stake in BSkyB.”
“Readers of the online editions of its Times and Sunday Times newspapers will have to pay to view the websites from the end of this month.”
“Sea King helicopters based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall and RMB Chivenor in North Devon were due for replacement, starting in 2012.”
“A private consortium was awarded the contract to provide the new UK service, which would mark the end of 24-hour cover at RMB Chivenor.”
“The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced last November that night cover would be provided by nine bases around the UK from 2012, instead of the current 12.”
“With a 25-year contract worth £7bn, Soteria was to provide new, faster and more efficient aircraft to replace the ageing military Sea King helicopters over a three-year period.”
“The private finance initiative is one of 12 projects being suspended for a government review.”
“Weir Group has said it can double its profits over the next five years.”
“The multi-national company has three divisions across equipment for mining, oil and gas and power stations, and employs 9,000 people worldwide.”
“Orders for the first five months of this year are up by 16%.”
“Keith Cochrane told analysts the prospects for sales into the nuclear power industry are for 31% growth in the next four years.”
“Upstream oil and gas is scheduled to grow 9% in the next three years”
“and mining by 7%.”
“Orders for the first five months of this year are up by 16%”
“mining by 7%.”
“Merthyr council closed the pool to make way for a new £30m leisure complex.”
“I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterise as a shakedown, a $20bn shakedown.”
“With due respect, we drill hundreds of wells around the world.”
“I spoke to some of the delegates last night and found that the majority of them are staying at The Imperial Hotel where rooms are £85-plus.”
“They could get a perfectly decent room in the town for £35.”
“Dawn Ellison, 48, of Bury Road in Radcliffe, stole £32,000 from RRG Group in Bolton, where she worked as a senior accounts supervisor, police said.”
“She was responsible for banking cash the company received, but from November 2008 to January 2009 she kept it.”
“Ellison's theft was discovered when the general manager ordered an internal audit on takings from November and December 2008, after being told of an inter-company debt.”
“It found two separate amounts of cash were missing from the account.”
“The company then carried out a second audit, dating back to 2003, and found discrepancies in another 32 transactions where money had gone missing in the same way.”
“many RRG workers did not receive their annual bonuses”
“He said the current laws increased costs for landlords and created unnecessary red tape - with an estimated 8,500 landlord applications for houses of multiple occupations (HMOs) this year.”
“Mr McGill, who had worked as an electrician for the local authority for 18 years, fell to the ground from a mobile elevated work platform...”
“If built, the building will have five cinema screens with additional space for exhibitions, cultural events and research facilities.”
“About 138,000 extra paying customers went swimming in the first year of the scheme.”
“Correspondents say the move will put strong pressure on Iran, which is the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, but has limited refining capability.”
“Campaigners opposed to plans for a windfarm in Lincolnshire are trying to raise £35,000 for legal representation at a public inquiry.”
“Enertrag UK wants to build eight wind turbines on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds.”
“The proposed turbines would stand 85m (278ft) high to the hub with rotors about 90m (295ft) in diameter.”
“Enertrag UK maintains around 70% of the UK public "are in favour of renewable energy and are behind the development of wind power".”
“O'Kane's has to pay out more than £200,000”
“The firm secured a settlement of £23,566 to be shared between the union's 44 members and an additional £150 each for another 1,280 employees.”
“He said that employees were given only a few days notice of the changes to terms and conditions and 520 workers had complained.”
“The move in April 2009 meant all overtime was cancelled except for July 12 and Christmas Day.”
“The scheme was first unveiled in December 2007 when it promised about 500 jobs, but the number of direct posts involved has now been reduced to 15.”
“A fund to support job creation for young people who were long-term unemployed which aimed to create 150,000 jobs.”
“The scheme aimed to provide work or training places, mainly for 18 to 24-year-olds who had been out of work for six months - some linked to the Future Jobs Fund.”
“Aimed at giving jobseekers a guaranteed offer of a job, internship, volunteering placement or work experience after two years of being out of work.”
“The firm was given the loan to make parts for nuclear power stations An engineering firm's expansion plans, which would have created 180 jobs, have been halted after the government cancelled an £80m loan.”
“A £13m project by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to develop the former Outokumpu steelworks site in Sheffield has also been cancelled.”
“The government has also announced the suspension of £12m of funding towards the Sevenstone retail development in Sheffield.”
“Internet company AOL has sold Bebo, the social networking site it bought two years ago for $850m (then £417m).”
“The interesting thing is that the founder, Michael Birch, walked away with $300m - it's the art of timing.”
“Earlier this year, AOL announced plans to sell or shut down Bebo because it was unable to provide the 'significant investment' needed to prevent its decline as a business.”
“Criterion Capital Partners, a small private investment firm, announced that it had bought the business, but did not disclose the amount paid.”
“The young, highly active user base, revenue history, presence in countries throughout the world and solid technical infrastructure make it an attractive media platform.”
“Network Rail's improvements include five new platforms, an elevated railway and a new station entrance.”
“The owners of the Damolly retail park in Newry have sold it to a London-based property company for £28.4m.”
“who bought the retail park for a reported £35m in 2005.”
“Corbo will receive up to an additional £6.5m when that development is let.”
“The new owner is Metric Property Investments.”
“Metric is run by three former executives from property giant British Land.”
“This acquisition satisfies the key investment criteria we set out of acquiring well-let retail investments off low rents and where our retail customers trade successfully.”
“The park is let off low rents to a high quality line-up of tenants where we believe that we can extract further value by using our core asset management skills to increase income, develop out the vacant land as well as look to widen the ex…”
“The deal is one of the biggest in Northern Ireland in recent years following a near-freeze in the commercial property market due to the recession.”
“This disposal forms part of Corbo's strategy of pursuing growth opportunities from both within and outside its retail focused property portfolio.”
“The BBC's Danny Savage said although cancelling the loan would not mean redundancies, it had been hoped the loan would help create 200 jobs at Sheffield Forgemasters and 200 jobs outside as well”
“Humble, Packham and Martin Hughes-Games will also host a live two-hour telethon on BBC2 on Sunday to raise money for conservation projects.”
“Viewers can bid online for the sofa until 22 June.”
“The BBC Wildlife Fund has raised more than £2 million to help threatened animals and wild places in the UK and abroad.”
“up to 800 jobs - including 100 managers, 450 ticket office posts and 200 other jobs - will be axed under plans to make savings of £16m a year.”
“They highlighted ticket offices in 14 stations in north and west London - Kilburn Park, Kensal Green, Queen's Park, Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, West Hampstead, Belsize Park, Hampstead, Tufnell Park, Archway, Arsenal, Finsbury Park, North…”
“costing £8.4m and taking three years to finish”
“among 22 projects being recognised by Downing Street”
“building a visitors' centre 3,560ft (1,085m) on a mountain”
“will be announced on 13 October at the British construction industry awards annual dinner.”
“Hafod Eryri visitors' centre on Snowdon opened to the public a year ago, costing £8.4m and taking three years to finish”
“The government estimates the series will generate £20m for the local economy”
“John Hansen of KPMG was appointed administrator of pub chains CDC Leisure Ltd and Tarwood Limited on 15 June.”
“The industry is dominated by older people and we have to encourage not just one or two, but tens of young people to work directly in the mills, or to use the cloth.”
“It has come a long way in the last few years.”
“Judith R Clark, 25, who is now based in Edinburgh, was nominated in the designer of the year category.”
“Western Isles company Harris Tweed Hebrides also picked up the outstanding contribution award at ceremony in Glasgow.”
“Police and fire officers were called to the incident at Forgemasters, on Brightside Lane, at 2310 BST on Wednesday.”
