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“The proposed new service from Berwick Upon Tweed departing at 05.59 will call at Alnmouth, Morpeth, Newcastle and non-stop to London arriving at 09.59.”
“For the first time it allows commuters to arrive in London before 1000 from Alnmouth and Morpeth without the use of an overnight sleeper.”
“The 0559 will also connect with the four-hour Flying Scotsman at Newcastle, departing 0704, allowing commuters to arrive in London 0940.”
“The proposed new service to depart King's Cross at 1930 for Alnmouth, will arrive at 2312.”
“Currently the last train from King's Cross to Alnmouth and Berwick is at 1800.”
“The new timetable will help deliver more than two million extra seats per year and faster, more frequent service on East Coast.”
“Blanc said winning Ronay's Restaurant of the Year award in 1978, for Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Oxfordshire, "changed his life".”
“He sold his restaurant in 1955 to concentrate on his writing...”
“He sold the guidebooks to the AA in 1985...”
“SeaFrance, which operates ferry services between Dover and Calais, is to cut 725 jobs to stem its losses. The plan has been put to trade unions and officials hope to implement the redundancies next month, leaving the company with a workfor…”
“Mr Wise, a former industrial chemist, who is now aiming to move into production with the telescope by the end of the year.”
“A decision is due next month.”
“shot to fame in 1971 with his figures of rugby stars Gareth Edwards and JPR Williams”
“over the past 40 years”
“three sheds”
“200 or 300”
“£20,000”
“BP employs 10,105 people in the UK”
“and it is estimated that about 18 million people in the UK either own BP shares or pay into a pension fund that holds BP shares.”
“The oil giant confirmed its directors would meet on Monday to discuss the possibility”
“In 1960 she started a business supplying quality business lunches, which grew into the multi-million pound company Leith's Good Food Ltd. Nine years later she opened Leith's, her famous Michelin-starred restaurant, before setting up a cook…”
“In 1960 she started a business supplying quality business lunches, which grew into the multi-million pound company Leith's Good Food Ltd.”
“their charity has funded support for injured service personnel to the tune of £50m”
“What started as a bicycle ride to raise £10,000 for wounded soldiers, sailors and airmen”
“They set up the charity in October 2007”
“they revised their modest target to a staggering £8m to build a swimming pool at the Headley Court military rehabilitation centre in Surrey”
“They encouraged 300 people from all walks of life to join them on a 350-mile sponsored cycle through France and raised £1.4m”
“the total raised has reached £54m”
“Mr Parry had left the Army to become a cartoonist in 1985 and the couple ran an illustrations company for 23 years”
“A protest march has taken place against plans for a 48-turbine wind farm in the Scottish Borders.”
“The company says the project can help meet Scotland's renewable energy goals and supply up to 80,000 homes.”
“Padraig Canavan, Managing Director, Singularity Ltd. For services to Business in Northern Ireland. (Londonderry)”
“Last June, he resigned from a consultancy firm at the centre of controversy over contract awards.”
“Mr Roe had been chairman of both HIE and Rocket Science UK, which was awarded £150,000 of contracts by the enterprise body.”
“It found "no evidence" of wrongdoing”
“William Roe has been chairman of the government agency since September 2004”
“Earlier this year, he said expanding the renewable sector would help Scotland recover from the effects of the recession.”
“The 175-bedroom complex is part of an overall project which will also see the construction of new stands and an 18-hole championship golf course.”
“The council has said the project would create 200 jobs and the cost would have no impact on taxpayers.”
“A new marketing campaign fund worth £1bn to help British tourism make the most of the London 2012 Games has been announced by the culture secretary.”
“The campaign will target Britain's 20 priority markets in the years around 2012.”
“So I'm challenging the whole tourism sector to increase the proportion of domestic tourism spend by UK residents to 50%.”
“in November LDA Design won the bid to transform the park.”
“The council said the money would fund the first phase of the redevelopment by 2012”
“has been snapped up for £3.”
“put the whole lot up for auction in a few weeks' time.”
“There was a marked decline in the number of farm visits after the outbreak last September.”
“Godstone Farm has re-opened and is busy with visitors again.”
“BP employs 10,105 people in the UK.”
“it is estimated that about 18 million people in the UK either own BP shares or pay into a pension fund that holds BP shares.”
“Boudiche opened in Frederick Street, Edinburgh in 2005”
“before branching out to a second shop in Ingram Street, Glasgow in 2008”
“All 13 members of staff have been made redundant with immediate effect”
“Directors Claire Thommen and Fiona McLean said the tram works had decreased footfall past the shop by 40%”
“Turnover had grown from £68,000 in the first year to nearly £600,000”
“Online sales rose by 75% in the last year, with demand from over 50 countries”
“Boudiche's online sales had risen by 75% in the last year”
“All 13 members of staff have been made redundant with immediate effect.”
“the tram works had decreased footfall past the shop by 40%”
“with demand from over 50 countries”
“Reliance Industries has said it is paying 48bn rupees ($1bn; £700m) to take a 95% stake in Infotel Broadband, which emerged as the surprise winner in India's wireless broadband auction.”
“Infotel was the only company to win broadband spectrum in all 22 service areas.”
“Five other firms also won spectrum in some areas.”
“Infotel is paying about 128bn rupees for spectrum in all zones.”
“The Scotsman and The Herald both recorded very small rises in their circulations between April and May.”
“However their sales, 45,000 for The Scotsman and just under 55,000 for The Herald, are still down on May last year.”
“As recently as January 2005, The Herald could boast average daily sales of 80,700, while the Scotsman sold about 65,000.”
“The Times and the Daily Telegraph both produce Scottish editions. With 24,500 and 23,000 daily sales respectively, they sell substantially fewer copies than either The Herald or The Scotsman...”
“Last month the Mail sold 112,000 copies in Scotland.”
“Two years ago the sales of the Mail overtook the combined circulation of The Herald and The Scotsman.”
“Last month the Record sold more than 300,000 copies in Scotland while The Sun sold almost 340,000.”
“Last summer, the Sunday Herald cut its price to £1.”
“A relatively modest rise in sales to about 42,000 is unlikely to have increased income...”
“this week both the Scottish Daily Mail and the Scottish Daily Express launched a so-called "price war" and went on sale for just 20p.”
“The Scottish Daily Mail increasingly regards the Herald and the Scotsman as its principle competitors.”
“Aggressive price-cutting by The Sun helped it overtake the Daily Record as Scotland's best-selling tabloid four years ago...”
“Anglo-Irish Bank is understood to have appointed a receiver to three of the company's assets including an office development in Belfast.”
“Anglo appointed a receiver on May 28, documents filed at Companies House detail.”
“Jermon was set up by Peter Dolan, a former pharmacist, in 1997.”
“It is currently involved in a £25m project to redevelop Dumbarton town centre in the west of Scotland.”
“We made every effort to find alternative patterns for games but it just proved unfeasible to do so at Castle Bromwich.”
“In 1994 Sir Mark Saville, as he had now become, was appointed chairman of a Department of Trade and Industry Committee to update arbitration law.”
“...he was praised for the speed with which he found a way through the complex issues that had kept the committee bogged down for ten years.”
“The position will officially begin when Creative Scotland's first board is established in July.”
“Sir Sandy was appointed chief executive of Standard Life Investments when it was launched in 1998.”
“and was appointed group chief executive in 2004.”
“Sir Sandy Crombie, now an independent director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, will take on the four-year role at the new Scottish government arts body.”
“Chris Spear arrived on Thursday and took down the structure in about 15 minutes.”
“The Aberystwyth-based dairy employs about 140 people”
“it was sold to Horizon in 1999”
“Plaxton plans to make 75 staff redundant at its Scarborough site because of a slump in orders.”
“New coach registrations have fallen by about a third since 2007”
“registrations of new coaches down by about a third in three years because of the reluctance of major fleet buyers to make long-term investment.”
“coach production is being reduced for the short term, but bus production will remain at current levels”
“It said it planned to double its workforce in 12 months, in part to improve its chances of securing the Scottish government's Saltire Prize.”
“Sponsors pay huge money for the right to link to the World Cup, they won't pay that money unless they believe Fifa will vigorously protect their interests.”
“In 1965 he was signed to Decca Records, leading to hit records including his biggest hit Pied Piper and You Were On my Mind.”
“Stobart probably crosses that bridge around 1,500 times a day,”
“Sales of its own beer rose 2%”
“We have made a solid start to the new financial year with like-for-like sales in our managed pubs and hotels growing by 3.5% for the 10 weeks to 5 June 2010”
