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“The websites also offer a facility to apply for child benefit online, and charge £9.95 plus VAT for the privilege.”
“It would cost the listener nearly £30 to listen to the message in full.”
“Transport for London (TfL) called for the strikes to be postponed and "proper dialogue" to be held. It is to take over maintenance by the end of July.”
“The consortium, which comprises 120 people, bought the Farriers Arms in Mersham for £615,000 after it had been abandoned by the previous landlord.”
“Every pound that we have put into this I think we have doubled our money.”
“The buyers include three plumbers, four bank managers, four teachers and an accountant.”
“The director's post comes with a salary of £105,450, a final salary pension scheme and a removal and relocation package.”
“has more than 24,000 branches and 350 million customers”
“We make this day trip twice a month and this is the first time this year anyone has been found stowed away on board one of our coaches.”
“quarterly profits soar 63%”
“Inditex made a net profit of 301m euros ($360m; £249m) in the first three months of 2010, up from 184m euros for the same quarter of last year.”
“Total sales at the Spanish company increased by 14% to 2.7bn euros.”
“Inditex opened a further 98 stores around the world during the quarter, bringing its total to 4,700.”
“His wealth was recently valued at $25bn by Forbes magazine.”
“Zara recently announced that it had opened its first store in India.”
“The original Penrith New Squares scheme, which featured homes, shops and a car park, hit problems in 2008 when its Australian backers pulled out.”
“New scaled-down plans are for a superstore, car park, retail link and housing, to be completed in two years.”
“The review launched in December 2009 followed Eden Council's decision not to proceed with original proposals put forward by supermarket Sainsbury's.”
“Since the district auditor's review began, the council did agree to step in arrangements with Sainsbury's on 10 March 2010 and all parties are now working towards the restart of the project and the building out of the scheme.”
“The recommendations made by the district auditor will be considered by the council on 17 June.”
“LeeFest started in 2006”
“About 150 friends and friends of friends descended on the house in West Wickham, Kent”
“moving out of the back garden in 2008.”
“This year's LeeFest will be attended by some 2,000 revellers”
“Chagstock started with a tiny stage in Simon Ford's back garden in 2003”
“Around 50 people were there and Chagstock has since taken on a life of its own, with a 5,000 capacity this year.”
“has put £150,000 of his own money into it over the years.”
“I had a barbecue for about 30 people with a set of decks, which went quite well.”
“By the third year, about 200 people turned up,”
“The three-day event now has a 5,000 capacity”
“Friendly Fires played in 2007, Florence and the Machine and Paloma Faith appeared in 2008 and Mumford and Sons performed last year.”
“Standon Calling takes place from 6-8 August.”
“DP World, the developer of the £1.5bn London Gateway port, is planning to meet obligations under EU law by creating new habitat for wildlife.”
“Helliwell founded the motivational company UPH in 1999 with another man called John Peters, and 1991 world cup winger Mr Underwood, who gave evidence against Helliwell in the trial.”
“The court heard that the business had "dissolved in light of the publicity surrounding the case".”
“Foxconn recently promised its employees a 70% wage rise”
“Foxconn has been paying compensation equivalent to 10 years' wages to the families of suicide victims.”
“Previously most of the victims' families had received payments of more than $14,000 (£9,700) each.”
“Foxconn officials say they have evidence that in at least one case where a worker attempted suicide, he told his family they would receive a large amount in compensation if he took his own life.”
“The firm was involved in the £200m St Stephen's shopping development”
“with the loss of 34 jobs.”
“planning to close operations on 30 September.”
“The regional development company was set up in April 2008.”
“no funding towards the running of Hull Forward beyond 30 September”
“full closure expected by the end of the calendar year.”
“34 employees”
“nearly 1,000 jobs”
“£2.6m of grants”
“400 new jobs”
“The organisation charged with attracting investment to Hull is to close, with the loss of 34 jobs.”
“Yorkshire Forward and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have reluctantly confirmed that there will be no funding towards the running of Hull Forward beyond 30 September following significant public sector funding cuts across the count…”
“Hull City Council has indicated that a similar position is likely.”
“Hull Forward said it had entered into a consultation period with its 34 employees”
“In the last financial year alone we have helped to create or safeguarded nearly 1,000 jobs”
“and have been involved in securing £2.6m of grants that will put a further 400 new jobs in the pipeline for the next two years.”
“Welsh Water provides water and sanitation services to 1.2m households in Wales and parts of England.”
“there had not been a hosepipe ban or other water restrictions in Wales for 20 years.”
“Since 2001 Welsh Water has been owned by Glas Cymru, a not-for-profit company, with all profits reinvested in the business.”
“Honda has had to halt production at two of its four car assembly factories in China after another strike by workers at one of its Chinese parts facilities.”
“work had stopped on Wednesday because of industrial action at exhaust-maker Foshan Fengfu Autoparts, which it part-owns.”
“It is the second time in two weeks that its Chinese production has been hit by a walkout over pay at a local supplier.”
“The earlier strike at a gearbox plant closed all four of its China factories.”
“Honda said the walkout at the Foshan Fengfu facility, which is 70%-owned by its Chinese subsidiary Yutaka Giken, started on Monday.”
“Honda runs three of its four car assembly factories in China as joint ventures with Chinese carmakers to supply the domestic market.”
“It has two factories in association with Guangzhou Automobile and one with Dongfeng Motor Corporation.”
“Honda's fourth Chinese factory makes its Jazz small car model solely for export.”
“The Japanese firm currently makes 650,000 cars a year in China, and intends to increase this to 830,000, as the Chinese car market continues to grow strongly.”
“It is the second time in two weeks that its Chinese production has been hit by a walkout over pay at a local supplier. The earlier strike at a gearbox plant closed all four of its China factories.”
“Honda currently makes 650,000 cars a year in China, and intends to increase this to 830,000, as the Chinese car market continues to grow strongly.”
“smugglers undercut honest businesses by an estimated £11bn a year.”
“Fake shirts can cost from £9 to £30 via mail order whereas genuine ones cost between £35 and £48.”
“One recent marketing study into the 'language fluidity and cultural dexterity' of US Hispanics even suggested that it might make sense to incorporate Spanglish in mainstream television programmes watched by large numbers of Hispanic viewer…”
“The 'informal' brewing market in Africa is worth an estimated $3bn (£2.1bn) a year.”
“The resulting grog may sell for as little as 20 US cents a glass.”
“It has even partnered up with Equity Bank, Kenya's largest customer-based bank, to distribute loans to farmers at a 10% interest rate to help them grow sorghum crops.”
“At a press conference on Tuesday, BP said it had contained more than 14,800 barrels of oil from the leaking wellhead in the previous 24 hours.”
“He said he wanted to assure listeners that the fundraising campaign would continue and that Wednesday night's events in Portrush and Newcastle would go ahead as planned, despite the loss of the Lord Rank.”
“It will offer part-time MBA courses to 30 Florida-based students from September.”
“It aims to provide 600 places annually within the next three years for international business students.”
“MBS is a pioneer in international business education, with twenty years of experience and the Miami centre is testament to our continued success.”
“During the two and a half-year part-time course, students will have the opportunity to study at any of the eight other MBS overseas centres, including Shanghai, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Rio de Janeiro.”
“The jobs will replace five other senior posts.”
“construction work will start next year and take at least two years to complete.”
“no new car-making jobs”
“production at Oxford would have to shut down for up to nine months to bring in the new equipment needed for the next generation of cars”
“information sessions at the plant on Wednesday and Thursday between 1500 BST and 2000 BST”
“It is predicted there is room for up to 200 five-a-side sites in the UK.”
“Powerleague and Goals Soccer Centres have 80 sites in the UK and predict there is room for another 100.”
“Every week in the UK, about 350,000 people take part in five-a-side.”
“Last year Paisley-based Powerleague was bought by a private equity fund when the company's value stood at £80m.”
“The East Kilbride company is now valued at about £80m.”
“The LA opening brings the total number of Goals sites to 37 and if it is successful, the company has plans for 13 more in the United States.”
“In South Africa, the company hopes to open four centres in the next year.”
“We put our centres generally within a 10-minute drive time of 150,000 people - so there's quite a lot of scope within the UK to continue to grow and roll-out.”
“Goals Soccer Centres said it had been making plans for about two years.”
“We call it the Wimbledon effect where people pick up a tennis racquets for about two weeks around Wimbledon -- the same happens around the World Cup with football.”
“The LA opening brings the total number of Goals sites to 37”
“and if it is successful, the company has plans for 13 more in the United States.”
“We put our centres generally within a 10-minute drive time of 150,000 people”
“At 46, Powerleague has more UK centres”
