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“BA has said it plans to fly more than three‑quarters of customers who booked flights during the current strike period”
“Last week, the airline announced that the number of passengers it carried in May fell by 14.2% from a year ago, partly due to the strikes”
“BA carried a total of 2.37 million passengers in May, down from 2.76 million a year earlier”
“This is a major investor, it would create over 1000 jobs in Northern Ireland and the message going out is that Northern Ireland is closed for business.”
“The trading association argue that the department store along with 19 other stores would increase out-of-town shopping.”
“Up to 2,000 jobs were to be created, including around 700 at the first John Lewis store in Ireland.”
“Scotland had one of the lowest rates of business start-ups of the 20 countries Scotland's low rate of business start-ups has worsened with the recession, according to new research.”
“Of 20 similar countries, only Belgium and Japan had lower entrepreneurial activity during the last 11 surveys.”
“For Scotland, this declined by 18% between 2008 and 2009, leaving it at 3.6%.”
“The UK rate for last year was 5.8%.”
“more than two-thirds of those with businesses at an early stage of formation said it was tougher-going during 2009 than the previous year.”
“The proportion of people intending to start up a business has been lower than the figure for the whole UK since 2004.”
“And the number who believe there are good opportunities for those who set up in business fell, with the recession, from 33% to 20% last year.”
“comparable countries across Scandinavia have 40% of people seeing opportunity for entrepreneurs.”
“Scotland has a particularly low level of investment funding in friends' and families' businesses: a third of the UK rate and a tenth of the rate in Scandinavian countries.”
“in Scotland where 77% of Scots do not have a family business background”
“Scotland faces a triple economic tsunami - reduced government spending, declining entrepreneurial activity and markedly increased unemployment particularly in the Neet (not in employment, education or training) category.”
“My sales are down at least 10% already. And it will get worse.”
“It's already an economic disaster," he says. "My clients have been getting cancellations left right and centre.”
“Every year 80 million people make their way to the beaches and theme parks of the Sunshine State. It generates $60bn annually, and provides employment for millions of people.”
“BP has sent 380 people out there with rakes and shovels. That's prehistoric”
“a truck might get stopped a hundred times on a long route.”
“One estimate made by an organisation called Trade Hub, says a journey that would take five days in the US - say between Chicago and Newark - would take two to three weeks in West Africa, and cost $4,800 compared with $650 in the US.”
“This is even more remarkable when you realise that labour costs in the US are 25 times higher.”
“One journey which did have between 15-20 road blocks has been reduced to four or five,”
“Most of Mr Ismail's buses are 15-20 years old.”
“which the council estimates is worth £15m to the local economy every year.”
“plans for 200 homes on an old army camp.”
“£50m scheme near Crickhowell.”
“The county council made a case for the allocation of a sum of money, just under £2m for planning obligations, to mitigate the effects of this large development and the impact it will have on some of the council's vital services. The develo…”
“If we've only got 80 or 90 houses within the village - and it's a scattered village, it doesn't have a heart or a centre - then 200 extra houses would just swamp us.”
“the scheme is in three phases and it is envisaged that there will be 20 affordable houses per phase so the provision is spread across the seven to ten-year development period.”
“129 new homes were needed in the Crickhowell and surrounding area up to 2014.”
“won 16 out of 27 awards”
“The Ernst & Young Scottish Item Club has predicted growth of 0.8%, 0.2% lower than the UK estimate.”
“It also said 30,000 public sector job cuts in the next four years would hamper economic performance.”
“According to the report, the volume of Scottish manufactured exports has fallen by 30% in the past decade.”
“Exports now account for about 20% of Scotland's GDP, compared with about 30% for the rest of the UK.”
“The public sector plays a larger part in the Scottish economy, contributing more than 30% to GDP growth over the past 10 years, compared with 20% in the rest of the UK.”
“overall unemployment would peak at 225,000 this year before dropping back in 2011.”
“BP says it has spent more than $1bn so far on clean-up and containment efforts since the Deepwater horizon rig exploded and sank in April with the loss of 11 workers.”
“But BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said he was confident the cap would work and capture up to 90% the spill.”
“The oil company... has been coming under fire for spending a reported $50m on TV advertising to improve its image while the crisis was still going on.”
“The annual weekend of racing is estimated to be worth about £2.5m to the local economy.”
“up to 10,000 people”
“over the past five years”
“He was one of the few photographers to shoot two Pirelli calendars and was famously bad-tempered.”
“The TUC says a third of those on work placements and internships are unpaid.”
“One in five businesses are expected to offer work placements and internships this summer, but many - especially in areas like the arts and media - will not pay those employed even though they do productive work.”
“Graduate Laurie Walmsley told the BBC he had worked unpaid for a year: "I did four internships in a year. I worked for a couple of charities, I worked for a broadcaster and I worked here at Parliament."”
“In fact, one of the internships cost me £400 just to cover my own transport and food costs.”
“British Airways says it plans to fly more than three‑quarters of customers who booked flights - which amounts to 65,000 people a day over the strike period.”
“These departures will be part of the 80% of long-haul flights it aims to operate from Heathrow next week, up from 70% during the previous walkout, which ended on Wednesday.”
“It also expects to run 60% of short-haul services from the airport, up from 55% during the previous five-day stoppage.”
“Earlier this week, it emerged that the number of passengers British Airways carried in May fell by 14.2% from a year ago, as the strikes hit the airline.”
“BA carried a total of 2.37 million passengers in May, down from 2.76 million a year earlier.”
“Revenue passenger kilometres, a measure of how many full seats flew, were down 11.5%.”
“Meanwhile, Unite has announced it will increase strike pay, with its members now receiving £45 a day, up from £30 in previous strikes.”
“It is also considering offering interest‑free loans of £1,000 for hardship cases.”
“41% of parents deliberately lie when filling out policy applications.”
“41% of parents were actually fronting policies at the moment”
“61% would do so in the future”
“the cheapest was £4,000”
“Yes, £4,000 is an awful lot of money but it accurately reflects the risk posed by young drivers," said Ashton West”
“That could be hundreds of thousands of pounds, and those consequences could stick with you for the rest of your life.”
“Within the space of 15 minutes, we spoke to three parents who told us they would be perfectly happy to put themselves as the main driver on a policy, even when it was not true.”
“just three such vehicles at Heathrow”
“would have taken seven hours and cost £1,000”
“proposed 500,000 sq ft retail expansion at Sprucefield near Lisburn”
“The owners of the retail centre have been trying to get approval for the store since 2004”
“what has become the third application for the John Lewis store at Sprucefield”
“Up to 2,000 jobs were to be created, including around 700 at the first John Lewis store in Ireland”
“Zamfara State had recently employed a Chinese company to mine gold in the area, adds our correspondent.”
“His practice footballs cost £5 and match balls retail for £15. By comparison, the Jabulani costs more than £60.”
“"It is a big success. Investors have shown great enthusiasm,"”
“ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal announced his company planned to invest billions of dollars in a steel and power plant in Karnataka.”
“Agreements worth billions of dollars were also signed during a similar event in 2000, but actual investments turned out to be much lower than the amounts pledged.”
“He said offers of investments had poured in for projects in the biotechnology, information technology, aerospace, steel, power and tourism sectors.”
“Agreements worth billions of dollars were also signed during a similar event in 2000,”
“Food giant Kraft announced last month it was to leave, affecting 500 jobs.”
“And Chelsea Building Society is going in a merger with the York society with 65 jobs at risk.”
“A task force has been set up to promote Cheltenham's business sector after two major firms decided to pull their headquarters out of the town.”
“He was fined £20,000 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and ordered to pay £6,146 in costs.”
“Since the incident on 29 June 2009, the company has installed fixed guards around the machine.”
“The man, who was 15 days into his new job”
“A 24-year-old man”
“his right foot became caught in 48 razor-sharp revolving blades”
“BP said it would pay for the construction of six sand barriers - or berms - off the coast of the US state of Louisiana.”
“BP says it could take 48 hours to know if the system is working.”
“He said it could take 48 hours before the system was optimised and a determination made on whether it had succeeded.”
“BP had previously made a number of unsuccessful efforts to halt the leak and accepts it may not be fully contained until relief wells now being drilled become ready in August.”
“Bolton Council, which employs about 12,000 people,”
“She said the authority was planning 'efficiency savings' of between 30% and 40% over the next five years.”
“Bolton Council, which employs about 12,000 people, said it was anticipating a 'significant' reduction in the grants it received from central government.”
“in a £160m deal”
“Virgin's four million TV customers”
“6.4% share”
“25% less”
“Manx Telecom reported annual revenues of £69m in 2009”
“Manx Telecom employs 300 people”
