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“In a letter to Northern Ireland's 26 councils, Mr Poots said he was asking them to fund the £118m cost of amalgamating them into 11 larger areas.”
“The cost of merging the councils is believed to be around £118m, with another £20m for the expense of converging rates bills.”
“The Review of Public Administration, which also includes reforms to the health and education sectors, was meant to save the Executive more than £400m over the next 25 years.”
“The Greek government has promised to repay 5.6bn euros that it owes to medical companies for hospital equipment and drugs.”
“A spokesman for Novo Nordisk, which is owed 24.4m euros by Greece, said that the debt issue was unrelated to the decision not to lower prices.”
“an industry which generates £4bn a year for the economy”
“the chancellor is abandoning a reduction in the threshold for the tax on savings and investments from £10,000 to £2,500.”
“Mr Osborne is also, says the paper, privately ruling out a 50% top rate.”
“Mr Laws is a former city banker who only entered politics in 2001, but he rapidly rose to prominence and it was him who listed £6.2bn of cuts under the coalition's initial attack on 'wasteful spending'.”
“it was him who listed £6.2bn of cuts under the coalition's initial attack on 'wasteful spending'.”
“BA says the strike has cost it about £85m - an average of £6m for each of the 15 strike days so far.”
“It also made £56,000 in hardship payments to those in financial need.”
“It is no coincidence that as financial belts are tightened we awarded more than £56,000 in grants to people from this sector who were in desperate financial need.”
“he would pay back the £40,000 he claimed.”
“Latvia has been hit badly by recession. Its economy shrank by 18% in 2009 and it has Europe's highest unemployment.”
“the Daily Telegraph said totalled £40,000.”
“he claimed up to £950 a month for eight years to rent a room in two properties owned by his partner, James Lundie.”
“The cash - an equivalent of £22,600 - will only be returned if the woman can provide proof to a court that the money came from a legitimate source.”
“The first two years have seen over $400m (£274m) worth of produce traded”
“Mr Lundie had gained more than £40,000 in rent”
“ordering a 25% price cut in all medicines.”
“Novo Nordisk claims it is owed $36m (£24.9m) dollars by the Greek state.”
“academy status brings a cash uplift of 10% or more”
“For a large secondary school that could be £400,000 a year”
“Fitch cut Spain's rating from the maximum AAA to AA+.”
“But the market's collapse has now left lenders with debts worth 445bn euros ($550bn; £380bn), according to Goldman Sachs.”
“Investor concerns that Spain could face a Greek-style debt crisis have prompted the government to approve a tough and unpopular 15bn-euro ($18.4bn; £13bn) austerity package to shore up its public finances.”
“The government wants to cut its public deficit to 3% of GDP by 2013 from 11.2% last year.”
“Instead of her normal monthly charge of about £20 she was told her bill for that month would be almost £1500.”
“even the lower credit limit was £550”
“a typical credit limit on one of its contracts is £100”
“with a flotation it hopes will raise up to $800m (£554m).”
“For the 12 to have taken place in 2010, shares have fallen by an average of 5% according to figures by Renaissance Capital.”
“In the year to the end of January, its profits rose to $312m from $218m a year earlier, despite its sales falling slightly.”
“£325m in savings the department will make as part of an overall £6bn in cuts.”
“The move is part of the £325m in savings the department will make as part of an overall £6bn in cuts.”
“CNPA said the recession and banking crisis had led to changes in borrowing that made it harder for crofters to get a mortgage.”
“Mortgages are much less available, lenders are more risk averse and there is a much greater onus on the borrower to ensure funds are secure before embarking on a project.”
“We have suggested to lenders the implementation of a 'cascade' mechanism which would allow the property to be sold to steadily widening categories of people until it could be sold on the open market at 20 weeks if no purchaser had been fou…”
“Cort's clients' accounts were missing £650,000, the court heard”
“who needed the £1.5m business protection pay-out to pay off debts run up to fund his 'extravagant lifestyle'”
“John Oates, from Leicester, had £150,000 taken by Cort after the sale of his mother's house”
“The MHRA's investigation found Green made £13,200 from the sale of the pills.”
“More time has been given for 55,000 people to complain about being mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).”
“They now have five months more to complain, until 27 October 2010.”
“The temporary rule benefits those whose complaints were first rejected between 28 November 2009 and 28 April 2010.”
“The FOS reported recently that they accounted for 30% of all the new complaints it dealt with in 2009-10.”
“In September 2009, the FSA decided to get tough, ordering banks and other sellers of PPI to reopen previously rejected complaints about mis-selling of the insurance, which it now thinks could number about 500,000.”
“The regulator still hopes to have a new set of industry rules in place by the end of this summer.”
“I am very shocked that Brazil and China spend their reserves - $245bn and $500bn respectively - financing the US deficit.”
“As a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I remember prospects were bleak as unemployment soared to record levels...”
“During the trial, the court heard that debt-ridden Cort "lived a life he simply could not afford" and had spiralled into £171,000 of debt.”
“Cort's clients' accounts were missing £650,000”
“An investigator said there were £1.4m of "questionable" transactions, including the £650,000.”
“Barclays has announced it will be the £25m sponsor of the Mayor of London's bicycle hire scheme.”
“The project, renamed Barclays Cycle Hire, will install 6,000 bikes at about 400 docking stations across zone one from 30 July.”
“The new deal will also introduce 12 new cycle "superhighways".”
“Two pilot cycle lanes, from Merton to the City and from Barking to Tower Gateway, launch on 19 July with the remaining promised for the end of 2015.”
“People will be able to access the bikes 24 hours a day from docking stations in nine boroughs and several Royal Parks in central London.”
“The mayor also announced 45 roadshows across the the capital to show Londoners how to register and pay for the system.”
“Fifty of the Barclays-branded bicycles were also delivered to the nine boroughs that the scheme will operate in, following the announcement.”
“has forced Close Premium Finance to repay him £502, including interest and costs.”
“Close had charged him an extra £30, on eight occasions, when he failed to make his regular repayments to the firm.”
“Between 2002 and 2008 Mr Parry borrowed between £2,000 and £3,000 a year from Close to pay his annual vehicle insurance premiums.”
“In 2007 Close offered to repay half the £240 fees as a gesture of goodwill, but he turned this down.”
“A court in Liverpool has forced Close Premium Finance to repay him £502, including interest and costs.”
“The £5m building will be the new home of the Little Plumstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School.”
“Funding for the school came from the former Department for Children, Schools and Families and Norfolk County Council.”
“Meanwhile Ed Miliband has backed demands for a "living wage" of more than £7 an hour.”
“Meanwhile Ed Miliband has backed demands for a 'living wage' of more than £7 an hour.”
“A £1.9m building providing respite care for adults with learning disabilities has officially opened in Suffolk.”
“cut in debt from £543.3m a year ago to £520.9m for the January to March period.”
“net assets of £794.9m and a cash balance of £95.9m.”
“year‑on‑year revenues were up 13.5% from £193.3m to £219.3m.”
“losses for the quarter were up from £5.87m to £65.94m, mostly relating to various financing charges and costs.”
“debts at the club's parent company Red Football Joint Venture increased to £716.5m.”
“launched a seven year £538m bond”
“In a joint statement, the firms said they were in "advanced discussions" after Travis Perkins made an indicative offer that valued BSS at £553m.”
“Shares in BSS Group soared 34.5% to 437p while Travis Perkins shares were also up 6/1% to 790.5p in Friday trading.”
“If Travis Perkins succeeds at this level, we would view it as a very positive move for them.”
“The £1m reduction for Cumbria Police represents 1% of its budget.”
“Forces in England and Wales have been told by the Home Office to make reductions totalling £125m to help tackle the national deficit.”
“One million pounds sounds like an awful lot of money. But to put it into context it is 1% of our budget, and there are many businesses and families around the county and the country having to make similar savings.”
“One million pounds sounds like an awful lot of money. But to put it into context it is 1% of our budget...”
“Wales' four police authorities have been told they will have their budgets cut by a total of £6.4m this year.”
“The move was signalled by Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert as part of a UK-wide cut of £125m in funding for forces.”
“South Wales Police face cuts of £2.8m, North Wales Police £1.4m, Gwent Police £1.3m and Dyfed-Powys Police £900,000.”
“Pre-tax profits came in at £32m for the year, after two years of losses during the downturn.”
“Tata Motors bought Jaguar and Land Rover from US group Ford for £1.15bn in 2008.”
“Pre-tax profits came in at £32m for the year”
“The States agreed to set aside £10m over a total of five years, but so far only £2.2m has been paid into it.”
“The Belfast Telegraph says just £50,000 has been saved by the controversial decision to shut down 10 Belfast libraries.”
“He sued his parents over mismanagement, which won him a $1.3m (£900,000) settlement in 1993, only to file for bankruptcy six years later.”
“It said it was lowering the amount of cash which individuals can send to North Korea without declaring it from 10m yen ($110,000; £76,000) to 3m yen.”
“foreign exchange movements had cost it $5m so far this year.”
“Shares in 888 closed down 20.8% at 53.25p on Friday.”
“A new £1.4m arts facility is to be built in Lincolnshire.”
“Martin Connor, head teacher of North Kesteven School, said a lot of the development's funding came from money already allocated to the school through Devolved Formula Capital.”
“Durham Police has described its £1.3m cut as 'a blow' and said it would be hard to make further reductions.”
“We've been very austere for several years and have probably saved about £10m to address needs. But now, all of a sudden, and not too long into the new financial year we've been requested to find another £1.3m which is going to be very diff…”
