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“Last year alone, 31,000 PAYG cards were issued and topped up but never subsequently used, even though they held £246,000 worth of travel on them”
“TfL added that the £29.85m balance on cards that have not been used for a year equates to just over a week revenue from PAYG top-ups”
“The firm, which is a not-for-profit organisation, brings in a total of £3bn in revenues annually”
“Mr Everett added that the amount left unclaimed on pre-payment cards usually amounts to 2-10% of the value issued and this amount can be built into a company's business model”
“Mr Everett added that the amount left unclaimed on pre-payment cards usually amounts to 2-10% of the value issued and this amount can be built into a company's business model.”
“Devon and Cornwall Police have been told to cut £2.8m in this financial year's budget by the government.”
“Forces across England and Wales are being asked by the Home Office to cut a total of £125m as part of government plans to cut the budget deficit.”
“Policing Minister Nick Herbert said that police were being required "to make a fair share of the savings needed" as part of planned Home Office cuts totalling £367m.”
“policing Minister Nick Herbert said that police were being required "to make a fair share of the savings needed" as part of planned Home Office cuts totalling £367m.”
“Scottish Development International (SDI) is estimated to generate £11 in boosting inward investment for every £1 spent on it by the taxpayer.”
“It also produces £7 of extra value for every £1 of spending, by helping private firms with export activities.”
“The report found that, in the four years from 2005, the agency helped create about 19,000 jobs.”
“It also assists in adding £58m to exports each year and £72m in helping exporters become more productive.”
“In fact, a significantly larger proportion of our budget over the next three years will be used to support globally competitive companies in pursuing new opportunities overseas.”
“London's main FTSE index was up 3.1%”
“France's Cac was 3.4% higher”
“the German Dax was up 3.1%”
“The euro also rose, to trade at $1.236, a rise of almost two cents on the day.”
“At the close in New York, the Dow Jones was 2.85% higher.”
“Earlier on Thursday, Japan's main market also closed with a gain - of 1.2%.”
“Reports that China was reviewing its investments in the light of the weakness in the eurozone gave markets a fright late on Wednesday. The make-up of China's estimated overseas assets of $2.5 trillion are a state secret.”
“Although most of them are in US dollars, a significant proportion - estimated at $630bn (£438bn) - are thought to be held in euros.”
“the Harbour Authority published its 2009 Annual Report which reflected an increase in turnover of £400,000 to £33.1m”
“a £300,000 rise in operating profits to £15.1m”
“Profits before taxation and exceptional item stood at £19m”
“The exceptional item relates to a £13.9m contribution towards the new Titanic Signature Building in Titanic Quarter.”
“There were a number of other capital investment projects with a total value of £24m”
“a new £6m storage facility for the agri-food sector”
“Profits before taxation and exceptional item stood at £19m.”
“exceptional item relates to a £13.9m contribution towards the new Titanic Signature Building in Titanic Quarter.”
“It is expected to cost £22m”
“Figures reveal that expected final costs have gone up by £5m, a report by the Olympic Delivery Authority said.”
“ODA chief executive David Higgins said the organisation could make the £27m of savings called for by the Government as part of the £88m of cuts announced this week to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.”
“"The ODA has worked hard to make considerable savings since the start of the project with £600 million saved to date to keep us on track."”
“ODA chief executive David Higgins said the organisation could make the £27m of savings called for by the Government as part of the £88m of cuts announced this week to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.”
“The ODA has worked hard to make considerable savings since the start of the project with £600 million saved to date to keep us on track.”
“expected final costs have gone up by £5m”
“Currently, there is £1.2bn of the contingency left with 65% of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games already completed.”
“the organisation could make the £27m of savings called for by the Government as part of the £88m of cuts announced this week to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.”
“£600 million saved to date”
“Developers have pledged about £18m to fund schools and local projects in west Northamptonshire over the past year, a council has revealed.”
“So far £700,000 has been transferred to local councils by the developers.”
“Using this approach, we have secured in excess of £30m to date, to be invested in vital infrastructure across the area.”
“Stanley Kingaipe and Charles Chookole were each awarded 10m kwacha ($2,000, £1,400) for mental and emotional anguish by a court in Livingstone.”
“£9.7m payout”
“Teletext has fined Teletext Limited £225,000 after its public teletext service licence was revoked.”
“Despite emergency measures worth 750bn euros ($975bn; £650bn) to prevent the Greek debt crisis from affecting other eurozone countries, the euro has been under intense pressure.”
“In Spain, there is 20% unemployment and they have an archaic system of a two-tier labour market.”
“We have had 10 good years for the euro - with increased investment and reduced interest rates. It has also provide a protective shield for its members during the recent crisis," he said.”
“On Monday it was announced that £200 million was being cut from university funding in England, on top of a reduction of £449m already set for next year.”
“Norway's main broadcaster NRK has spent 200 million Kroner (£21m) on the show, at the expense of the rest of its output.”
“Even so, NRK is spending £7m less than Russia did last year.”
“The organisers behind the project, which received a £11.5m lottery grant”
“The organisers behind the project, which received a £11.5m lottery grant...”
“Qinetiq announced a pre-tax profit of £85.7m for the year to March. The previous year it made a £130.2m profit. Sales were flat at £1.6bn.”
“The group also declared that it would be suspending payment of its dividend for 12 months.”
“pre‑tax profit of £85.7m for the year to March”
“previous year it made a £130.2m profit”
“Sales were flat at £1.6bn”
“suspending payment of its dividend for 12 months”
“shares in Qinetiq were up 12% at 131p in Thursday lunchtime trading”
“Qinetiq announced a pre-tax profit of £85.7m for the year to March.”
“The previous year it made a £130.2m profit.”
“Sales were flat at £1.6bn.”
“Despite this, shares in Qinetiq were up 12% at 131p in Thursday lunchtime trading.”
“The cargo-handling company, which also operates out of Hull, received a £2.5m backdated bill from the government's Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in 2008.”
“Tony Woolrich, managing director of NW Trading, which has an annual turnover of £2.5m, said that firms had no way of passing on the unforeseen cost to customers.”
“The number of loans issued to homebuyers in Scotland fell by a third in the first three months of this year.”
“The Council of Mortgage Lenders said 9,700 mortgages were issued between January and March.”
“That was a drop on the previous quarter but a 28% increase on the same period in 2009.”
“More than £1bn was lent to homebuyers in Scotland in the first three months of 2010”
“More than £1bn was lent to homebuyers in Scotland in the first three months of 2010, down from £1.6bn on the previous quarter.”
“There were 3,900 loans to first-time buyers in the first quarter, worth £326m.”
“First-time buyers accounted for 40% of all house purchases in Scotland during this time.”
“Spain's programme is intended to reduce a deficit of 11% of GDP to 6% by 2011.”
“The country moved out of recession in the first quarter of this year, with growth of 0.1%.”
“Early findings by the London Development Agency - the mayor's business wing - show the low carbon marketplace could attract between £40bn to £140bn of investment into the capital.”
“attract up to £140bn of investment”
“between £40bn to £140bn of investment”
“The project hopes to use undeveloped industrial land to attract up to £140bn of investment.”
“But Rostselmash itself received help from the Russian state at the height of the crisis in 2009, when the government gave 25bn roubles ($808m, £558m) to Rosagroleasing”
“At present, there is a flat rate of 18%, but this has only been the case for the past couple of years.”
“The latest figures show that capital gains tax brought in £7.6bn for the government in 2007 to 2008.”
“However, there is a tax-free allowance on the first £10,100 of any gains.”
“People paid 40% if they were a higher rate taxpayers and, for example, sold a rental property within three years of buying it.”
“Then, in 2008, a flat rate of 18% was introduced.”
“And some assets are exempt, such as your car, personal possessions disposed of for £6,000 or less and, usually, your main home.”
“a successful £100m rights issue in October allowed the retailer to pay off its debts.”
“'siphoned off' billions of dollars of assets in the days leading up to its bankruptcy”
“On the brink of LBHI's bankruptcy, JP Morgan leveraged its life and death power as the brokerage firm's primary clearing bank to force LBHI into a series of one-sided agreements and to siphon billions of dollars in critically needed assets…”
“Those billions of dollars in collateral rightfully belong to the Lehman estate and its creditors.”
“$8.6bn of collateral”
“four business days ahead of Lehman's collapse”
“September 2008 collapse”
“The group reported pre-tax profits of £229m for the year to March, down from the £247m it made a year earlier.”
“Sales fell slightly from £3.55bn to £3.51bn, with sales of sugars accounting for less than a third of the that.”
“Norway, which has agreed to contribute up to $1bn (£694m) to help preserve Indonesia's forests”
“Norway says that developed nations have already promised about $500m to fight deforestation in addition to $3.5bn agreed at last December's climate change summit in Copenhagen”
“The new site will complement the £13m Ty Gwyn Special School and Respite Care Centre, also based in the capital, which will open in September.”
“So far, £9m has been spent preparing for the changes.”
