Settlement for sacked train driver
A train driver who claimed she was sacked for her union activities today accepted a £16,000 payment in settlement of her case.
Sarah Friday, 35, will not be reinst...
|
|
It was only a typo, but it meant ?1,000 more to pay
I borrowed £10,000 from Lombard North Central in May 1995 at a variable rate of 1.31 per cent a month for about five years. Last December, I was given a settlement f...
|
|
Big cut in legal aid work for QCs
Criminal defence QCs face a substantial drop in their workload under new rules which could oblige them to do some work at half their usual rates or go idle.
The lord ch...
|
|
Banks block Rover rescue
The eleventh hour rescue bid for Rover proposed by John Towers's Phoenix consortium is being frustrated by the refusal of any British high street bank to grant a £20...
|
|
Great idea, shame about the rules
Payment by results: everyone from teachers to football players is having to live with this kind of market discipline. So it is sensible, isn't it, that fund managers, who...
|
|
Stakeholder plan looks increasingly shaky for lower earners
The government is to spend £5m of taxpayers' cash to publicise stakeholder pensions amid growing fears that the new retirement pay scheme - due to start in April 200...
|
|
Europe rethinks strategy
The outcome of Britain's auction of third generation mobile phone licences has set alarm bells ringing across Europe. A number of countries are already planning how to al...
|
|
The student finance guide
After the initial excitement of getting your A-level results and gaining entry to university or college, you'll need to start thinking about your money.
Government grant...
|
|
Slovak leader held
Vladimir Meciar, the controversial former prime minister of Slovakia, was arrested yesterday and charged with abuse of power and fraud during his period in office in the ...
|
|
New deal for parents
Mothers and fathers of children under five will be offered state payments of up to £150 a week to take parental leave under government proposals designed to make Bri...
|
|
Healthcare - RNs & Nurse Management 
