Government changes tack over fees
The government had shifted its position on top-up fees significantly in favour of a system of post-university payments by graduates, Charles Clarke, the education secreta...
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Derby get six-figure bail out
Derby County have been granted a loan by the Professional Footballers' Association to tide them over their short-term financial difficulties.
The six-figure sum is to c...
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Road block
Running the largest car fleet in Europe must be a challenge. But as disability motoring charity Motability today celebrates its 25th anniversary critics say there are gro...
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Fund manager slashes dividend as profits slide
Fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management today slashed its dividend as it blamed tough market conditions for a slide in profits.
The group said pre-tax profits dropped to...
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Matter of courtesy?
When a car is stolen or written off having insurance should be one of the few things that brings peace of mind. What matters to most people in the chaotic days that follo...
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British Energy's new lifeline
Taxpayers are to fork out over £2bn for nuclear clean-up costs following the government's fresh bailout of atomic power generator British Energy.
Its chairman and ...
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Retail banking head quits Abbey
The head of Abbey National's retail banking operation left the board yesterday, a day after the bank warned it would make a loss and cut its dividend for the first time s...
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?2bn boost for pensioners
Gordon Brown yesterday put the state of pensions at the heart of his strategy when he announced a £2bn spending boost for low-income pensioners that will come into e...
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The dealer, the telecoms magnate and the disappearing Stradivarius
Three years ago, the world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma accidentally left a 266-year-old cello worth $2.5m in the back of a New York taxi. Not long afterwards, a student at th...
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Clear present danger
Walk into most high street stores in the next few weeks, and you'll be bombarded with a plethora of in-store finance deals, ranging from 'interest free' credit agreements...
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