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Charity’s first bookshop opened by author
News | 23 April 2013Author Celia Bryce has opened a charitys first bookshop which will raise funds to keep a Newcastle hospice running The former nurse was on hand for the official opening of St Oswalds Hospice bookshop in Gosforths High Street It is located a few doors away from St Oswalds flagship store...More > -
BA orders 18 new Airbus A380s to replace Boeings
News | 23 April 2013British Airways has ordered 18 new Airbus A350s as part of a move to phase out a fleet of 30 Boeing aircraft over the next 10 years The order announced by BAs parent company International Airlines Group IAG allows for an option of a further 18 A350 aeroplanes As well...More > -
John Lewis in £1 billion online sales boost
News | 22 April 2013Department store chain John Lewis has announced online annual sales of 1 billion for the first time a year earlier than planned The department store division of the John Lewis Partnership said it reached the milestone having recently revealed that sales on the johnlewis com website soared 41 to 959...More > -
London night flights "must be protected": CBI
News | 22 April 2013Night flights into Londons airports must be protected to safeguard the UK economy the Confederation of British Industry CBI has claimed Responding to a Department for Transport DfT consultation the business lobby group said overnight flights played a unique role ensuring both timely movements of freight and allowing business travellers...More > -
Lufthansa staff in "completely excessive" strike
News | 22 April 2013Ground staff at Lufthansa Germanys biggest airline are staging a one day strike which prompted the company to cancel most of the days scheduled flights in advance The strike by technicians and service personnel at the airline across Germany started in the early hours Lufthansa announced on Saturday that it...More > -
Help for pubs with new code of practice
News | 22 April 2013The Government has unveiled moves to help pubs struggling to pay rent or beer prices with the aim of saving the industry thousands of pounds a year and stemming closures Ministers announced plans for a new code of practice and a powerful adjudicator following complaints about the beer tie under...More > -
Economic figures awaited
News | 22 April 2013Highly anticipated economic figures will this week reveal whether the UK managed to dodge a triple dip recession amid mounting warnings over the strength of the recovery and the latest downgrade blow Most economists are predicting the initial estimate of gross domestic product GDP on Thursday will show growth of...More > -
Retail sales suffer in snow-hit March
News | 19 April 2013Retail sales fell by more than expected last month after the second coldest March on record kept customers away In a continuation of the rollercoaster performance seen in recent times with sales rebounding 2 1 in February after a snow hit January the Office for National Statistics ONS said sales...More > -
Asda cuts fuel again
News | 19 April 2013Asda has sparked another supermarket fuel price war today by announcing reductions of up to 2p a litre on its petrol and diesel From tomorrow morning Asda customers will pay no more than 131 7p a litre for petrol and 135 7p a litre for diesel The reduction expected to...More > -
Plans for Euston redevelopment axed
News | 19 April 2013Plans to knock down and completely rebuild Britains sixth busiest railway station as part of the HS2 high speed project have been scrapped Instead Euston station in north London will be developed by keeping most of the existing platforms and improving the station around them The work will include 11...More >
