Bank Seven-Day Switch Scheme May Fall Flat

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent The Government wants banks to work harder to win your business and is backing an initiative to allow customers to swap current accounts within seven working days. But exclusive research...

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Vince Cable Calls For Minimum Wage Increase

Business Secretary Vince Cable is pressing for an increase in the minimum wage amid concerns that many lower-paid workers are still not benefiting from the burgeoning economic recovery. Speaking before the Liberal Democrat party conference in Glasgow...

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Sports Direct Enters Market's Premier League

Sports Direct and the bottling company, the Coca-Cola HBC has joined the FTSE 100. In its quarterly review, the London Stock Exchange revealed the companies that were promoted and relegated from the premier league of the London share market.  ...

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Royal Mail Secures £1.4bn Debt Deal

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Royal Mail has lined up borrowing facilities totalling £1.4bn to smooth a historic privatisation deal that is expected to be launched by Government ministers on Thursday. Sky News can exclusively reveal that the state-owned...

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OFT Verdict Paves Way For Osborne Banks Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Competition regulators are expected to deliver a massive boost to George Osborne on Wednesday when they rule that branch disposals by Britain's two big state-backed banks are broadly sufficient to enhance competition....

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HS2 Rail Link 'Will Boost Economy By £15bn'

The HS2 high-speed rail project will boost the UK economy by £15bn and will be completed within its £42.6bn budget, the Government is to claim. New research shows the proposed link between London and cities in the Midlands and northern England will...

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Royal Mail Sale: Thursday Delivery Target

Some of the City's most prominent fund managers are lining up to back the £3bn privatisation of Royal Mail as ministers target Thursday morning to press the button on the historic sell-off. Sky News understands that Lansdowne Partners and Standard Life...

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Jaguar Land Rover To Create 1,700 New Jobs

Jaguar Land Rover has announced 1,700 new jobs are to be created at its Solihull factory as part of a £1.5bn investment in new technology. The money will be used to develop an innovative aluminium chassis for future models. The news was revealed by...

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TSB Makes Return To The High Street

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent The Trustee Savings Banks, or TSB, reopens on the high street as a stand-alone banking brand today for the first time since its 1995 merger with Lloyds Bank. The Lloyds Banking Group must...

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Osborne: 'UK Economy Is Turning A Corner'

George Osborne will say the UK economy is "turning a corner" and that his austerity programme "is working" in a speech later today. The Chancellor will argue that a run of strong figures suggests the Government has won the economic argument over his...

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