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Public sector job losses to rise

Four out of 10 businesses planned redundancies in the first quarter of this year

14 Feb 2011

Ferrybridge power station emitting smoke

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UK manufacturing hits 16-year high

CIPS index rise cheers coalition government, but sector remains a modest portion of the British economy

01 Dec 2010

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Third quarter GDP growth confirmed at 0.8%

UK growth figures boosted by strong export growth

25 Nov 2010

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Lord Young quits as enterprise tsar

Gaffe on state of the economy comes after FDs give him the thumbs up

19 Nov 2010

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Ireland heading for huge bail-out

EU mission could result in bail-out loan of up to €85bn

18 Nov 2010

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Government borrows record amount for October

Public sector net borrowing rose to £10.3bn from £10.1bn a year ago

18 Nov 2010

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Bootle predicts one percent UK 2011 growth but thinks public sector cuts will be exploited

Will opportunities abound as hitherto state-served public sector markets open up?

01 Nov 2010

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CBI issues policy shopping list to Osborne and Cable

Pushing short-term growth is top of agenda, says business group

26 Oct 2010

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Q3 UK growth double expectations, says ONS

0.8 percent growth recorded to September demonstrates slow rebuilding of economy

26 Oct 2010

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Business groups react to Spending Review announcements

Taxation reform worries remain high on agenda while outsourcing companies prepare for an onslaught - of new business from the public sector, that is

20 Oct 2010

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Spending review brings Britain ‘back from the brink’

Chancellor George Osborne outlines where the axe will fall in the Comprehensive Spending Review

20 Oct 2010

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Small business hit hard by spending review

Public sector suppliers set to suffer as a result of spending review

20 Oct 2010

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490,000 public sector jobs to go in Osborne's spending review

Danny Alexander "accidentally" shows photographers extent of cuts while leafing through Wednesday's report as he left HM Treasury

19 Oct 2010

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BT cements long term IT outsourcing deal with UK government

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude gives green light to efficiency plans

15 Oct 2010

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Bernanke hints at more US fiscal stimulus

Fed chairman suggests more asset purchases, but ponders its efficacy

15 Oct 2010

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Restructuring the NHS

FDs may become the financial caregivers for groups of GP consortia, Mark Latham discovers

24 Aug 2010

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