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Dec 30 2008
Department store chain Debenhams is planning a fund-raising move in a bid to reduce debt levels, it is being reported today....
Dec 10 2008
BRITAIN'S economy shrank by 1% in the three months to November as the pace of the downturn quickened, a leading think-tank warned today....
Nov 27 2008
RETAIL group Kingfisher today said sales at its B&Q business were down nearly 9% amid the slump in consumer spending....
Nov 24 2008
THE central objective of today’s Pre-Budget Report will be to support businesses through difficult economic times, Chancellor Alastair Darling told fellow ministers in Cabinet this morning....
Nov 24 2008
THE road to economic recovery is a “long way off”, the head of the CBI warned today as new research for the business group showed the impact of the credit crunch across British industry....
Nov 24 2008
EMERGENCY talks to save Woolworths from administration were expected to continue today as a revised rescue deal was drawn up, it was reported....
Nov 13 2008
Rightmove, which last month announced it was cutting 20% of its workforce, said its agency membership was now 1,900 lower than the 12,600 peak a year ago....
Oct 30 2008
CHANCELLOR today urged the banks to use a £4bn package of support to help small and medium sized businesses through the credit crunch....
Oct 28 2008
UK BANKS could face a raft of checks and balances to avoid a repeat of the current crisis in a “fundamental rethink” of risk, the Bank of England said today....
Oct 23 2008
Property search website Rightmove said today it planned to cut staff numbers by 20% to cope with the housing market slump....
