A statement issued by the Fire Brigade Union has said that as a consequence of last minute talks breaking down between themselves and the London Fire Brigade the planned strike by London firefighters will now take place.
Last minute talks had been held on Sunday between London Fire Brigade and the [...]
Despite the housing market suffering a weak spell and unemployment continuing at a high level official figures released show that the economy in the US has experienced a growth in the July – to - September quarter of 2%.
Following the January to March period which returned a growth rate of 3.7% [...]
Being asked about the injury situation with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney the manager Sir Alex Ferguson said that it was quite possible that there could be a delay in him returning to the pitch and it could be more than three weeks before he will play again.
Rooney was said to have injured his [...]
An additional group of 10 EU countries have now added their backing to Prime Minister David Cameron’s intended proposal to seek out a limit to the intended budget requested by the EU for next year.
With major cuts being announced by the government for the UK in the recent Spending Review Mr [...]
Mortgages in the United Kingdom are continuing to decline, with net lending among British banks now progressing at one of the slowest rates seen in almost a decade. Data released on Monday by the British Bankers Association reveals that mortgage approvals – traditionally a reliable indicator of housing activity and prices for the foreseeable [...]
Official figures have been released showing that the growth of the UK economy is better than analysts had predicted and the period between July and September this year produced a 0.8% figure which compares favourably against the 0.4% marker that had been widely forecast.
This years April to June quarter had shown [...]
A statement made by the governments Business Secretary Vince Cable has said that the state pension is due to be put under review and that it may well be changed in a “very radical” way although earlier reports from newspapers that it may rise to £147 per week from it’s present level of £97 [...]
Following the government spending review announcing major cuts and the present problems associated with obtaining home loans the Bank of England have warned that next year house prices will fall.
Home buyers were already experiencing great difficulty in securing home loan finance as the banks and lending institutions tightened their acceptance [...]
After all the controversy this week over the shock decision by Wayne Rooney to leave Manchester United an announcement has been made today to confirm that the 24 year-old striker has been able to resolve all his differences with the football club and will now be staying after signing a [...]
Continued growth in sales of the Kindle e-book reader have helped the internet retailing giant Amazon to announce third-quarter profit rises of 16% and confirmed that its sales of $199 million made in the three months period to September last year had now risen to $231 million for this year.
Amazon introduced the Kindle e-book [...]
