pounds 350m funding injection into Wales is attacked for being far too...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 3, 2008 ;     664 words ......Assembly Government to bring forward a pounds 350m funding package to inject cash into...the spending plans yesterday, said about pounds 300m would be spent between 2009 and 2011, but only about pounds 50m will be invested in the present financial...

It's your chance to Scoop a cool [pounds]5m

The Northern Echo;  November 22, 2008 ;     532 words ......pool could exceed a record- breaking [pounds]5million. Even non-racing folk are climbing...try and get a slice of the action. At [pounds]2 a line the cost soon swells, however...each of the six races for a stake of [pounds]128. That's 64 lines altogether, leg one...

Enjoy a luxury London weekend from only pounds 100.(Features)

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  November 30, 2008 ;     243 words ......four-star hotel weekend in London from just pounds 99.95 a head. And that includes rail travel...Upgrade to first class rail for a supplement of pounds 30 a head in January and February. Or it's pounds 40 per person from March 1. Take in a West...

School mishaps cost pounds 600k.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  December 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......among the compensation claims running into hundreds of thousands of pounds for accidents in schools. Of the pounds 600,000 total for schools compensation claims in Wales, around pounds 500,000 was paid out by South Wales councils in the past three...

City recession to trigger pounds 11bn tax 'black hole'

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 9, 2008 ;     305 words ......City bonuses alone falling by as much as pounds 4bn next year, according to one of Britain...City-generated taxation "black hole" of more than pounds 10bn. The CEBR believes the Government will collect around pounds 5bn less than previously-estimated in...

Old desk turns out to be [pounds]84,000 Chippendale

The Northern Echo;  November 20, 2008 ;     380 words ......unwanted relic was sold in an auction for [pounds]84,000. The mahogany desk, described as...condition, was expected to sell for about [pounds]600 at a sale in Barnard Castle. The top estimate was [pounds]800. But before it went under the hammer...

Taxpayers take stake as pounds 15bn offer is snubbed.(Business)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  November 28, 2008 ;     325 words ......of Scotland after investors snubbed its pounds 15 billion share offer, the bank said...taxpayers with a paper loss of almost pounds 2.5 billion. RBS said just 0.24% of the...bill for the remainder. Alongside this pounds 15 billion outlay, the Treasury is pumping...

Clean up when you clear out The average household is said to have pounds...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 28, 2008 ;     683 words ......householders have goods worth as much as pounds 1,000 stored in their garages, according...selling costs. If an item sells for up to pounds 30 you will have to pay a "final value...selling price; if it sells for between pounds 30 and pounds 599 you have to pay 7.5...

Cemeteries to get pounds 291,000 improvements; REPORTS FROM KIRKLEES...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  November 27, 2008 ;     266 words ...Byline: By KATIE CAMPLING News Reporter A pounds 291,000 improvement scheme for Kirklees...cemeteries around the district. A total of pounds 100,000 will be spent improving access...Slaithwaite. Cabinet members approved pounds 10,000 to be spent on new or replacement...

Grand design disaster? pounds 100,000 of taxpayers' money spent on...

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  November 27, 2008 ;     381 words ...Byline: David Williamson AT LEAST pounds 100,000 worth of taxpayers' cash has been...opened in 2006. The Assembly has paid for pounds 97,000 of repairs, with further costs...been related to problems with electrics (pounds 18,472.08) plumbing (pounds 16,814.77...

Rentokil to clean up pounds 1.1bn debt mountain

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 30, 2008 ;     355 words ......brought on board advisers to restructure its pounds 1.1bn debt pile, underlining the deepening...lending banks that is willing to replace a pounds 250m loan that matures in January 2010...longer period of time when the existing pounds 250m loan expires. A source said last...

FIVE GREAT SKI DEALS pounds

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 16, 2008 ;     213 words ......next few weeks: here are five of the best so far: WAS pounds 499 - NOW pounds 149 Online price per person for seven nights in Tignes...Hotel Terrachu, half board with wine (the price is pounds 199 per person if booked by phone). WAS pounds 515...

Tycoon forced to sell [pounds]20million home after his companies go bust

Evening Standard - London;  December 3, 2008 ;     422 words ...THIS is the [pounds]20 million Mayfair home which a real estate...bought the house in May last year for [pounds]16 million. It was at that time described...refurbished it at a reported cost of [pounds]6 million. The total floorspace is 11...

[pounds]29m rescue package to keep Britain's medal hopes on track for 2012...

Evening Standard - London;  December 2, 2008 ;     405 words ...MINISTERS today agreed a [pounds]29 million rescue package in a bid to keep Britain's medal...secured from the Treasury to reduce the funding gap from [pounds]79 million to [pounds]50 million . The cash crisis developed after funds from private...

Anger at truancy mother's [pounds]150 fine

The Northern Echo;  November 28, 2008 ;     410 words ...A WOMAN was yesterday fined [pounds]150 for failing to send her son to...estimated to have cost taxpayers more than [pounds]10,000. Linda Davison failed to turn...her in her absence. As well as the [pounds]150 fine, the 42-year-old was ordered...