Taxpayers left with Pounds 40m bill to fund royals last year

The Independent - London;  June 28, 2008 ;     628 words ......inflation-busting 5 per cent last year, largely because of an increase...expensive trips abroad. This year's royal accounts show the bill for the taxpayer was 40m, up 2m on last year. Royal spending over the...racked up by Prince Charles. Accounts show that the Caribbean ...

ABC losses grow for third year running

Evening News - Scotland;  August 20, 2007 ;     173 words ......widen over its latest trading year. Accounts show the group, which has premises...of GBP 1.42 million in the year to December 31, 2006, from losses the year before of GBP 895,000, as...investment. It is the third year in a row that the firm has...

Taxpayers left with pound(s)40m bill to fund royals last year

Belfast Telegraph;  June 28, 2008 ;     627 words ...This year's royal accounts show the bill for the taxpayer...40m, up pound(s)2m on last year. Royal spending over the past...racked up by Prince Charles. Accounts show that the Caribbean cruise last year enjoyed by the Prince and...pound(s)600,000 from last year. On the ...

Zoo boss vows to pay off debts as losses reach (pounds) 5m; EXCLUSIVE:...

Evening Times;  August 21, 2003 ;     558 words ......next week, has been shedding around (pounds) 500,000 a year. But bosses today again insisted they would clear all...the Evening Times obtained the crisis-hit zoo's annual accounts and report for 2001-2002. It shows debts of (pounds) 5m - including (pounds) 4m which has to be repaid in a year - against a ...

Madonna's No.1; ([pounds sterling]26m-a-year earnings put her top of the...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 29, 2006 ;     445 words ......pounds sterling]26.6million a year, accounts show. The Guinness Book of Records...pounds sterling]20.5million a year - since 2001. The latest figures are for the 2004 financial year when Madonna completed her...grow. Early figures for this year's tour - Confessions, which...

GAA: GAA TOOK OVER pounds 10M LAST YEAR.(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  March 31, 2000 ;     239 words ......the first time ever in 1999. Audited accounts show that the GAA coffers were swelled by...pounds 0.75m, pounds 400,000 down on last year. A massive pounds 6,938,605 were taken on gate receipts during the year with each of the four All-Ireland semi-fina...

End of year report: Nigel must do better

Belfast Telegraph;  November 17, 2008 ;     456 words ...IT'S the last international of the year on Wednesday night, so no better time to...there was so much optimism entering this year. Sadly, though, we have not progressed...all, disappointing. The highlights of the year were the scoreless draw at home to the...

'Be as creative as you can to use the opportunities . . .' Welsh Woman of...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 20, 2008 ;     513 words ...Byline: Sarah Miloudi THE outgoing Welsh Woman of the Year Rhoda Emlyn-Jones has told her successor to prepare for a busy year ahead. Reflecting on her reign as 2007's Welsh Woman of the Year, the former fashion model says she has enjoyed experiences...

Upbeat Murray vows to build on 'awesome' year.(Sport)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 17, 2008 ;     589 words ......Murray is hoping to build on an awesome year after the Scot's 2008 season was brought...in-form Murray looked on course to cap the year in which he rose from world No 11 with...yesterday's final to Novak Djokovic. The year as a whole has been awesome. At the end...

Half-year shake-up drives rapsons' profits down

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  October 7, 2006 ;     225 words ...Rapsons Coaches saw its profits plunge last year and its turnover more than halved. The Inverness-based...Highland Country Buses and Orkney Coaches at the half-year stage. This saw the parent group's pre-tax profits fall to pounds76,900 in 2005 from pounds363,800 the year before. The reorganisation also ...

FED: Rudd rides out some tough times in first year

AAP General News (Australia);  November 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Rudd rides out some tough times in first year By Kate Hannon, National Political Editor...AAP - Cast your mind back to early this year when a nascent Rudd government was under...government. But at the end of his first year in office, Mr Rudd has every reason to...

Rsabi helped 754 people during year with grants and assistance

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  November 11, 2006 ;     301 words ......the work of the charity. Its latest accounts show it helped 754 people in 2006 in the...fundraising and trading pounds12,000. The accounts show that the only area in Scotland where...who continue to support the charity year-on-year." But Mr Anderson said that much work...

Oh yes, it is that time of year once again; Gordon Barr picks out a...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  November 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THIS year's pantomine at the Journal Tyne Theatre will...loves to hate. The difference is that this year Brendan will be playing their mother - Cinderella...family fun to the audiences who come to see us year after year. We are firmly entrenched in the...

Inspirational women will know tonight who'll have a hectic year as Wales'...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 21, 2008 ;     519 words ......000 guests at tonight's Western MailWelshWoman of the Year ceremony at the Cardiff International Arena. The 15th...business, plus the overall award of Welsh Woman of the Year. Last year's winner, former fashion model Rhoda Emlyn-Jones, who...

ACCOUNTS SHOW TOON CASH CRISIS.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  March 1, 2008 ;     323 words ......expert Richard Slack says the latest Newcastle United accounts show the crisis the club was facing under the previous regime...else was needed. The cash injection came and after the year-end a lot of money has been spent to clear the debt. Had...financial distress. The club made a significant loss last ...