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Article: The Week Unzipped: Drivers told to swerve car sale scam as GBP 3m a year loss is revealed
Scotland on Sunday;  May 31, 2009 ;     483 words ......costing motorists nearly GBP 3 million a year. Conmen cold-call consumers...sprites are paying out GBP 1.3 million less this year than last. However...bonus which is paid each year provided the saver makes...deposits of between GBP 25 and GBP 500 each...

Article: EICC MAKES GBP 3M LOSS IN BUSIEST YEAR
Evening News - Scotland;  November 3, 1999 ;     467 words ......an increase of 24,000 on the previous year - and generated nearly GBP 17 million for the Capital, up GBP 5m...funding fell from GBP 1.8m in 1997 to GBP 1.4m last year and is expected to be GBP 800,000 this year. A new accounting guideline, which says...

Article: 'Chaotic' tax credit losses hit GBP 1bn a year
The Scotsman;  February 5, 2008 ;     468 words ...MORE than GBP 1 billion a year is being lost to fraud and error...and error was still running at GBP 1 billion a year and the Department for Work and...government for computer problems. GBP 135m The amount lost every year because the government forgot...

Article: Budget 2009: Britain to sink into GBP 1 trillion debt hole next year
The Scotsman;  April 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ......announced plans to borrow GBP 175 billion this year and GBP 173 billion the next in a...plight of people earning from GBP 19,000 a year, who will lose out when National...GBP 5 billion giveaway this year followed by GBP 5 billion of tax rises from...

Article: Fraud costs GBP 330 a year for everyone in UK
The Scotsman;  March 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......save every man, woman and child GBP 330 per year. "Whereas once the average Briton...banks and insurance firms - each year. GBP 4 billion Businesses lose out on just under this figure each year. GBP 6.4 billion The public sector takes...

Article: Exclusive: Asset sales wipe out Drambuie's GBP 18.4m debt a year early
The Scotsman;  March 8, 2006 ;     518 words ......month by wiping out GBP 18.4 million of debt a year earlier than expected...planning on spending GBP 1.4m in its home market this year. The accounts show...bottom line profit of GBP 270,000 the previous year. The firm reported redundancy costs of GBP 807,000, on top...

Article: Management buyouts to reach GBP 20bn by year end
Scotland on Sunday;  December 26, 2004 ;     510 words ...MANAGEMENT buyouts will hit GBP 20bn this year - the second highest ever by...large transactions completed this year amounts to GBP 14.7bn - a rise of GBP 3.7bn...100m, Pacitti said: "At around GBP 4bn a year, this segment represents just...

Article: 'Chaotic' tax credits under fire as losses run to GBP 1bn a year
The Scotsman;  February 5, 2008 ;     616 words ...MORE than GBP 1 billion a year is being lost to fraud and error...and error was still running at GBP 1 billion a year and the Department for Work and...missing out on payments of around GBP 135 million a year from an estimated 420,000 pensioners...

Article: RBoS chief on GBP 3.44m a year
The Scotsman;  March 26, 2004 ;     330 words ......Scotland, was awarded an GBP 870,000 rise in his remuneration last year, bringing it to GBP 3.44 million, it has...000 in benefits, and GBP 1.53 million under...payout exceeded last year's record remuneration...annual profits of GBP 6.15 billion last year, and lifted its ...

Article: Abbey revamp 'will save GBP 200m a year'
Evening News - Scotland;  June 18, 2003 ;     490 words ......deliver cost savings of around GBP 200 million a year. But, in a trading statement...compared with profits of GBP 1.47 billion the year before, resulting in a dramatic...balances had been reduced from a year- end total of GBP 60bn to around GBP 33bn...

Article: BA dives towards GBP 150m full-year loss as costs soar
The Scotsman;  January 27, 2009 ;     441 words ......to report a full-year loss of GBP 150 million after...operating loss of GBP 50m, raising estimates for the year ending 31 March to a loss of GBP 150m. In a statement...half of its current year crashed more than 90 per cent to GBP 52 million after...

Article: Taylor on a shoestring Who am I going to spend the cash on? A 72-year-old who costs us GBP 2.5m
Evening Standard - London;  July 30, 1999 ;     312 words ......5m straight away and GBP 2.5m over the next...This is the third year and it has to be paid...Barnsley had one year and got just GBP 4.3m. If the same happens...are worth more than GBP 200m and last year he earned GBP 87m by selling a chunk...

Article: Cost of air travel close to GBP 1m after SNP's first year in office
Evening News - Scotland;  July 5, 2008 ;     628 words ......have notched up almost GBP 1 million of air travel in the SNP's first year of office. Figures...ministerial air trips cost GBP 13,318 between May 3 last year and April 30 this year. And civil servants took flights worth GBP 979,891 in the same...

Article: Paying the price - GBP 1.2bn a year
The Scotsman;  April 15, 2006 ;     145 words ......claims are falling short by up to GBP 1.2 billion a year, new research reveals. A study...out-of-pocket to the tune of GBP 2.72bn. Total shortfalls of GBP 6.31bn over the period equated to some GBP 1.2bn per year. The average shortfall per house insurance claim came in at GBP ...