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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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 ...

Price of new house in the Highlands up GBP 50,000 in two years

The Scotsman;  September 12, 2007 ;     505 words ......in the region reached GBP 103,000 in 2004 and last year was GBP 136,000. This compared...across the Highlands last year was GBP 175,000, a rise of GBP...survey shows that last year about 50 per cent of houses costing GBP 250,000 and more were...

'I can't possibly be supporting a mistress on GBP 100K a year' George...

Evening Standard - London;  June 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......company. My salary varies year on year but is about GBP 100,000 on average. That's the...bit now. Council tax comes to GBP 1,100 a year. Our son, Bertie, was one this...possibly be supporting a mistress on GBP 100K a year. WHAT GEORGE SPENT Monday Towels...

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...

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 ...

Forth Ports sees its profit sink to GBP 55m: City-based firm sites...

Evening News - Scotland;  March 19, 2007 ;     499 words ......that its latest full-year pre-tax profit had...by five per cent to GBP 55.6 million in what had been a "challenging year". The company, which...revenues lifted to GBP 153.6m, from GBP 151.5m Since the start of the current year, Forth Ports chief...second half of the year. The ...

Rangers turn last year's GBP 6m profit into GBP 1.5m loss after Euro...

The Scotsman;  February 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......compares to a profit of over GBP 6million posted by the club a year ago. Just as last year...annual royalty payment of GBP 3million in each year of the licence. "The current...same period in previous year appear in brackets): LOSS: GBP 1.5m (GBP 6m profit) TURNOVER...

Scotland's GBP 18m of fraud last year 'just tip of the iceberg'

The Scotsman;  January 30, 2006 ;     677 words ......could be losing as much as GBP 1 billion a year to fraud - but only a fraction...the UK economy at least GBP 14 billion every year - equivalent to GBP 230 for every person in...included a clerk on less than GBP 20,000 a year who funded a lavish lifestyle...

Anger greets GBP 12.6bn record year for City bonuses despite crisis

Scotland on Sunday;  May 25, 2008 ;     377 words ......scooped record bonuses totalling GBP 12.6bn so far this year, despite the international financial...Statistics' wage figures reveal the GBP 12.6bn in payments during the first quarter of this year alone. Previous bonus "seasons" yielded GBP 12.1bn last year and GBP 9.7bn in ...