Article: Debate: Is it time we scrapped bank holidays? Next weekend will prompt the perennial argument over whether public holidays are still relevant in modern Britain. Some say we already have too many days off, while for many workers they're only too welcome

Dictionary definition: bank holidays
A Dictionary of Law;      311 words ...bank holidays Days that are declared holidays for the clearing banks and are ... under this Act. In England and Wales there are currently eight bank holidays a year: New Year's Day (or, if that is a Saturday or Sunday, the following ...

Article: Dec.31, Jan.3 to Be 'Y2K Bank Holidays'.
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 14, 1999 ;     655 words ... ... to designate two additional bank holidays to prepare for potential Y2K ... year's first working day Y2K bank holidays. Following a discussion with ... additional days will be added to the New Year's bank holidays. Most local banks are willing ...

Article: Don't bank on it. (bank holidays) (Editorial)
The Economist (US);  December 25, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... replaced them as bank holidays with December 27th and 28th. Because New Year's Day is a Saturday ... intensity of their new year celebrations ... disadvantages of bank holidays for those who do ... seek to harmonize bank holidays in all member countries ... of the ...

Article: WHY BANK HOLIDAYS ARE NOT WHAT THEY WERE.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  April 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... And when it got colder, bank holidays got bigger, with Boxing Day and New Year's Day hosting a rush ... meetings on the six principal bank holidays in 2003, the number had ... was torn up and three bank holidays dropped. "Getting rid ...

Article: Fury as rubbish left on streets; BANK HOLIDAYS ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  January 12, 2000 ;     513 words ... ... rubbish from Christmas and the New Year. "Virtually everybody ... to catch up after recent bank holidays. He said: "We have had ... Tuesday after Christmas were bank holidays and there was a bank holiday after New Year the wagons have had to catch ...

Article: In multicultural Wales, is it right that bank ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... country. Yet the country's bank holidays do not reflect this diversity. Out of the eight bank holidays recognised in Wales, four ... Day). The others - on New Year's Day, the two May bank holidays, and the summer bank holiday ...

Article: Wirral trebles waste recycling; New system on track but faces ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  May 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... face a stern test with the two bank holidays this month and some still grumbling ... their bins to be collected on bank holidays, which we now do except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, as well as better recycling ...