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Business - Google News AFP | Government tells booming banks to get lending AFP LONDON - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told the country's banks they must use their first-half profits to start lending to businesses again, in an interview out Sunday. With top banks preparing to reveal they went back in the black during ... Storm as banks bailed out with taxpayers' billions return to profit Metro bank opens on Sunday as battle for high street hots up Britain's banks bounce back |
 The Guardian | ITV turns the corner but still needs direction for the future The Guardian Though it may seem like only yesterday City investors were calling for management scalps at ITV – as the share price plunged and advertising all but dried up– that's all changed. Now the company is being touted by analysts as a recovery story after the ... Ladbrokes set for World Cup profit After the break, ITV fights back ITV to make viewers pay for shows |
 Daily Mail | London cycle scheme: On yer bike, looking like Miss Marple The Guardian Politicians are amazing, aren't they? I saw Boris Johnson, sitting on one of his new bikes, telling some cameras: "It's clean, it's green, it's the way to get around!" He had the vim and conviction of a man in a 1950s washing powder advert. ... First London. Now the rest of Britain? "Boris bikes" for hire hit London's streets Phone fury man kicks 'Boris bike' |
 Daily Mail | Nationwide drops free use of debit cards overseas Independent From 1 November the society will levy a 2 per cent charge on transactions as well as a £1 cash-withdrawal fee when the card is used overseas. This will replace the current 1 per cent currency-conversion charge levied at present. ... Nationwide raises fees abroad Nationwide to charge for overseas transactions Nationwide to charge for card use abroad |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Tanker drivers issue jobs threat BBC News Thousands of fuel tanker drivers could take industrial action later this year unless job losses and pay cuts in the sector are halted, a union has warned. Unite has written to oil companies and supermarket chains that sell fuel claiming its members are ... Tanker men protest call Union Warns Of Fuel Driver Strike Fuel tanker drivers warn of strikes |
 Daily Mail | Bank of England to hold rates despite inflation fears Scotsman INTEREST rates are set to remain at 0.5 per cent this week despite a split among monetary policy committee members over when to tackle Britain's stubborn inflation problem. Bank of England governor Mervyn King admitted to the UK ... Interest rate rebel may get support Housing market to stay flat until 2013 Recovery to be slower than government hopes |
 Telegraph.co.uk | BA 'will be back in the black this year' as it announces £164m loss Daily Mail British Airways insisted it would return to the black this year after announcing another hefty loss in the first quarter. The flag carrier said it made a £164million loss in the three months to June 30 as unresolved cabin crew strikes and ... British Airways divides workers over pay and perks BA's Willie Walsh rounds on union as losses mount Rivals poach customers after months of strikes |
 Daily Mail | House prices 'will rise until 2014' The Press Association Doomsayers predicting a double dip in house prices "got it wrong", experts have said. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said house prices will increase around 4% this year and continue rising every year until at least the end of ... Home prices to rise by 4% a year House prices are heading up, not down, say experts UK House Price Recovery Will Continue Through 2014, CEBR Says in Report |
 Reuters UK | Yanks check in to UK banks Financial Times US veteran dealmaker Wilbur Ross, who made billions buying and selling steel businesses, was in London for the launch party of Metro Bank. Mr Ross, an investor in Metro's potential rival Virgin Money, happened to be in town and was ... Metro Bank throws open its doors Open every day, dogs welcome: the new face of high street banking Metro Bank arrives on British high street |
 The Guardian | TalkTalk to offer mobile service with Vodafone Financial Times TalkTalk is to launch mobile services later this year after agreeing a deal with Vodafone. The fixed-line telecoms group has been looking to offer mobile services since it demerged from Carphone Warehouse earlier this year. ... TalkTalk to launch its own-brand mobile services after deal with Vodafone TalkTalk ties up with Vodafone to offer mobile phone services TalkTalk to launch mobile phone service |
