Stoke-On-Trent's Rundown Homes On Sale For £1

Thirty-five rundown houses are going on sale for £1 each in Stoke-on-Trent. The city council wants to sell the empty council-run buildings as part of its aim to regenerate an area of the city. A spokesman told Sky News Online that over 600 people have...

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EE Reports 'Strong Demand' For 4G Broadband

EE - which owns the Orange and T Mobile brands - has said almost 320,000 customers have signed up for its 4G services. It is the first time Britain's largest mobile network operator has given subscriber numbers since it launched its super-fast broadband...

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Twitter And Starcom In Huge Advertising Deal

Twitter has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with media and advertising giant Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) The agreement - thought to be worth up in the hundreds of millions of dollars - is the social media website's largest advertising deal to date,...

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Asda Creates 2,500 Jobs Amid Online Boom

Asda is to create 2,500 jobs this year as it shifts investment to its growing multichannel business, with stores supporting its internet and smartphone channels. The company said it would spend £700m on new and existing stores and its supply chain,...

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HSBC Cuts Over 1,100 British Jobs

HSBC has announced further redundancies in Britain as part of the bank's three-year Revival plan to cut costs. It said 3,166 positions in the UK would be affected by the cost-cutting exercise - but that just over 2,000 would be redeployed, resulting...

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Mitie Boss Joins Ranks Of Whitehall Women

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of Britain's top women bosses is to join the ranks of Whitehall non-executive directors as the Government intensifies pressure on major companies to increase their complement of female board members. I understand...

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Public Sector Borrowing Falls Slightly

The total amount of public sector net borrowing has fallen to £120.6bn over the last financial year, according to the Office for National Statistics. The figure was slightly lower than the previous tax year's £120.9bn and the independent Office for...

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Independent Scotland Could Lose The Pound

George Osborne has warned Scotland there is no guarantee it can retain the pound if it becomes independent. The Chancellor said independence would force Scotland to adopt new currency arrangements, which would be a "very deep dive into uncharted waters"....

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Apple Quarterly Profits Tipped To Tumble

It is widely predicted that Apple will report its first fall in profits for a decade later - a move that could further threaten its market value. Analysts expect a tumble of up to 18% in earnings when the company delivers its second quarter trading...

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Investors Deliver New Barclays Pay Warning

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Leading shareholders in Barclays have delivered a warning that its new management team must accelerate reform of the bank's lavish pay practices or risk a fresh public revolt on the issue. I have learnt that Aviva...

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