Archive for April 7th, 2010

AA staff vote for industrial action

Workers at motoring group AA have voted in favour of going on strike in a row over pensions.
The AA’s management wants to put a cap on annual rises in pensionable salaries, to raise employee contributions and also to cut the maximum annual increase in pensions paid.
The final-salary scheme is already closed to new [...]

AA staff vote for industrial action

Workers at motoring group AA have voted in favour of going on strike in a row over pensions.
The AA’s management wants to put a cap on annual rises in pensionable salaries, to raise employee contributions and also to cut the maximum annual increase in pensions paid.
The final-salary scheme is already closed to new [...]

Heritage Oil drops most in London

Most equities markets in Europe were lower Wednesday, pulled down by declines in the energy and mining sectors after prices for crude oil and base metals declined after days of gains.
The FSTE 100 fell 0.32 percent to 5,762.06 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 0.13 percent to 10,420.12.
Energy shares were the biggest decliners on [...]

UK economy to surge ahead in Q2

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has today said the UK economy will outperform its G7 rivals in the second quarter of 2010.
The forecast comes despite the UK economy lagging behind other major economies and being one of the last to emerge from recession – in the fourth quarter of 2009.
However, the OECD [...]

UK economy to surge ahead in Q2

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has today said the UK economy will outperform its G7 rivals in the second quarter of 2010.
The forecast comes despite the UK economy lagging behind other major economies and being one of the last to emerge from recession – in the fourth quarter of 2009.
However, the OECD [...]