First-Time Buyers To Get 20% Off Under Tories

Young first-time buyers will get a 20% discount on their new homes, under plans announced by the Conservatives. David Cameron has set out plans to build tens of thousands of new homes on commercial "brownfield" land, reserved for first-time buyers,...

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Vauxhall Recall: Warning Over Corsa Steering

Vauxhall has warned owners of around 3,000 models to stop driving their vehicles until they have been inspected because of a steering problem. The UK carmaker said the affected vehicles are Adam and Corsa/Corsavan models registered since May 2014,...

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Vast Food: Restaurants Urged To Cut Portions

By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Restaurants should cut portion sizes or charge more for large servings to help reduce food waste and fight obesity, experts have said. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said the...

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Wonga Profit Slumps After Disastrous Year

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Wonga saw its profits slump last year amid trading difficulties in its overseas and small business operations, underlining the task facing its new boss to improve the payday lender's performance. Sky News has learnt...

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US-Led Airstrikes Target Oil Sites In Syria

Cameron: 'We Must Tackle Islamic State Together' Updated: 12:41pm UK, Thursday 25 September 2014 Islamic State has "murderous plans" to expand and carry out terrorist atrocities across the world, David Cameron has warned. Addressing the UN General...

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Apple Loses $23bn After iOS Glitch

Almost $23bn (£14bn) has been wiped from the value of tech giant Apple, as it releases a second software patch for its troubled iPhone 6. The drop in market capitalisation on Wall Street came just hours before the tech giant released iOS 8.0.2 on Thursday...

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Apple 'Pulls Back' iOS 8 Update Due To Flaws

New iPhone Selling For Thousands In China Updated: 12:17pm UK, Tuesday 23 September 2014 Consumers in China are willing to pay as much as £2,000 to get their hands on a new iPhone 6. The latest phone from Apple is not yet available in China, despite...

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RBS Boss Hampton Confirmed As Next GSK Chair

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has confirmed Sir Philip Hampton will become its new chairman by September next year. The announcement, which confirmed an earlier story by Sky News, clarified a staged introduction to the GSK board as he remains chair of Royal...

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Plane Disasters May Cost Insurers $600m

Lloyd's Of London says the insurance industry is facing claims of up to $600m (£368m) from aviation disasters such as the loss of two Malaysia Airlines flights. The specialist insurance and reinsurance market made the revelation while reporting profits of...

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Pubs And Bars Slash Prices In VAT Cut Campaign

Thousands of pubs, bars and restaurants will slash their prices today as part of a campaign to cut VAT. Tax Equality Day - which will see 15,000 establishments reduce the price of food and drink by 7.5%, has been launched to show the benefits of cutting...

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Car Insurance: New Rules To Reduce Costs

A regulator has published new rules it hopes will boost competition to help bring down the cost of premiums in the UK's £11bn private motor insurance market. The clampdown may knock up to £20 off a typical bill under the Competition and Markets Authority's...

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Miliband: 'I Forgot To Mention The Deficit'

Ed Miliband is facing criticism after he forgot to mention the deficit during his 66-minute speech to the Labour Party conference. In his last party conference speech before the General Election, the Labour leader set out his intention to put the NHS...

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Tesco Profit Error: Could Something Be Amiss?

By Ian King, Business Presenter Even from a lesser company, three profits warnings inside a year would be startling. Coming from a blue-chip stalwart like Tesco, it is nothing short of astonishing. In issuing a profits warning on top of a profits...

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Tesco Profit Error: New Finance Boss Rushed In

Eight Headaches For Supermarket Giant Tesco Updated: 6:02pm UK, Monday 22 September 2014 A decade ago Tesco was an investor's delight, with a share price shooting up more than 70% between 2004 and 2007, and healthy dividend payments. So what went wrong?...

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Tesco Finance Chief ‘Absent For Five Months’

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The credibility of Tesco's chairman was thrown into serious doubt on Tuesday when it emerged that the company's outgoing finance director had not been to its head office since soon after resigning more than five months...

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EE Buys 58 Phones 4U Stores: '360 Jobs Saved'

Mobile phone operator EE said it would buy 58 Phones 4U outlets, saving almost 360 jobs from the collapsed retailer. The deal, made through administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers, comes after Vodafone said on Friday it would buy 140 stores. Phones 4U...

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Balls To Freeze Child Benefit To Balance Books

A child benefit freeze, a cut in politicians pay and higher tax for top earners will form part of Labour's plan to bring the deficit down, Ed Balls will say at the party's conference. The shadow chancellor will present a 1% cap on rises for the first...

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Tesco Suspends Bosses Over £250m Profit Error

Tesco Cuts Profit Forecast As Trading Slumps Updated: 2:46pm UK, Friday 29 August 2014 Tesco's share price took its biggest one-day hammering in more than two years on Friday after it slashed its profit forecast following a sales slump. The supermarket...

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Richard Branson Tops 'Most Admired' Boss Poll

Branson's Virgin To Pilot New Cruises Venture Updated: 1:16pm UK, Friday 28 February 2014 By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Sir Richard Branson is drawing up plans for a secret assault on the international cruises sector which will involve raising...

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Carphone And EE Pick Over Phones 4U Carcass

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The parent company of Carphone Warehouse and EE, the UK's biggest mobile phone network, are this weekend hammering out deals to buy scores of Phones 4U stores in a move that would save hundreds of jobs at the troubled...

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Miliband Sets Out Plan For £8 Minimum Wage

Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to raise the national minimum wage to at least £8 an hour if he becomes Prime Minister. The minimum wage is due to rise from £6.31 an hour to £6.50 on October 1, but Mr Miliband plans to add £1.50 an hour...

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