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Lets go to it. Prime Minister Gordon Brown Announces UK General Election on May 6th 2010

Gordon Brown has returned from his visit to Buckingham Palace where he asked the Queen to dissolve parliament on 12 April ahead of the General Election to be held on May 6th.

National Freelancers Day website goes live

The Professional Contractors Group’s (PCG) dedicated National Freelancers Day website is now live and visitors to www.nationalfreelancersday.org.uk can find out more about the special Day which PCG has been organised in a drive to encourage everyone to acknowledge all freelancers, consultants and contractors and the contribution they make to the UK economy.
National Freelancers Day will [...]

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  • WBNews: Future bank bailouts? 02 Sep 10 September 2, 2010
    The head of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke says banks must never again be allowed to become "too big to fail". Appearing before a US Congressional inquiry Mr Bernanke said new financial reforms would make government bailouts less likely in future. However, Doug Elliott, of the Brookings Institution think tank says there will always be times w […]

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  • InBiz: Hidden Depths: 02 Sept 10 September 2, 2010
    London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a plane. Peter Day reports from his workshop in California, where he wonders why space exploration makes decades of headlines while it is so hard to get backers for deep sea travel into a world no-one has ever seen. Producer: Sandra Kanthal E […]
  • GlobalBiz: Developing the Developing World : 31 Aug 10 August 31, 2010
    Peter Day brings together senior staff working in development agencies that have engaged, or attempted to engage, directly with social entrepreneurs working in emerging markets. He asks to what degree have these respective agencies facilitated the work of innovative social change agents working directly with the poor? And what can be done to enhance the imp […]

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  • MoneyBox: Bank merger IT 28 Aug 10 August 28, 2010
    Former Alliance and Leicester customers experience problems as their accounts transfer to Santander's IT system. Plus: websites charging for free services and taking out money abroad.