3:03pm UK, Saturday September 04, 2010 Jo Couzens, Sky News Online More than one million people are facing a £1,500 bill for not paying enough tax thanks to a blunder at HM Revenue and Customs. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website.
3:33pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010 Damien Pearse, Sky News Online Unemployment in the US is up for the third month in a row – with the loss of another 54,000 jobs. Many unemployed people are starting to hunt for jobs again The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%,from 9.5% in July, despite the creation of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, the Labor Department said.
2:21pm UK, Thursday September 02, 2010 Huw Borland, Sky News Online Royal Bank of Scotland is slicing a further 3,500 British jobs in a move a major trade union has described as a “horror story”. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website.
2:37pm UK, Wednesday September 01, 2010 Damien Pearse, Sky News Online Up to 600 jobs are being cut at life and pensions group Standard Life, it has been announced. Standard Life states it hopes to limit the number of compulsory redundancies The insurer stated around 480 jobs will go in Edinburgh and about 95 at its regional offices across the UK, with another 25 from its overseas operations.
4:13pm UK, Tuesday August 31, 2010 Mark Langford, Sky News Online Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has blamed government delays over approving a controversial runway extension for his decision to pull out of George Best Belfast City Airport. The outspoken budget airline chief executive launched a blistering attack on the Stormont authorities as he announced Ryanair would stop using the airport from October 31.
5:12pm UK, Monday August 30, 2010 Andy Winter, Sky News Online Germany’s Bundesbank has resisted calls to dismiss a member of its board who claimed that “all Jews share the same gene”. Dr Sarrazin’s book is called Germany Abolishes Itself Ahead of the launch of his book on immigration issues, Thilo Sarrazin has also stated that Muslim immigrants in Europe are unwilling or incapable of integrating into Western societies.
3:11pm UK, Saturday August 28, 2010 Alison Chung, Sky News Online Medical telephone helpline NHS Direct is to be scrapped as the new non-emergency phone number 111 is rolled out nationally. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website.
9:47pm UK, Friday August 27, 2010 Hazel Tyldesley, Sky News Online America’s top banker has stated the US Federal Reserve will have to think about making large-scale investments if the economy deteriorates further. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser.
7:59pm UK, Thursday August 26, 2010 Adam Arnold, Sky News Online Toyota is recalling 1.13 million of its Corolla vehicles in the US, in the latest in a series of quality problems at the automobile maker. The latest recall affects over a million vehicles in the US The company stated it had unconfirmed reports of three accidents and one minor injury in connection with an engine fault.
3:11pm UK, Wednesday August 25, 2010 Hazel Tyldesley, Sky News Online A global computer company that axed around 700 jobs from a factory in Scotland last year has announced it is creating 700 new positions at the same site. Local MPs stated the new jobs were a major boost for the local economy Hewlett-Packard (HP) stated it planned to establish an IT centre at its Scottish base in Erskine, Renfrewshire, which is currently home to the firm’s ...