Average water bills to rise 5.7%
Water and sewerage bills in England and Wales will rise on average by 5.7% to £376 from April, with some customers paying 8.2% more.
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Ocado’s finance chief to step down
Andrew Bracey says he is to leave in April to join recruitment group Michael Page
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Solar tariffs to be cut ‘in April at the latest’
Solar feed-in tariffs will be cut in April if the Government loses its appeal over a December cut-off date.
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US stocks escape worst of eurozone crisis
S&P 500 was up 0.3% for the year, a recovery of more than 14% from October lows, although still 7.5% short of April highs
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Nikkei hits lowest level since April 2009
Japanese shares are at their lowest level since April 2009, a slump that is testament to the sentiment-sapping force of the eurozone debt crisis
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Nikkei 225 hits lowest level since April 2009
The MSCI Asia Pacific index fell to a seven-week low on increasing fears about Europe’s debt crisis
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Little cheer for workers on pay
Earnings rose at far below the level of inflation in the year to April, although the pay gap between men and women narrowed slightly.
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Below-cost alcohol ban from April
Shops and bars in England and Wales will not be able to sell drinks for less than the tax paid on them from 6 April 2012.
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New fees for tribunals from 2013
A fee for bringing an employment tribunal will be charged for the first time from April 2013, Chancellor George Osborne announces.
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Large fall in Spanish home sales
Spanish home sales declined 41% in April to June from a year earlier, government figures show.
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Perform swings to loss in post-IPO results
Costs relating to April’s listing saw the online sports media group post a first-half pre-tax loss of £2.2m in spite of strong revenue growth
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Indian GDP growth slows to 7.7%
India’s economy grew 7.7% in the three months from April to June, which was its weakest growth for six quarters, official figures show.
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Ombudsman complaints in numbers
Payment protection insurance (PPI) accounted for almost seven in 10 complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service in April, May and June.
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Danny Alexander: public sector pensions must be rebalanced
Figures leaked to The Telegraph show for the first time the precise amount per month extra that public sector workers can expect to pay into their pensions from next April.
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Pension payments to be outlined
Public service employees will learn exactly how much extra they are expected in pay in pension contributions from April.
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£3,000 a year to keep ‘gold-plated’ public sector pensions
Exclusive: figures leaked to The Telegraph show for the first time the precise amount per month extra that public sector workers can expect to pay into their pensions from next April.
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UK economy likely to have slowed
UK growth figures are expected to show the UK economy slowed between April and June, while some fear it may have contracted.
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UK economy might have contracted
UK growth figures are expected to show the UK economy slowed between April and June, while some fear it may have contracted.
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UK economy may have slowed down
UK growth figures are expected to show the UK economy slowed between April and June, while some fear it may have contracted.
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Invensys signals job cuts after failed bid
UK group is in talks with staff over cuts after it failed in April to win a bidding process for work on parts of the London Underground
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