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Regional super funds get Mandelson backing

The Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has intervened in what had become a turf war between the regions and Whitehall will lead to the Treasury signing off…

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Sugar left with a sour taste after Letts comments

Lord Sugar is threatening to sue the sketch writer and columnist Quentin Letts after Letts described Sugar as being a 'telly peer who doesn’t seem to…

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Skype could be cut off for good over dispute

Skype might have to shut down because of a dispute over the core technology used to make the internet telephone system work. EBay, which paid $2.6…

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Regional business excellence rewarded

Over 400 business leaders and guests attended The National Business Awards Regional Programme, sponsored by Orange, in London on Tuesday 14th July, to celebrate the success…

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Threshers fails to deliver for franchisees

Some franchisees of the off-licence chain Threshers are suffering a stock crisis and are furious about how its private equity-owned parent, First Quench Group, is running…

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Sir Alan Sugar to face Employment Tribunal

The 62-year-old, who was appointed the Government's Enterprise Tsar earlier this month, is embroiled in a legal battle with a senior female executive at one of…

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UK recession may have ended in March

Britain may have come out of recession more than two months ago, a leading economic think tank has suggested.

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Yasmina Siadatan wins The Apprentice

Restaurant owner Yasmina Siadatan has won a coveted job with Sir Alan Sugar in the final of The Apprentice, the reality television show in which contenders…