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Cash Generator Ltd, the second-hand goods, pawnbroking and money-lending chain, has reported a near threefold rise in earnings after annual turnover shot up nearly 35 per cent to a new high of £73.6m.

BT said today that about 100,000 homes and businesses in Greater Manchester will be among the first in the UK to benefit from a £1.5bn investment in super-fast broadband.

LONDON (Reuters) - UK smaller companies will lag blue-chip peers in 2010, hamstrung by an ailing domestic economy and a weak pound, but those firms with larger foreign earnings, including miners and recruiters, are good bets to outperform.

Bupa has been charging me for two medical insurance premiums since 2003 but is refusing to give me a refund. Am I entitled to one?

DIRECT marketing and call centre business LBM saw slashed jobs as losses widened last year.The company, which is controlled by Isis Equity Partners, suffered an 18.5% slump in sales to £44.7m in the y...

THE Liverpool ONE shopping complex has been awarded the 'best practice in urban regeneration' award at the British Urban Regeneration Association awards.The award identifies the £1bn retail and leis...

Food service and dairy food packaging manufacturer Seda UK is to invest £12m in its South Wales facility over the next four years to increase capacity and create 26 new jobs.

TEES Valley technology firm Kromek has won a £12.3m cash injection which will inevitably mean more jobs for the region, it says.

The UK government has agreed to lend £80m to nuclear engineering company Sheffield Forgemasters as part of the policy of 'industrial activism' pursued by business minister Lord Mandelson