UK Planning System Changed
The UK will go through a planning overhaul today which will see laws changed on how people gain permission from their local authority before they build a new building or make any changes to an existing one. The UK government has unveiled the new plans and said that the new system will mean that they [...]
Easyjet Reduces Loss Prediction
It has been announced that the low cost airline Easyjet has had to cut its prediction for it six month losses. The company has said that the figure will be lower than it had originally thought. The low-cost airline is now predicting losses for the six months to the end of March of between £110 [...]
GlaxoSmithKline To Invest in UK
It has been announced that the drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it will be investing £500 million in the manufacturing of products in the UK. The money will go towards a new factory which will be located in Ulverston in Cumbria The investment could mean that up to 1000 jobs will be created and [...]
Wales Committed To Getting Unemployed Back to Work
It has been reported that Wales aims to put people’s jobs first in the hope that it will help to boost the local economy. Unemployment is now a problem throughout the whole of the UK and many skilled workers are finding that they have to spend time on the unemployment line before they find themselves [...]
Fiat Closes Five of its Factories
The Italian carmaker Fiat has announced that it has had to close down five of its factories as it is struggling to carry on trading during the on-going transport strikes in Italy. In Italy lorry drivers have been protesting since January as they disagree with the new taxes that have been passed on in the [...]
UK Government Announces New Scheme To Get Houses Moving Once More
It has been reported that people who are in the UK are being offered help to get them on the housing ladder, It has been hard for people to buy their own home of late especially as more and more mortgage lenders are looking to get as much deposit as they possibly can. The UK [...]
Revenue from Car Insurance Reaches Record Levels in UK
It has been reported that there has been a surge in sales of car insurance at the company Aviva, as a result the company reported a healthy increase in its profit for the last financial year Aviva is the UK’s largest insurer and has made an operating profit of £2.1 billion which is a rise [...]
Production at Bombardier Down by 27%
It has been reported that the fourth-quarter revenue at Bombardier Inc, which is a Montreal based company which owns the Belfast Plane Makers was down by 27% because of a combination of lower aircraft orders and also a shorter reporting period than the last According to the final quarter report the deliveries for the aircraft [...]
Rolls Royce To Create More Jobs
It has been reported that the engineering group Rolls-Royce has unveiled plans which outline a deal that should secure up to 300 of its workforce who are working in skilled positions within the company. The deal will see 300 jobs stay safe for people who work in the nuclear industry at a new factory in [...]
Dyson to Create 300 New Jobs
The household name that is the engineering firm Dyson has announced that it will create 300 new jobs which will increase its workforce by around 8%. The news comes after Dyson hit the £1 billion turnover mark for the first time. Dyson is known the word over for its bagless vacuum cleaner and many homes [...]
