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15th October 2008 Unemployment soars to ten-year high

Unemployment rose by 164,000 between June and August, leaving 1.79 million people out of work, according to the Office for National Statistics. The latest figures show that the unemployment rate...

Shoppers get ready for the Christmas rush amid the poor retail environment

15th October 2008 Financial crisis forces consumers to tighten belts

Sales have been down in six of the last seven months, according to the latest survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and professional services provider KPMG. The BRC-KPMG Retail Sales...

People walk across the Millennium footbridge backdropped by St Paul's Cathedral in London, Tuesday Oct.14, 2008.

14th October 2008 Inflation hits 16-year high, but 'may have peaked'

The rate of CPI inflation has jumped to 5.2%, its highest level since 1992, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics said that the rise in September was driven largely by energy...

Protesters, who are unhappy at the government bailing out banks with taxpayers' money, take part in a demonstration outside a Royal Bank of Scotland building in London, Monday October 13, 2008

13th October 2008 Rescued banks forced to up small business lending

Under a rescue deal announced this morning, three of the UK's biggest banks will be obliged to lend to small businesses at 2007 levels. The Government is injecting £37 billion of capital into...

10th October 2008 Tesco cuts petrol prices by 3p

Tesco is cutting the price of petrol by 3p, as oil prices drop to lowest level for a year. The supermarket chain is dropping the price of unleaded and diesel by 3p per litre across its 430 UK...

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