Tesco to back plans for supermarket ombudsman

July 21, 2008

The UK's biggest supermarket Tesco is set to back calls for legislation to create an ombudsman if the top 10 grocers refuse to accept such authority voluntarily. Tesco's chief executive, Sir Terry Leahy and his counterparts at Asda, Sainsburys and Iceland ...

Sony Ericsson to cut jobs worldwide

July 21, 2008

Sony Ericsson, the mobile phone manufacturer has said it will axe 2,000 jobs worldwide over the next year. The company also reported losses of 2 million Euros for the second quarter of the year which is a contrast to the profit ...

Vodafone boycotted over shops commission cut on top-ups

July 19, 2008

Top-up for Vodafone pre-pay are to stop being sold temporarily by thousands of independent shopkeepers because Vodafone plan to cut their commission. In protest more than 6,300 stores have agreed to stop selling the top-ups Friday and Saturday, with Costcutter agreeing ...

Tesco’s plan to compete with Aldi

July 18, 2008

Tesco is in the process of developing a range of own brand products which will place them in even more direct competition with Aldi, the German discount store. The project, which is top secret, is due to be unveiled in the ...

Mothercare buck high street trend

July 18, 2008

As Britain's birth rate climbs to the highest levels since the early 1990's, Mothercare are feeling the boom despite the current financial climate. Chief executive of Mothercare, Ben Gordon, said that sales were rising in contrast to the downturn in other ...

Virgin Blue top shareholder leaves

July 15, 2008

The largest shareholder in Virgin Blue is to reduce its stake in the airline to reduce the risk posed by the struggling industry. Toll Holdings, a freight company, will only keep 1.7% of its 62.7% stake in Australia's second largest airline. ...

RBS suffer as Zurich pulls away from insurance sale

July 14, 2008

The Royal Bank of Scotland suffered a blow last night as Zurich Financial Services pulled their bid for RBS's insurance businesses including Direct Line and Churchill. RBS began the scale of its insurance business in March to try and raise capital ...

Petsathome Discount Codes Released

July 14, 2008

Petsathome have released the following discount codes 10% Frontline Products - DM201 10% Drontal (worming) Products - DM202 £1 off Panacur Rabbit - DM203 £1 off Strikeback Flea Killing Spray - DM204 £1 off Johnson's Flea Shampoo for dogs - DM205 www.petsathome.com ...

BT try to strike a deal to buy Ribbit

July 12, 2008

BT has entered talks to buy Ribbit, the internet phone software developer based in Silicon Valley. They hope to create a one-number web-based communication platform to rival Google and Skype in the internet phone market. Ribbit has created software that allows ...

RBS considering Australian Assets sale

July 12, 2008

The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering the sale of ABN Amro's Australian and New Zealand operations. RBS acquired Dutch bank ABN Amro last year, with a consortium for £56.7 bn. National Australia Bank has said it was in talks with ...