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UK visa rules limit foreign entrepreneurs

Business founders must prove they can invest £200,000

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Booker increases sales by 3.1%

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Communisis finds new life beyond printing

Contract with Nationwide follows shift into marketing services

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FSA to consider cut-off for PPI claims

Bankers’ lobby wants to draw line under £10bn scandal

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Games Workshop loses chief executive

Revenues rise on brisk sales of toy soldiers in US

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Banks: glimmers of hope

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Snow causes widespread travel disruption

Flights cancelled and trains delayed as bad weather hits UK

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Glencore and Xstrata move deal’s deadline

Completion date shifted from end of January to March 15

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Spectris shares jump on sales boost

Improved manufacturing sector outlook also provides lift

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Algeria’s oil and gas – hostile environment

Security costs could ratchet up after terrorist attack

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OFT says ‘Tesco Law’ approvals too slow

Office of Fair Trading says delays could inhibit legal services market

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Aluminium was bad for Rio Tinto’s health

Chronic overcapacity and suspicion of banks’ price manipulation

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IGas placing for shale gas exploration

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UK retail suffers a bleak Christmas

Data show consumer spending fell between November and December

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Bovis adds to housebuilding optimism

UK builder echoes rosy sentiment of larger rivals

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Algeria in bloody raid to free hostages

Officials defend attack after reports of dozens killed in rescue attempt

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Dismissignation wins credit for Du Plessis

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Barclays eyes bonus pool to pay Libor fine

Move comes as new chief warns employees over ethics

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American hangover for AB InBev

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