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Businessmen lied about cash they hid outside UK

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Axminster looks to administrators

More than 400 jobs in East Devon are in jeopardy

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 20, 2013

Employers less likely to shed workers

Warning as consultancy shows 3.5m people have lost jobs

Feb 17, 2013

Warning over Bristol port scheme

Business leaders oppose tidal barrage

Small Talk Feb 17, 2013

Hissing loudens over stamp duty on shares

LSE complains that it squeezes liquidity and depresses share prices

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 17, 2013

Wind farms blow life into Cammell Laird

Shipbuilder expected to post highest turnover in more than a decade

From MEDIA Feb 13, 2013

Watchdog warns on Global Radio deal

Group may have to sell some stations bought from GMG

From HEALTH Feb 11, 2013

e-Therapeutics plans to raise £40m

Biggest new investor is Aviva

Small Talk from UK COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

Iron will needed to keep Hornby on track

Toymaker’s woes include outsourcing costs and recession

From WORLD Feb 8, 2013

DNA testers latch on to scandal

Full tests cost £300 and can check for only one species

From ENERGY Feb 8, 2013

Cameroon fundraising plans hurt Victoria

Oil group seeks to ramp up production in gasfield

From FINANCIALS Feb 6, 2013

RBS pays £390m to settle Libor probe

Japanese subsidiary pleads guilty to US criminal charge

From WORLD Feb 6, 2013

Budget cuts hamper Insolvency Service

MPs say some cases of wrongdoing are escaping prosecution

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 5, 2013

Sport pitch demand fall dents Low & Bonar

Specialist materials maker’s 75% dip in full-year pre-tax profit

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 5, 2013

Ryanair offers Flybe €100m tie-up

Offer for Flybe tie-up conditional on EU backing

From TECHNOLOGY Feb 5, 2013

Hailo taxi cab app to launch in New York

Union Square leads funding round

From MANAGEMENT Feb 4, 2013

Pre-pack administration doesn’t suit all

Deals can rescue a business and jobs, but anger rivals and creditors

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 2, 2013

Daisy in talks to acquire collapsed 2e2

IT companies in ‘fairly advanced’ negotiations

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 1, 2013

Porvair soars on aircraft demand

Commercial aircraft order books stay airborne

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