Friday, 27th May 2011

Ariba, a leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions announced the expansion of its partnership with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), providing organisations with invaluable data, enabling faster, safer business decisions. In today's globally connected, but sometimes less than stable business environment, success comes from knowing as much as possible, as early as possible. Partnering with D&B, the trusted source of commercial insight for more than 170 years, provides just that.

Thursday, 3rd February 2011

The UK economy bounced back from its pre-Christmas slump last month, easing fears of a double-dip recession. Britain's huge services sector expanded at its fastest rate in eight months as it recovered from a dismal December, according to an influential report published yesterday. It followed news of a record-breaking start to 2011 for manufacturers and steady growth in construction after New Year.

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Monday, 31st January 2011

About 175,000 people earning £40,000 a year will see their marginal rate of tax more than double from 30 per cent to 70 per cent from April 6 because of complex changes to the tax system, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). At the same time, a reduction in the point at which higher rate tax is imposed will require an extra 750,000 people to pay 40 per cent income tax – and the IFS predicts that one in five could suffer higher rate tax by the time of the next General Election.

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Monday, 31st January 2011

Four out of 10 Britons are unaware that the cheque guarantee system will be closing this year, a survey indicated today. Around 39% of people did not know that after June 30, they would no longer be able to guarantee a cheque payment by showing a cheque guarantee card with the Shakespeare hologram on it. But the majority of people are unconcerned about the closure of the scheme, with 22% saying they have never used it and 49% saying they have not used it during the past year.

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