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Overview: anyone for Pym?

Prospects: Pym comes out of retirement to head up crisis-hit bank

Companies in rush to claim £1bn in VAT as deadline looms

Businesses are being urged to rush through claims for over-paid or under-claimed VAT, as the deadline looms for reclaims that could total more than £1bn

September: Elusive credit; fraud barometer rises, and more

While many companies expect the business climate to deteriorate over the next 12 months, research finds that investing in employees is the best way to avert a recession

Lies, damn lies...

As consumer spending weakened and economists warned of recession, the Office for National Statistics reported growth in retail sales – data that was taken with a pinch of salt by the Bank of England

Update: Essential News – September 2008

Merrill Lynch tax deferral; Alliance & Leicester shareholders risk exposure; plus Technical Update, and more
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