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MG Rover fraud investigation

The Serious Fraud Office is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover - BBC News

UK manufacturing outlook improves

In May UK manufacturing shrank at the slowest pace in a year - BBC News

UK spending drops to 1980 levels

Spending by UK households drops to 1980 levels - BBC News

L&G job cuts

Legal and General announces a further 560 jobs cuts - BBC News

UK government borrowing at 90 billion

Government borrowing has risen sharply to 90 billion for previous year - BBC News

UBS cuts 8,700 jobs

UBS has announced 8,700 job cuts for next year after reporting more losses - BBC News

UK wins key retirement test case

The UK's compulsory retirement age of 65 is not in breach of EU legislation, according to a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) - BBC News

BA announces losses

British Airways announces losses of 70 million pounds for 9 months to end of December 2008 - BBC News

Corus redundancies

Steelmaker Corus has announced 3,500 redundancies at their UK plants - BBC News

CIPD urges employers to avoid redundancies

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged employers to avoid redundancy due to total cost - BBC News

Mixed views on pensions

Two surveys and two very different pictures of pension health - BBC News

Pound at record low to Euro

The Pound has dropped to a record low against the Euro - BBC News