Jaguar Land Rover boss joins chorus of riots concern
The Guardian
Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover has added his voice to business concerns over the London riots amid fears that the images of Britain flashed across the world this week could damage confidence for inward investors. …

Wales v England: Martin Johnson predicts Courtney Lawes will be a big hit at …
Telegraph.co.uk
It's the way I go about my business.” Lawes is smart enough to realise that his worth will be evaluated on far more mundane matters than theatrical, rib-crunching tackles. He has to secure his line-out ball and disrupt that of the opposition: he has to …

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Donald Rider
Telegraph.co.uk
Rider had many offers to buy Rassells, but he had no interest in selling or expanding the business; and his customers endorsed his refusal to alter the leisurely and bucolic atmosphere of the business. As one of his colleagues put it: "He simply wanted …

Defiant shop owners
BBC News
Since coming in the next morning to what she called "a bombsite", she and her staff managed to get the store not only cleared up, but open for business within hours. Ms Rance added that they had had "tremendous support" from the public offering to help …

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Couples offered Titanic wedding
Belfast Telegraph
Claire Bradshaw, Titanic Belfast's head of sales & marketing, said she hoped the venue could also boost the region's lucrative £100 million business tourism market. "Given the Titanic link, our aim is to create Belfast's most stylish venue, …

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Basingstoke is still very much open for business
Andover Advertiser
That was the upbeat and bullish comment from Wendy Bell, chief executive at North Hampshire Enterprise business chamber as she reacted to the latest in a series of job blows at major local employers. Last Friday, workers at De La …

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London riots 2011: Hackney shopkeeper Shiva Kandiah 'only has 25p but will re …
Daily Mail
He added: 'The looters took everything and I could do nothing but cry all day. Then I came home and my two daughters hugged me and I knew my life was going to go on. It must go on and I have to start again.' His wife Baskary, 36, a business graduate, …

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London riots: Three teens arrested over Sony/PIAS warehouse fire
Metro
'Sony DADC have actioned their Business Continuity Plan and are back up and running from a new control room in Enfield,' the company said in a statement. 'PIAS continue to work with them to minimise the impact on the business, a number one priority for …
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New powers for police to tackle rioters
Politics.co.uk
A new £20 million high street support scheme is being established to help affected businesses, while the government will fund at least three-quarters of business rate relief. Other tax payments for affected businesses will also be deferred, …
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Boy, 12, among looters in court
The Independent
"Of course we understand there is nervousness among some people but we want people to go about their daily business as usual. "It is therefore very important that we address some of the rumours and reports and let people know what is really going on. …

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