UK warned on debt 'credibility' :: The UK's failure to meet a key public debt target "weakens the credibility" of its top AAA credit rating, the Fitch ratings agency says.
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South Africa looks to call centers :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/UKsIpyhN5D4/
UK targets big brands on taxes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/5oP4CnQrgFo/index.html
NCRI data on cost of cancer to UK economy :: Source: Cancer Research UK
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According to research on the cost of cancer to the UK economy conducted by a team from Oxford University and presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference, the cost of lung cancer is £2.4 billion each year, far higher than the cost of any other cancer. The researchers say these findings highlight the urgent need to continue to reduce the number of young people who become addicted to tobacco as smoking causes more than 8 in 10 lung cancers in the UK. Other findings are as follows:
 
. The total annual cost of all cancers to the UK economy is £15.8bn.
 
. Half (£7.6bn) of the total economic cost of cancer to the UK is due to premature deaths and time off work, followed by healthcare costs (35...
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BG eyes Australian asset sales :: The listed UK oil and gas explorer examines a potential sale of some of its infrastructure assets linked to its Queensland Curtis LNG project
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Starbucks agrees to pay more tax :: Starbucks takes the "unprecedented" step of agreeing to pay about £20m more in UK corporation tax over the next two years following a public outcry.
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Car sales set for four-year high :: UK new car registrations rise 11% in November, putting them on course for their highest full-year total since 2008, the SMMT claims.
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Osborne slashes UK growth forecast :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AlOCUobAngQ/index.html
Viewpoint: The UK should aim for technology leadership :: Silicon Roundabout wants more tech firms
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Experts predict sharp rise in female lung cancer cases :: Female lung cancer cases will quadruple over next 30 yearsRelated items from OnMedicaLung cancer costs UK economy almost £2.5 billion a yearCare for UK lung cancer patients is improving The impact of lung cancerDeadliest form of skin cancer most common in young womenCancer diagnosis slow in women, young and non-whites (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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UK report calls for press regulation :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zmDVIxyo1RE/
UK government to invest extra £300m in space science research :: The chancellor George Osborne has outlined eight areas of technology in which he wants the UK to become a world leaderThe UK will host the European Space Agency's headquarters for telecoms satellite monitoring, the chancellor George Osborne announced on Friday. The move is part of an extra £300m to be invested in space science research by the government over the next five years.Osborne made the announcement at the Royal Society in London, in his first major speech on the Treasury's ambitions for science and technology. In the address, Osborne outlined eight areas of technology in which he wanted the UK to become a world leader.He said he was "up for the challenge set by [the physicist] Brian Cox and others of making Britain the best place in the world to do science".The UK's space industr...
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Sharp fall in UK factory output :: UK manufacturing output in October fell at its fastest rate since June, official figures show, with food and drink output particularly low.
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Chinese jobs return to UK :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/7tBL7dQjvZ4/
AUDIO: 'Starbucks should pay proper tax' :: The coffee chain has agreed to pay more UK corporation tax, after a public outcry over how little it pays.
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Starbucks makes UK tax U-turn :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/wpLjLVH7IIM/
Starbucks to pay £20m UK corporate tax :: Coffee chain will pay £10m in each of the next two years, regardless of its profitability, in a move it described as 'an unprecedented commitment'
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