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Business News for 8 February 2008

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Barclays to buy Goldfish

Feb 8 2008

BANKING giant Barclays yesterday agreed a £35m deal to buy the Goldfish credit card business....

Manufacturing falls second month in row

Feb 8 2008

THE state of the UK manufacturing sector has attracted further concern after it emerged that output fell for a second successive month in December....

Purolite pumps £3m into research facility

Feb 8 2008

WATER purification company Purolite International has invested more than £3m in a new research and development unit at Llantrisant....

Nissin Show UK brings 50 new jobs to valley

Feb 8 2008

DESPITE official statistics showing a downturn in manufacturing there was good news for the sector yesterday with 50 jobs being created in the South Wales Valleys....

Cautious welcome for rate cut

Feb 8 2008

Businesses in Wales gave a cautionary welcome to the cut in interest rates yesterday....

BT runs ahead in race for broadband customers

Feb 8 2008

BT says it remains the UK’s biggest broadband supplier after securing the lion’s share of new connections at the end of last year....

Northern Rock bail-out puts debt level in danger

Feb 8 2008

THE Government’s borrowing rules have been put under threat after crisis-hit Northern Rock’s liabilities were taken on to the public balance sheet....

Bank cuts rates but warns of inflation

Feb 8 2008

A SLOWDOWN in the economy and a cooling UK housing market triggered the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates yesterday....

Tackling big match litter problem of plastic glasses

Feb 8 2008

TENS of thousands of plastic beer glasses that will litter the Welsh capital during rugby match weekends are to be collected and recycled in a scheme pioneered by a South Wales environmental specialist....

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