Disenchanted companies desert Royal Mail
Business customers are deserting Royal Mail and most firms do not find the
postal group an efficient organisation to work with, a study by the British
Chambers of Commerce (BCC) for The Times has revealed. | Hugh Osmond may move Pearl Assurance outside UK
Hugh Osmond, the serial entrepreneur, is considering relocating Pearl
Assurance, his financial services group, outside the UK for tax purposes, in
the latest sign that frustrated businesses have lost faith in the Labour
Government. | British Chambers of Commerce demands strong official action to avert downturn
Britain's economic slowdown will be longer than first feared and there needs
to be strong action from the Government and the Bank of England to avert a
severe downturn, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) says today. | British Gas fights Accenture over billing
An IT system that was supposed to make British Gas the darling of consumers
nationwide has instead become the focus of a multimillion-pound legal
battle. |