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Self-employed kitchen and bathroom fitter branching out as certified Lego builder

Monday, December 12th, 2011

There is nothing Duncan Titmarsh cannot make out of Lego, including a living.

Giving ex-offenders a chance of employment

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Ex-offenders are being recruited by a new community interest company in Bristol to refurbish empty properties in need of major repair.

UK planning laws must be reformed says new IoD head

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Simon Walker, the newly appointed director general of the Institute of Directors tells Financial Mail why he believes the Government must see through real changes to current planning laws.

Breast cancer awareness month: Give something back

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

As part of breast cancer awareness month, charities are urging everyone to wear pink on October 28 and donate £2 to the Breast Cancer Campaign.

Dan Atkinson: IOU-turn may spoil gilts slumber party

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, once warned the public not to assume that the stated reasons for a piece of policy were the real ones. In that spirit, I think we can safely ignore all the official guff earlier this month about the ‘Tesco law’ reforms…

1950s’ women face ‘financial hardships’ as State pension age rises to 66

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

The announcement that the State pension age will rise to 66 in 2020 still contains ‘very real financial dangers’ for women born in the 1950s.

Women and pensions: State pension age rise delayed by six months

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

The Department for Work and Pensions announced that a plan to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months from April 2020 to October 2020.

Local health service funding cut

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

NHS trusts have slashed funding for local health services aimed at helping disadvantaged people, freedom of information research suggests.