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19/05/2013 - Last News Update: 03:38
Brighton Business News
Contactless 'charging errors' at M&S
- Some Marks and Spencer customers have told the BBC of cases where its contactless payment terminals have taken cash from cards other than the ones intended for payment.
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Phone scam targets the unemployed
- Unemployed people are being tricked into calling expensive premium rate numbers while applying for non-existent jobs.
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Why do people still buy personalised number plates?
- Last year the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency raised £67m from the sale of personalised number plates. But why do people still buy them?
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Cineworld's takeover of Picturehouse chain faces probe
- Cineworld's acquisition of rival cinema chain Picturehouse has been referred to the Competition Commission.
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LTA and Stubhub sign tennis ticketing deal
- The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and secondary ticketing site Stubhub have signed a three-year deal covering three English tournaments.
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S&P 500 index reaches record high
- (Close): The S&P 500 index closed on Thursday night at a record high of 1,569, up 6 points or 0.4%. The last time it broke into new territory was on 9 October 2007 when it closed at 1,565.
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Councils seeking 'cash in the attic'
- "It's not the best look for a coastal defence fort to have a gun placement with no gun on it," says Lewes councillor Rob Blackman sweeping an arm across the scruffy hummocks on which Newhaven Fort in Sussex has stood since 1860.
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Rolls-Royce car sales edge up to new record
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, which is owned by BMW, has reported record car sales for the third year in a row.
Child benefit changes take effect
- More than a million better-off families will lose some or all of their child benefit, under changes which came into force at midnight.
Increased profits for Gatwick Airport
- Gatwick Airport has announced increased half-yearly profits of £172m and a growth in passenger numbers.
ING withdrawal threatens vehicle funding
- Thousands of small businesses could find it impossible to buy new vehicles and equipment after a top finance firm said it would pull out of the UK.
Electric Zoe steals the show
- Renault's latest electric car, the Zoe, stole the show at this weekend's RAC Future Car Challenge, in which eco-friendly cars drive from Brighton to London.
Gatwick Airport to submit plan for new runway
- Gatwick Airport bosses are to begin work on detailed plans for a new runway which would double annual capacity at the airport to 70 million passengers.
How much is your train subsidised?
- Every time you travelled a mile on a train last year, the government effectively gave the train company an average of 7.5 pence.
Nyetimber vineyard scraps 2012 grape harvest
- A multi-award winning English vineyard has decided not to harvest its grapes this year because of the bad weather.
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Contactless 'charging errors' at M&S
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Lecturer from The Levellers wins teaching award
A college lecturer who was once in folk rock band The Levellers has won an award for his work.... -
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Huge hole found under Reigate restaurant
A hole, estimated to measure about 60 cubic metres (2,100 cubic ft), has been discovered by builders working on a 300-year-old listed buildi... -
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John Grant laptop stolen after Brighton concert
A musician's laptop containing his "entire life " has been stolen following a concert in Brighton. ... -
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Lewes music festival in re-entry U-turn
Visitors to a music festival in East Sussex are to be allowed to leave and re-enter the site after local traders persuaded organisers to rev... -
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Brighton footballers 'were having a laugh', jury told
A Brighton and Hove Albion footballer has told a jury he and his team-mates were simply "having a laugh" when they took photos of ... -
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Cleveland kidnap accused Castro to plead innocent - lawyers
The US man accused of imprisoning three women for a decade in his house in Ohio will plead not guilty to all charges, his lawyers say.... -
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Meccano founder Frank Hornby's 150th anniversary marked
Celebrations have started on Merseyside to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of Meccano, Hornby trains and Dink... -
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Largest ever Met raids target burglars and drug offenders
More than 1,000 officers have taken part in the Metropolitan Police's largest ever number of co-ordinated raids in London.... -
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Phone scam targets the unemployed
Unemployed people are being tricked into calling expensive premium rate numbers while applying for non-existent jobs....
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