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    <description>The London Stock Exchange hit stockbroker Blue Oar Securities with a massive £225,000 fine and publicly censured it over its conduct in floating a company on AIM whose shares rocketed thanks to a host of misleadingly optimistic statements</description>
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    <description>Marston's is tapping shareholders for £176 million to take advantage of weakness in the pubs market</description>
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    <description>Sales have slumped at Premier Inn in the midst of the worst trading conditions in the hotel sector for 30 years</description>
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    <description>This Friday sees publication of Against the Grain: Lessons in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Cobra Beer. Yes, indeed, Karan Bilimoria (Lord Bilimoria to you) has decided to dispense tips for would-be business stars.</description>
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    <description>Tim Clarke has quit as chief executive of pub chain Mitchells &amp; Butlers after losses on a disastrous hedging strategy spiralled towards £500 million</description>
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    <description>Small-cap broker WH Ireland banned the Press from its annual meeting as it attempted to keep coverage of a stinging boardroom bust-up to a minimum</description>
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    <description>Tour operator Thomas Cook has seen bookings for holidays to the Continent pick up in recent weeks despite the deepening economic malaise</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Stockbroking: &lt;/strong&gt; The ownership of stockbroker Blue Oar Securities finally looked settled after rival WH Ireland agreed to pay £16.2 million to merge the two companies</description>
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    <description>TIMES are tough at Merton council. It’s ordered council employees who weren’t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Stockbroking: &lt;/strong&gt; Staff at Blue Oar’s stockbroking arm have been warned that they could face the chop</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Finance: &lt;/strong&gt; Four directors have quit City stockbroker Blue Oar’s board as Evolve Capital seized control of the boardroom</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Stockbroking:&lt;/strong&gt; The £16 million bid battle for stockbroker Blue Oar Securities turned nasty as it accused two of the directors of hostile bidder Evolve Capital of being involved in no fewer than 28 companies that have gone bust</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Leisure:&lt;/strong&gt; There has been rare good cheer from the pubs sector as Marston's showed it still has the confidence of its lenders</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Brewing:&lt;/strong&gt; There was some rare good cheer from the pubs sector when Marston's showed it still has the confidence of its lenders</description>
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    <description>&lt;strong&gt;Leisure:&lt;/strong&gt; Pubs and beer group Marston's raised a small cheer with a trading statement that showed it is weathering the financial storm</description>
    <dc:date>2008-10-15T12:50:20Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Lloyds TSB may be picking up HBOS, the UK’s biggest mortgage provider, for a song but not everyone in the City believes its shares are a worthwhile investment</description>
    <dc:date>2008-09-25T08:30:07Z</dc:date>
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    <description>&lt;b&gt;Leisure:&lt;/b&gt; Britain’s largest pubs company Punch Taverns scraps its dividend as the sector continues to reel from plummeting sales</description>
    <dc:date>2008-09-03T08:30:47Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Mitchells &amp; Butlers (M&amp;B) today gave some glimmer of hope to the stricken pubs sector with reports of a moderate sales increase</description>
    <dc:date>2008-07-25T08:37:48Z</dc:date>
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    <description>A deal to create a major German rival to easyJet and Ryanair in Europe was left in tatters today</description>
    <dc:date>2008-07-11T08:48:47Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Pub companies battered by the credit crunch, the smoking ban and the worst trading conditions for a decade woke up to another headache  -  a fresh Government investigation into the industry</description>
    <dc:date>2008-06-26T13:04:09Z</dc:date>
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    <description>The big landlords have endured a tough 12 months, but critics say they have hardly helped themselves</description>
    <dc:date>2008-06-16T12:49:31Z</dc:date>
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    <description>Even in hard times, retailers with innovative ideas can still flourish</description>
    <dc:date>2008-05-01T10:34:47Z</dc:date>
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