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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:49:04 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:57:03 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/companies/uk http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/companies/uk http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c336a3a-563a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product Capitalised at £700m, C&W Worldwide would be a tiddling acquisition for Vodafone but it could see it cap costs by acquiring its own UK plumbing Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:41:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c336a3a-563a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product 3c336a3a-563a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d39e940-568b-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product HM Revenue & Customs case concerns use of employee benefits trusts, under which players’ wages go into offshore trusts Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:05 GMT 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babc4126-5629-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40402366-4fc3-11e1-a3ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product Aim-quoted group spends $110m on South Korean plant that uses a technology it forecasts will shake up the global industry Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:48:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40402366-4fc3-11e1-a3ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product 40402366-4fc3-11e1-a3ac-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/144f5e26-5661-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product A common complaint is that the lack of competition keeps loan rates high, discouraging smaller businesses from borrowing Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/144f5e26-5661-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_uk/feed//product 144f5e26-5661-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 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