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Archive for July, 2011
The firm that owns London’s fire engines is in meltdown
By David Hencke /Friday, July 8th, 2011The scandal over AssetCo, the collapsing privatised company which owns London’s and Lincolnshire’s fire engines, is heading for a climax this week.
Tribune is going places
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, July 8th, 2011Tribune is changing. From next week we are moving to a distinctive new format which will set Tribune apart from the rest of the weekly political journals. Your Tribune will appear in a newspaper format technically known as “the continental”, a modern design half way between a tabloid and a broadsheet which will combine seriousness [...]
Alex Hughes’ view
By Tribune Web Editor /Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Cartoon by Alex Hughes. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
Let’s promote the best of British business
By Lisa Nandy /Tuesday, July 5th, 2011This month the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously voted for a groundbreaking resolution on human rights and transnational corporations.
Hack
By Tribune Web Editor /Tuesday, July 5th, 2011Cartoon by Matt Buck. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
With the rouble now in trouble, Russians face devalution
By Marcus Papadopoulos /Friday, July 1st, 2011Concern is growing in the world banking sector that Russia could be forced to devalue the rouble to avoid a deficit in 2013-14.
High street business booms for recession-bucking co-ops
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, July 1st, 2011Co-operatives have defied high street trends since the 2008 recession, according to data published this week by Co-operative UK.
Crime rise could follow if Cable sacks trading standards officers
By David Hencke /Friday, July 1st, 2011Millions of people will lose help in combating doorstep crime, mass marketing scams and the sale of counterfeit goods as Vince Cable plans to sack trading standards officers and cut their budget by up to a third.
Riots on the streets as second EU bailout looms
By Ben Fox /Friday, July 1st, 2011There have been further violent protests in Athens as the Socialist government narrowly forced through an emergency budget package of austerity measures as part of a deal that will see it receiving a second emergency bailout from the European Union.