John Healey

Councils not giving enough help in economic crisis, says minister

John Healey accuses town halls of not making use of legal power that could stave off worst effects of downturn John Healey, the local government minister. John Healey, the local government minister, today wrote to town hall...

Smoke-ban-hit pubs could be in-line for rate cut

Licensees that have failed with previous appeal can also re-apply Licensees could save thousands of pounds in rates if they can prove their business has been directly affected by the smoking ban. And pubs that have previously...

Ben Bradshaw launches Regional Economic Task Group to help South West's economy

SOUTH WEST REGIONAL ECONOMIC TASK GROUP South West Regional Minister, Ben Bradshaw, will today (FRIDAY) launch a new taskforce to help government understand and respond to local and regional needs during the current economic...

Councils get £1.2m after flooding

More than £1.2m is to be given to 25 local authorities which are helping flood-hit families pay their council tax bills. Floods Recovery Minister John Healey said the funding was for the councils who were helping more than...

Climate change to take formal role in planning decisions

Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 5 November 2008 at 15:38:00 Government moves to address renewables project bottleneck by forcing all national planning strategies to make it clear how they will mitigate climate change The...

Flood defence may be two years early

Oct 31 2008 by Dave Black, The Journal A VITAL flood defence scheme to protect Morpeth from a repeat of the recent catastrophic flooding could be completed within three years, it was said yesterday. The suggestion was made...

Iron Mountain Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

October 30, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Stephen P. Golden - VP, IR Bob Brennan - President and CEO Brian P. McKeon - EVP and CFO Analysts Kevin Mcveigh - Credit Suisse Andrew Steinerman - JP Morgan Michel Morin - Merrill...

Iron Mountain Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

October 30, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Stephen P. Golden - We believe a full discussion of our results, sooner rather than later and closer to the timing of our press release enhances our overall disclosure, especially...

Fury as ministers refuse to ease port tax burden

MERSEY port companies reacted with fury last night after ministers ruled out waiving huge hikes in business rates – even as they admitted that firms would be driven to the wall. Giving emergency evidence to a commit-tee of MPs,...

UniFirst Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 8/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

October 29, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Ronald D. Croatti – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President John B. Bartlett – Chief Financial Officer Steve Sintros – Corporate Controller Analysts Andrea Wirth – Robert W....

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