They may also be required by law to have a microchip implanted on their pet under Government plans to curb the use of dangerous dogs.
Another measure being considered is the use of Dog Control Notices for misbehaving animals - known as 'Dogbos'.
They would allow police officers and council officials to force miscreant owners to [...]
Before anyone can be allocated funding for their care, an assessment must be carried out by a team of medical experts employed by the health authority. A national framework, which was revised six months ago, is supposed to ensure uniformity. There are 12 tests, known collectively as the decision support tool. On [...]
British Gas and ScottishPower both recently posted bumper annual profits. Although British Gas did cut prices this month, any hopes of an ensuing price war have been crushed. Only one other provider, First Utility, followed suit.
Experts believe that other firms are delaying price cuts until the expensive winter bills have been paid, which means [...]
The numbers Figures from profits at British Gas came within the results reported by parent company Centrica. Across the whole group, Centrica made £1.86bn in the previous 12 month 7% lower than the year before. But the losses were eased by a whopping 58% spike at from British Gas' residential supply business [...]
The grants, which represent a 25% discount, will be available from January 2011 when a range of eligible vehicles are expected to be available. Among the first cars to qualify will be so-called 'plug-in' petrol-electric hybrids, which are charged from the mains but also have a conventional petrol or diesel [...]
An estimated 28,500 students have still not received their full student loans from Student Finance England, according to the National Union of Students. Many more ran up debts while waiting for loans last year.
Some of these have not even received basic funding to pay for their tuition costs and are being hounded by their [...]
We were told at the check-in desk to book with another operator and easyJet would refund the difference.
I was lucky to get seats for myself, my wife and my daughter on Aer Lingus for the next morning.
EasyJet have refunded our original booking fee of £293 but not the extra £725 charged by [...]
Can you advise how and where I can cash this in and how much interest that £1 might have accumulated? P.R., Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Simon Moon from This is Money replies: A great deal has happened in Britain during the 35 years your £1 has been lodged in the National Savings Bank.
Your contribution then was [...]
Based in Yeovil, Somerset, with offices in Leeds and London, CHT has around 3,000 customers, and in 2008 made a tiny pre-tax profit of £450,000.
So why did Virgin buy such small fry?
It's a springboard for bigger things. Virgin will be granted the prize it is after - a banking licence ' as soon as [...]
The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, has created many methods of filing to make it easier for taxpayers. A filer can choose to either mail the tax forms in or send them electronically, known as e-filing. Previously, a user could submit their tax return by telephone, utilizing Telefile, but this service has been discontinued as [...]
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