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• Daily Mail, London, business briefs column.

  - 2004-11-22

  Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--INTERFLORA VOTE CAUSES A STINK: Both bunches of florists warring over the future of Interflora believe they can win a vote on its future on January 23. The trade association is split over plans to...

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• Wealth check: Should he pay off the rest of his mortgage?

  - 2003-09-06

  Status: Single; Occupation: Technical specialist with BT; Education: Sixth-form college; Higher National Certificate; Salary: pounds 27,100 plus bonuses; Motoring: None; Debts: pounds 49,000 mortgage; pounds 5,000 bank loan; Savings: pounds 5,000 in...

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• The latest Porter call. (Profile: Angus Porter)

  - 2003-06-19

  Angus Porter, happy to take the credit for turning around BT's fortunes, steps into his first financial services role with a move to the ailing Abbey National. Some see his new position as a demotion, but ever the optimist, Porter spies a golden opportunity via his place on the board,...

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• Porter to head Abbey's 'customer refocus' plan. (News)

  - 2003-06-12

  BT managing director Angus Porter is to take up the newly created position of customer propositions director at Abbey National. The role is central to chief executive Luqman Arnold's attempt to build a new customer-focused retail model for high street banking and turn around losses of nearly [pounds sterling]1bn last...

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• Abbey National hires BT retail consumer chief

  - 2003-06-10

  ABBEY NATIONAL says it has hired Angus Porter from BT to provide the final plank in reorganising its board to make its focus more customer- oriented. Mr Porter joins as a director in charge of marketing and customer offers. Mr Porter, 45, take up his new role on 1 July....

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• Abbey National opts for telecomms infrastructure from BT - Brief Article

  - 2003-02-04

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 February 2003-Abbey National opts for telecomms infrastructure from BTC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com UK bank Abbey National Group plc has chosen UK telecomms company BT to deploy and manage a telecomms infrastructure. Following installation Abbey National will be able to introduce new CRM and VoIP applications as...

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• Abbey National appoints BT to install and manage its telecommunications infrastructure in a five-year GBP125 million contract.

  - 2003-02-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 February 2003-BT: Abbey National appoints BT to install and manage its telecommunications infrastructure in a five-year GBP125 million contractC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032003 Abbey National Group plc, one of the leading UK high street banks, has appointed BT to...

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• Daily Mail, London, Business Briefs.

  - 2002-09-19

  Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--HERSHEY IS NOT SWEET ON CADBURY'S BID: America's leading chocolate maker Hershey Foods rejected a takeover bid from Cadbury Schweppe's (down 10 1/2 pence to 443 pence). Chicago-based Wm Wrigley topped Cadbury's offer, launched...

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• Pension rule 'puts BT and BA at risk'

  - 2002-02-17

  A NEW accounting standard requiring companies to reflect the value of their pension fund on their balance sheet will lead to "the insolvency of one or more major companies, for example, British Airways, Marconi or BT", claims a former Bank of England economist. Neil Record, head of...

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• BT and Abbey National team to offer unmetered Internet access

  - 2001-07-09

  INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An agreement formed recently between UK-based bank Abbey National and BT will allow Abbey National account holders to subscribe to BT's BTinternet Anytime 24/7 unmetered Internet access through the bank. The move comes as a result of research carried out...

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