19/07/2012
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Final 76 Clinton Cards Shops To Close
The last remaining Clinton Cards shops run by administrators will shut at the end of the month with the loss of 550 jobs.
Administrators admitted there had been no interest in the remaining sites, which means the retailer has made nearly 4,000 staff unemployed since May with the closure of 370 shops.
Around 4,500 jobs have been saved with the sale of 397 shops to Lakeshore, a subsidiary of American Greetings – the supplier which called in the £35m of debts from Clinton Cards that led to its collapse.
Locog To Investigate Potential Branding Infringments
London 2012 organisers are to investigate claims that the party planning company owned by the Duchess of Cambridge's family has contravened Olympic branding laws.
Several items on the Party Pieces website owned by the Middleton family appear to go against restrictions put in place by the International Olympic Committee and Locog to protect official sponsors.
A Locog spokeswoman said that any potential breach would be investigated. A warning letter is the usual course of action, although court action and a potential fine of up to £20,000 is the ultimate sanction.
First World War Victoria Cross Sold At Auction
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a private in World War I has sold for £276,000 at auction.
The medal, awarded to Pte Sidney Godley, of East Grinstead, West Sussex, was expected to fetch up to £180,000.
Pte Godley manned a machine-gun position defending Nimy Bridge in Mons while under fire from German soldiers in the first weeks of the war.
A second VC, awarded posthumously to a Gloucestershire soldier, was sold for £240,000 at the same auction.
The last remaining Clinton Cards shops run by administrators will shut at the end of the month with the loss of 550 jobs.
Administrators admitted there had been no interest in the remaining sites, which means the retailer has made nearly 4,000 staff unemployed since May with the closure of 370 shops.
Around 4,500 jobs have been saved with the sale of 397 shops to Lakeshore, a subsidiary of American Greetings – the supplier which called in the £35m of debts from Clinton Cards that led to its collapse.
Locog To Investigate Potential Branding Infringments
London 2012 organisers are to investigate claims that the party planning company owned by the Duchess of Cambridge's family has contravened Olympic branding laws.
Several items on the Party Pieces website owned by the Middleton family appear to go against restrictions put in place by the International Olympic Committee and Locog to protect official sponsors.
A Locog spokeswoman said that any potential breach would be investigated. A warning letter is the usual course of action, although court action and a potential fine of up to £20,000 is the ultimate sanction.
First World War Victoria Cross Sold At Auction
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a private in World War I has sold for £276,000 at auction.
The medal, awarded to Pte Sidney Godley, of East Grinstead, West Sussex, was expected to fetch up to £180,000.
Pte Godley manned a machine-gun position defending Nimy Bridge in Mons while under fire from German soldiers in the first weeks of the war.
A second VC, awarded posthumously to a Gloucestershire soldier, was sold for £240,000 at the same auction.
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16 April 2014
Banksy Re-Appears In Bristol
Controversial street artist Banksy has re-appeared on Tuesday in his birth-city of Bristol, where a new artwork has been found in a plate bolted in an exterior wall of the struggling Broad Plain Boys' Club.
Banksy Re-Appears In Bristol
Controversial street artist Banksy has re-appeared on Tuesday in his birth-city of Bristol, where a new artwork has been found in a plate bolted in an exterior wall of the struggling Broad Plain Boys' Club.
01 June 2012
NHS Trust fined £325K Following Major Data Breach
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been served with a Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) of £325,000 following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The fine is the highest issued by the ICO since it was granted the power to issue CMPs in April 2010.
NHS Trust fined £325K Following Major Data Breach
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been served with a Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) of £325,000 following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The fine is the highest issued by the ICO since it was granted the power to issue CMPs in April 2010.
17 December 2014
Toilet Block Sells For More Than £400,000 At Auction
A former public toilet in Surrey has been sold at auction for £415,000, more than four times its estimate. The one-storey former toilet block at Church Street in Walton-on-Thames is in a conservation area of the town and closed as a toilet in 2009.
Toilet Block Sells For More Than £400,000 At Auction
A former public toilet in Surrey has been sold at auction for £415,000, more than four times its estimate. The one-storey former toilet block at Church Street in Walton-on-Thames is in a conservation area of the town and closed as a toilet in 2009.
24 April 2014
Banksy Street Works To Be Sold At Auction
A collection of seven works by graffiti artist Banksy, all removed from from public walls, is to be put on display at a London hotel before being put up for auction. The exhibition and and auction is being organised by the Sincura Group, a "company commissioned with the removal and sale of Banksy Street Art".
Banksy Street Works To Be Sold At Auction
A collection of seven works by graffiti artist Banksy, all removed from from public walls, is to be put on display at a London hotel before being put up for auction. The exhibition and and auction is being organised by the Sincura Group, a "company commissioned with the removal and sale of Banksy Street Art".
26 August 2008
Sensitive Customer Data Sold On Auction Site
Bank details of over one million customers have been discovered on a computer sold on eBay. The PC - sold for £35 - had sensitive information on the hard drive, comprising bank customers' private information. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its subsidiary, Natwest, have confirmed their customers' details were involved.
Sensitive Customer Data Sold On Auction Site
Bank details of over one million customers have been discovered on a computer sold on eBay. The PC - sold for £35 - had sensitive information on the hard drive, comprising bank customers' private information. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its subsidiary, Natwest, have confirmed their customers' details were involved.
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