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     <title><![CDATA[Final day for Woolworths]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The last remaining Woolworths stores will close their doors for the final time at the end of trading.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[850 jobs go at childrenswear chain]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Around 850 staff were made redundant at failed childrenswear chain Adams after administrators announced the closure of 111 stores.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Rally eases as recession looms]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The FTSE 100 Index notched up its fifth straight day of gains, despite lacklustre trading on the London market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[M&S 'to axe 1,000 jobs']]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Marks &amp; Spencer will axe more than 1,000 jobs, it has been reported, as economic gloom continued to grip the high street. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Three bidders eyeing Waterford]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three potential buyers are said to be eyeing up parts of the collapsed crystal and china maker Waterford Wedgwood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FSA plans to lift short-selling ban]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A ban on the short-selling of UK financial sector shares will be lifted despite calls from MPs for an extension.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Debenhams reports rise in profits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Debenhams said profits were up on last year after the department store chain achieved a "creditable" Christmas trading performance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Next like-for-like sales down 7%]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fashion chain Next said it had made a "good start" to post-Christmas sales despite further trading declines in the run-up to the festive season.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Dunelm 'robust amid retail storm']]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Value-for-money homewares chain Dunelm has said it was in "very robust" shape to ride out of the current retail storm as rivals fell by the wayside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Caution returns to Wall Street]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Caution returned to Wall Street as investors gave back some gains from last week's rally even as they found some encouragement from President-elect Barack Obama's calls for an economic stimulus package. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[194 jobs lost as perfume firm fails]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perfume retailer Passion for Perfume joined the list of high street casualties after it collapsed into administration with the loss of 194 jobs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:11:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Gkn takes over Airbus plant at Bristol]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Engineering company GKN has revealed it is in talks with at least four of the aviation industry's biggest players in a bid to bring more work to its Filton factory.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Childrenswear chain Adams closes 111 stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of shopworkers in the West lost their jobs yesterday after yet another high-street name fell victim to the downturn.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Wiltshire wood recyclers appeal for more supplies]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[From coffins and coffee tables to kindling, the discarded wood that it amasses from miles around is put to a wide range uses to ensure that hardly a chip or splinter goes to waste.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bath spa train station revamp row]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rail passengers could be crushed under foot if multi-million pound plans to revamp Bath Spa train station go ahead.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Are you one of the Top 500 business people?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today WestBusiness magazine publishes its January edition including the first of two special features mapping who we think are Gloucestershire's Top 500 most influential business people.</p>
This edition includes the first 250 from the list which we will also be featuring on-line as a growing directory of movers and shakers from the West region.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:29:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[GKN move in at Filton]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The aerospace firm that has taken over a Bristol Airbus site has said creating a highly-skilled workforce is the only way to keep manufacturing jobs in the UK.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Gkn will 'bring more work' to Bristol]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Engineering firm GKN has revealed it is in talks with at least four of the aviation industry's biggest players in a bid to bring more work to its Bristol factory.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bristol firm gives away £1,000 each to 13 charities]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thirteen charities from across the South West will be celebrating this week after each receiving a £1,000  from  Bristol health insurer BCWA.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Cabot circus's green credentials rated excellent]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A sustainable approach to the development of Cabot Circus was adopted from the outset, transforming a former brownfield site into a thriving city centre with a barrier-free public environment  and improved transport options.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Management revamp lifts JJB shares]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shares in troubled sportswear chain JJB Sports soared as its management shake-up continued to find favour with investors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Construction weakest in 11 years]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Activity in the UK construction sector suffered its "most severe retrenchment" in at least 11 years, a survey revealed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Plan to lift ban on short-selling]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City watchdog announced plans to lift the ban on short-selling of UK financial sector shares, despite calls from MPs for an extension.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:21:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Buyer sought for Waterford Wedgwood]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Administrators are battling to find a buyer for historic crystal and china maker Waterford Wedgwood after the collapse of the ailing firm put 2,700 jobs at risk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Liberty Christmas sales near-record]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Luxury department store Liberty said its Christmas sales were close to record levels as trading surpassed management hopes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Restaurant Group hails performance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Garfunkel's operator The Restaurant Group said its "value" offering helped insulate the business from the worst of the consumer downturn.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[More shoppers look out for bargains]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shoppers fought off the cold weather and economic gloom this weekend to hit the high street in greater numbers than last year, according to figures published.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Crystal company goes into administration]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Administrators were battling to find a buyer for historic crystal and china maker Waterford Wedgwood today after the collapse of the ailing firm put 2,700 jobs at risk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Government launches help for homeowners]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Extended help for homeowners struggling to pay mortgages after losing their jobs was introduced by the Government today in a bid to slow spiralling repossessions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FTSE falls after post-holiday rally]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[London's blue chips slipped into the red as the FTSE 100 Index's post-Christmas rally ran out of steam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nikkei starts high on US rally]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Japanese stocks opened the year stronger, with the benchmark index jumping to a two-month high, lifted by optimism over a US economic stimulus plan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[850 jobs axed at childrenswear chain]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Around 850 staff were made redundant at failed childrenswear chain Adams today after administrators announced the closure of 111 stores.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:41:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Houses for factory sites]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Around 340 homes could be built in Gloucester on two former factory sites in Podsmead.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:36:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Stroud pub reopens]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Stroud pub has reopened with caterer and hotelier Niall McInerney at the helm.The Halfway House at Box was closed for six months prior to Mr McInerney taking over and having a re-launch just before the Christmas and New Year holiday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Sing away your blues]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A TRINIDADIAN-turned- Cheltonian has penned some lyrics to help beat the credit crunch blues.Businessman Anthony Salloum (pictured) says the song is designed to help people forget about their money worries, if only for a short time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Teaming up for jobs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gloucester care provider Parallel Options has teamed up with Working Links in a bid to generate more employment opportunities for disadvantaged members of the community.The partnership will see the two bodies work together to make the most of the Gloucester Works programme, which is encouraging people across into employment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Stroud garden centre shutting]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Oldest and first out-of-town garden centre in Stroud is closing its doors.The centre, at Ryeford, has been struggling for years against the competition.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Benita is tackling a ref's role]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Benita Sutton-Cegarra, chairman of Gloucestershire's Institute of Directors, has a reputation for keeping her eyes firmly on the ball.But that characteristic has taken on a new form - she has qualified as a rugby referee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Apprentices engineer place in awards]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three young men and a young woman from county firms have been honoured as the South West's leading apprentices.Lucy Callaway, 20, from Cirencester, won the prize for the top central area first year apprentice at the EEF South West Apprentice of the Year awards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Year after giving up a lucrative role in the European furniture industry to pursue a career as a high quality guitar maker, Steve Toon's Cheltenham business is going into 2009 on a high note.The Leckhampton master craftsman has moved to larger premises to increase production following an upturn in demand for his guitars. He is  making bespoke instruments for some of the UK's leading guitarists.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[More than 100 civil servants in the West will be asked to take voluntary redundancy.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Housebuilder Bellway is set to clash with investors after ditching previous performance targets to pay out huge bonuses to directors, it has emerged.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Cheltenham is to  get its first five-star hotel if plans for a multi-million pound development go ahead.</p>
The new owner of the historic Hotel De La Bere, a three-star venue just north of Prestbury, wants to spend up to £15 million restoring it to its former glory.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Two separate plans for major supermarket investments in west Wiltshire have suffered setbacks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[HBOS and Lloyds TSB will take another step towards a new "super-bank" on Friday when the deadline for acceptances of Lloyds TSB's £4.5 billion share placing passes.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[As one shopper said, it was a day to pick the bones of a former big name in the High Street.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Battered retailers are set to deliver a blizzard of gloomy updates  after the worst Christmas in years on the high street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Firms were urged to make sure redundancies were the "last resort" in the current economic downturn after a new study showed the cost of laying off staff could be more than £16,000 per worker.]]></description>
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