Beleaguered council house maintenance group Connaught has been given a reprieve by its lenders, causing its shares to jump 14.6 per cent.
Chile secures lifeline to trapped miners
COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) – Rescue workers on Monday reinforced a small drill hole to serve as an umbilical cord to 33 miners found alive 17 days after a cave-in in Chile’s far north and say it will take months to dig them out.
Chile secures lifeline to trapped miners still alive
COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) – Rescue workers on Monday reinforced a small drill hole to serve as an umbilical cord to 33 miners found alive 17 days after a cave-in in Chile’s far north, and say it will take months to dig them out.
Chile secures lifeline to trapped miners, sends aid
COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) – Chilean miners who survived 18 days after a cave-in received hydration gel and medication through a narrow drill hole on Monday, but officials said it could be months before the men are freed.
Council winds up contract with Connaught as it’s revealed it owns money to Travis Perkins
The pressure on troubled Connaught intensified as a key London council terminated its £7million-a-year contract to maintain 15,000 local authority homes.
Sanofi proposal heaps pressure on Genzyme
PARIS (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Genzyme as its shares rose 6 percent in Frankfurt a day after French drugmaker Sanofi made public its month-old proposal to buy the U.S. biotech group for .5 billion (11.8 billion pounds).
Connaught customer puts plans in place for collapse
Connaught’s biggest customer has drawn up contingency plans to ensure that key services, such as street cleaning and waste removal, will continue to be provided if the troubled company collapses.
Phone lifeline allows trapped miners to talk with loved ones
THE Chilean miners trapped half a mile underground have had their first telephone conversations with loved ones for nearly a month.