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The Lady owner lining up bid for Reader's Digest UK (Guardian Unlimited)
The Budworth family in talks with investors about taking over RDA UK assets, with deadline understood to be this week The owner of the Lady, the 125 year-old weekly "journal for gentlewomen", is understood to be working on a bid to acquire the assets of Reader's Digest UK. It is understood that the Budworth family see the potential to increase readership and advertising reach by buying Reader's ...
UK SMEs in data recovery failure (V3.co.uk )
UK firms are more likely than their continental counterparts to suffer prolonged downtime as a result of poor disaster recovery practices, claims research by storage vendor Acronis .
Alice in Wonderland breaks UK box office record (ITN )
Tim Burton's new film Alice in Wonderland has stormed the UK and Ireland box office with record opening takings for a 3D movie.
95% of roads in the UK will now appear on Google's Street View (Daily Mail)
Google is extending its Street View service to peer at 95 per cent of homes in the UK, despite criticism that it amounts to an invasion of privacy.
UK economy 'still growing weakly' (BBC News)
The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Kidnapped boy's father 'has returned to UK' (Times Online)
The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today.
Standard Life eyes UK market for growth (Daily Telegraph)
Standard Life has broken ranks with two of its largest domestic competitors by insisting the UK will remain its major source of future growth.
Street View goes nationwide in the UK (V3.co.uk )
Businesses across the UK could benefit from greater exposure from tomorrow as Google's controversial Street View service expands with the rollout of new imagery covering "almost all" of the country's roads.
Pakistan kidnap father back in UK (BBC News)
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan returns to the UK against the wishes of the country's police, the BBC learns.
UK global clout 'waning' - Hague (BBC News)
The Conservatives pledge to reverse what they say is the UK's "shrinking" influence in the world if they win power.