Expensive Parmesan cheese has to be kept in secure displays in a supermarket in Bedford
British industry uses 6% less electricity than a year ago
Penguin profits rose to a recod £93 milion last year, helped by record sales of The Great Crash by JK Galbraith
Bank workers can no longer get redundancy insurance
The cost of syndicating bond issues has doubled
More men are wearing ties at work – dress down looks too unserious for serious times
Municipal car parks are producing dramatically less income for hard pressed city councils as people cut down their shopping trips
A 3rd pub in the village has become a Business Opportunity
Tolley's Tax Handbook has doubled in length since 1997
Legal & financial advisers earned £79 million (from taxpayers) from the Northern Rock debacle
Next years British International Motor Show - established 1903 - has been cancelled
The Chelsea Flower Show will have fewer showpiece gardebs [leave this misprint - Ed] this year
