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Peter plunges again for Porcupine

10:52am Monday 15th March 2010

OLYMPIC and Commonwealth diver, Southampton’s Peter Waterfield has re-appointed Somerset-based Porcupine PR to handle his publicity in the run up to this year’s Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Olympics.

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A bit of a squeeze for Celebrity Eclipse

12:01pm Saturday 13th March 2010

COREY STEPHENSON watches Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship navigate some extremely tight spots on the first leg of her maiden journey to Southampton

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Partners celebrate this year’s better-than-expected 15% bumper bonus

3:12pm Friday 12th March 2010

CHEERS, whoops and unbridled excitement met the news that all of Hampshire’s thousands of John Lewis and Waitrose staff are to get a bonus equivalent to 15 per cent of their salary this year.

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John Lewis staff to get huge bonus

9:43am Thursday 11th March 2010

THOUSANDS of Hampshire staff at Waitrose and John Lewis are celebrating this morning after getting a better than forecast bonus of 15% of their annual pay.

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M&S staff anger at bank holiday ‘plans’

10:30am Thursday 11th March 2010

STAFF at a Hampshire retail giant claim it is “robbing workers of time with their families” in a shake up of bank holiday hours.

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Northern Rock writes off £1bn of debts in one year

10:25am Thursday 11th March 2010

NATIONALISED bank Northern Rock wrote off more than £1 billion during 2009 as the number of people defaulting on their debts soared, figures showed today.

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Pompey announce redundancies

5:18pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PORTSMOUTH Football Club has made 85 employees redundant.

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Docks hit by dive in UK’s export trade

10:51am Wednesday 10th March 2010

UK exports took their biggest plunge in more than three years during January, underlining the tough road to recovery faced by Southamp-ton docks.

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Shanks throws £475m offer in the waste

10:46am Wednesday 10th March 2010

WASTE disposal group Shanks, which has a major Southampton office, has walked away from takeover talks after rejecting a £475m offer.

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Moves to halt the decline in Woolston shopping

9:43am Tuesday 9th March 2010

ONE of Southampton’s oldest shopping districts will die if shoppers don’t support it, traders are warning.

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