BERR Select Committee Report is Bold but Not Bold Enough Says Unite

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - Rob MacGregor, Unite national officer, said: "This agreement is a smoke screen designed to deflect criticism away from those who brought our banking system to its knees. The industry remains over populated with the greedy, arrogant and corrupt.

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - Unite, the UK's largest trade union, has today (Thursday) welcomed the findings of an independent report, produced by the Royal Automobile Club Foundation (RAC) which states that Mayor Boris Johnson is "pre-occupied with minority-focused transport schemes and high-cost initiatives". Unite regional industrial organiser, Peter Kavanagh, said: "Unite warned the Mayor that the withdrawal of the bendy bus would mean more buses, more operating costs and more congestion on the already congested roads of London.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Commenting on the report out today (Friday) from the influential Select Committee on Business and Enterprise, which calls for government to stop dragging its heels on support for the car industry, Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary, said: "This report hits the nail on the head. More than seven months on from the establishment of the Automotive Assistance Programme, we are yet to see a penny paid out to car and components companies.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Following the news today that Midlands-based van manufacturer LDV will go into administration on May 6th with the loss of around 900 jobs directly and thousands more in the wider supply chain, Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite said: "Two months ago I warned that without rapid intervention to support LDV while it sought a new buyer, the company would collapse. "Unless the government acts to provide a small but vital aid package of just GBP4 million, barely a year's bonus for a bailed-out banker, then LDV will go into administration on May 6th - and take with it thousands of jobs in our manufacturing heartland.

April 16th, 2009 LIVERPOOL, England - Photo and interview opportunities Date: Saturday 18th April 2009 Time: 11.30 am Venue: Bold Street (Lyceum Building), Liverpool City Centre L1 - Liverpool City Central Business Improvement District Workers at United Biscuits' Liverpool Binns Road site have kick-started a petition to urge United Biscuits not to go ahead with plans to move 170 jobs to India. Unite members at United Biscuits face an uncertain future while the company decides on proposals to move UK jobs abroad later this month.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Derek Simpson, Unite joint general secretary, said: "The announcement by Aviva to cut 1,100 staff will cause alarm across the insurance industry. Today we see a scenario where a company that is continuing to deliver positive results is slashing the staff that have enabled them to weather the current financial storm.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - New research will be launched in the House of Commons on Tuesday 31st March which sets out the necessity for radical reform for the financial services industry. The report by the Financial Exclusion Centre has been commissioned by Unite the union.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - Unite has accused HSBC of "creative accountancy" with jobs as HSBC concedes that the true number of job cuts is in fact 2,900 as the union has rightly claimed, and not 1,200 as HSBC had originally claimed. Derek Simpson, Unite Joint General Secretary, said: "As if it was not bad enough for staff of HSBC to hear from the media that their jobs are at risk, we now have a situation where the company is failing to come clean with the true extent of these cuts.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - Rob MacGregor, Unite national officer, said: "Another review with more rhetoric than substance will do nothing to reassure consumers or staff in the financial services industry. Action is well over-due by those who oversee the UK's financial services sector in order to overhaul the flawed sector and bring back trust.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Unite, the UK's biggest civil air transport union, welcomes the announcement today (Friday) from the High Court that the challenge to the expansion of Stansted airport has been suspended. Steve Turner, Unite National Officer, said: "We are delighted at this decision today and hope we can now move on and develop an expansion programme at Stansted airport.

February 9th, 2009 LONDON - Russian model Natalia Vodianova has turned a designer with the launch of her lingerie collection. She will now design a new line 'Natalia pour Etam' for the French brand Etam.

June 27th, 2009 Obama: Energy bill is bold stepWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling House passage of an energy bill "a bold and necessary step.' And he says it holds promise for creating new industries and millions of new jobs. Obama says that the bill will reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and decrease the release of pollutants that lead to global warming.

December 28th, 2008 LONDON - Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was arrested after a brawl at a night-spot. Gerrard went out with friends Sunday night following his side's 5-1 victory over Newcastle at St James' Park in which he scored twice.

August 8th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - Malay Indians will stand to lose if the community is divided, Malaysian Indian Congress deputy president hopeful S. Subramaniam has said.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani termed the verdict of the 15th Lok Sabha elections 'decisive' Saturday and said it was a signal from people to the government to go for 'bold reforms'.

July 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh after positive remarks by the Indian premier in parliament on the peace process with Pakistan. Gilani praised Manmohan Singh "for his bold vision of peace and prosperity in South Asia and the statesmanship he demonstrated", the Nation newspaper reported on its website Thursday.

July 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - On the second day of Bangalore's first-ever Fashion Week, conniesuers of life-style witnessed extensive glamour, style and colour. Designer Priyanka Thakur on Friday evening presented glitterati show of entire Indian collection for the ' bold and beautiful' women starting off with saree, followed by churidar suits and short-gowns.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday paid fulsome tribute to his predecessor Atal Bihari's Vajpayee's vision, saying "he took a decision of political courage to visit Lahore in 1999". In the course of his reply in the Lok Sabha to the debate on India-Pakistan ties, Manmohan singh invoked Vajpayee's name to make the point that it required statesmanship to make bold decisions that often changed the course of history.

July 30th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded the "statesmanship" of his Indian counterpart, terming Manmohan Singh's statement in parliament on subcontinental ties a "bold vision of peace and prosperity". "I commend Dr.

May 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Unity and Community Development Committee has called for a discussion with pro-government and Oppo­sition Indian-based organisations to set up a "1Indian" concept. Its chairman, S.