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WHAT HAPPENED ON 14th February 2001?
13th February 2001
ORANGE SHARE PRICES FALL AFTER OPENING
Mobile phone group Orange has seen its shares slip in their opening minutes of trading on the London Stock Exchange. The shares ` listed on exchanges in London & Paris at 1pm GMT ` fell from a price of around 639.5p before trading started to 627.5p. Analysts said it would take a couple of days before the true market value of Orange's shares was known. The company is being floated by France Telecom which bought it from Vodaphone
14th February 2001
JOB HOPES FOR DISCARDED STEEL WORKERS
Workers facing being made redundant by steel giant Corus are to be targeted by a telecoms company creating 4 000 jobs. EXi Telecoms is to offer on-site retraining to workers set to lose their jobs in Wales & north-east England. But the Steel Trades Confederation said it was a "fantasy" to say a firm with only 1 500 workers could take on 4 000. It said Corus had been "cruel" in an effort to "divert attention from its destruction of the steel industry".
14th February 2001
An electricity company has admitted
trying to get blood from a stone after sending a bill to a 9th Century Pict monument in the Scottish Highlands. The Standing Stone at Forres near Aberdeen has been lit up since 1993. But rather than billing the Historic Scotland group the Scottish Hydro company asked for payment direct from Sueno's Stone Finhorn Road Forres. The company has sorted the mix-up & says the stone will not be billed again
13th February 2001
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7m ADULTS CANNOT READ OR WRITE ` STUDY Seven million adults in England are functionally illiterate ` unable to read & write properly ` a study says. The DTI Competitiveness Indicators show the British workforce is lagging behind other nations in skills & education. Only 37% of workers have two or more A-levels compared with 74% in Germany. And US workers are 45% more productive than staff in England & Wales. Trade Secretary Stephen Byers said: "We must address our shortcomings."
14th February 2001
JOB HOPES FOR DISCARDED STEEL WORKERS
Workers facing being made redundant by steel giant Corus are to be targeted by a telecoms company creating 4 000 jobs. EXi Telecoms is to offer on-site retraining to workers set to lose their jobs in Wales & north-east England. But the Steel Trades Confederation said it was a "fantasy" to say a firm with only 1 500 workers could take on 4 000. It said Corus had been "cruel" in an effort to "divert attention from its destruction of the steel industry".
14th February 2001
CORUS CONSIDERS PLAN TO AVOID JOB CUTS
Steel firm Corus has agreed to consider a union's alternative proposals to its plans to cut 6 000 jobs. The pledge came after a meeting with unions described as "constructive". Michael Leahy general secretary of the Iron & Steel Trades Confederation said he was hopeful that progress could be achieved in a new meeting next month Corus is to begin a 90-day consultation on the job cuts which mainly affect south Wales & north-east England.
13th February 2001
ROLLS-ROYCE £12bn ORDERS SECURES JOBS
Rolls-Royce has secured orders worth more than £12bn for its Trent aero engines safeguarding over 7 000 jobs. The Trent 900 has been chosen by a number of airlines for use in their new superjumbos. Some 30 customers have ordered 1 400 engines Rolls-Royce said The Government is investing £250m in the engine construction and will receive a return on future sales. Trade Secretary Stephen Byers said he aimed to help the firm compete globally
14th February 2001
JOB HOPES FOR DISCARDED STEEL WORKERS
Workers facing being made redundant by steel giant Corus are to be targeted by a telecoms company creating 4 000 jobs. EXi Telecoms is to offer on-site retraining to workers set to lose their jobs in Wales & north-east England. But the Steel Trades Confederation said it was a "fantasy" to say a firm with only 1 500 workers could take on 4 000. It said Corus had been "cruel" in an effort to "divert attention from its destruction of the steel industry".
14th February 2001
CORUS CONSIDERS PLAN TO AVOID JOB CUTS
Steel firm Corus has agreed to consider a union's alternative proposals to its plans to cut 6 000 jobs. The pledge came after a meeting with unions described as "constructive". Michael Leahy general secretary of the Iron & Steel Trades Confederation said he was hopeful that progress could be achieved in a new meeting next month Corus is to begin a 90-day consultation on the job cuts which mainly affect south Wales & north-east England.
13th February 2001
18:48/028/
7m ADULTS CANNOT READ OR WRITE ` STUDY Seven million adults in England are functionally illiterate ` unable to read & write properly ` a study says. The DTI Competitiveness Indicators show the British workforce is lagging behind other nations in skills & education. Only 37% of workers have two or more A-levels compared with 74% in Germany. And US workers are 45% more productive than staff in England & Wales. Trade Secretary Stephen Byers said: "We must address our shortcomings."
14th February 2001
JOB HOPES FOR DISCARDED STEEL WORKERS
Workers facing being made redundant by steel giant Corus are to be targeted by a telecoms company creating 4 000 jobs. EXi Telecoms is to offer on-site retraining to workers set to lose their jobs in Wales & north-east England. But the Steel Trades Confederation said it was a "fantasy" to say a firm with only 1 500 workers could take on 4 000. It said Corus had been "cruel" in an effort to "divert attention from its destruction of the steel industry".
14th February 2001
CORUS CONSIDERS PLAN TO AVOID JOB CUTS
Steel firm Corus has agreed to consider a union's alternative proposals to its plans to cut 6 000 jobs. The pledge came after a meeting with unions described as "constructive". Michael Leahy general secretary of the Iron & Steel Trades Confederation said he was hopeful that progress could be achieved in a new meeting next month Corus is to begin a 90-day consultation on the job cuts which mainly affect south Wales & north-east England.
13th February 2001
TWO FRENCH WORKERS SACKED FOR SMOKING
A meat-processing plant in Morlaix in western France has sacked two male employees accused of smoking outside designated areas French radio reports. One of them was allegedly caught in the toilets & the other outside the factory but still on company premises. The management say the two men had been warned about the ban on smoking outside the rooms set aside for this purpose. However the two employees are claiming unfair dismissal & are taking their case to an industrial tribunal.
14th February 2001
JOB HOPES FOR DISCARDED STEEL WORKERS
Workers facing being made redundant by steel giant Corus are to be targeted by a telecoms company creating 4 000 jobs. EXi Telecoms is to offer on-site retraining to workers set to lose their jobs in Wales & north-east England. But the Steel Trades Confederation said it was a "fantasy" to say a firm with only 1 500 workers could take on 4 000. It said Corus had been "cruel" in an effort to "divert attention from its destruction of the steel industry".
14th February 2001
TUESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Speaker Michael Martin demanded a probe into how details of Government measures to improve workers' skills appeared in the Press before official publication. He said there was close correspondence between reports of the competitiveness White Paper & the document itself. He was responding to Tory claims that ministers had leaked the information. Shadow Trade Secretary David Heathcoat- Amory said the Government wanted to avoid critical scrutiny of proposals.
