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• Barclays changes the face of banking.

  Barclays has opened a state-of-the-art flagship branch at Piccadilly Circus.

• Three million 'plan career change'

  More than three million people plan to change careers in the next year.

• Approval for Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger

  Lloyds TSB shareholders overwhelmingly backed the bank's rescue takeover of ailing rival Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS).

• Strong margin and cash flow in difficult market

  Highlights from Randstad's third quarter statement.

• Barclays Donates £5million to UNICEF

  Barclays announced it was making the largest single corporate donation in the UK to children's charity Unicef.

• Bank of England cuts interest rate by 1.5%

  The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has announced it is cutting the base rate by 1.5 per cent.

• Interim Manager of the Year 2008 goes to Albemarle

  2008 again sees an Interim Manager from Albemarle Interim Management plc walk away with the prestigious REC award for Interim Manager of the Year.