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The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 559(4A) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(a), hereby make the following Order: 1. This Order may be cited as the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, Section 559(4A), Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000 immediately after the bringing into effect of section 139(1) of the Finance Act 1995(b). 2. The relevant percentage determined for the purposes of section 559(4) and (4A) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is 18 per cent.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Headquartered in London, HSBC has an international network comprised of over 9,800 offices in 77 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. The bank’s 253,000 employees are located mainly in the UK (56,000 employees), the US (43,000), Brazil (28,000), Hong Kong (26,000), Mexico (20,000) and France (14,000). Admirably, HSBC acknowledges that it operates in countries that present a range of social, ethical and environmental challenges.

All projects in receipt of funding must adhere to these conditions or risk having their funding allocation reduced or withdrawn.

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, delivered his Pre-Budget report to the House of Commons on Monday 24 November at 3.30pm. The Pre-Budget provides a progress report on what has been achieved so far, gives an update of the state of the economy and public finances, and sets out the direction of Government policy in the run up to the spring Budget.

The Chancellor sat down after an hour, when he delivered a road map for tax reductions now, followed by tax increases in 2010 and 2011.

Sustainable development is an internationally recognised principle that seeks to simultaneously progress economic, social and environmental goals across generations and across the globe. In 1994, the UK became the first country to publish a national strategy on sustainable development. This was revised in 1999 and a new strategy, Securing the Future1 , followed in March 2005. This strategy and its accompanying UK Framework agreed across the devolved administrations, presents a clear goal that the UK public sector is working towards:

In his Pre Budget Report the Chancellor should announce carefully targeted tax reductions to support business through the recession and help sustain the critical property and construction markets, according to chartered accountants MacIntyre Hudson. Amongst measures proposed by MacIntyre Hudson are: • Cancellation of the planned increases in the Small Companies Rate of Corporation Tax • Extension of the carry back of losses to be set against prior years’ profits for up to 3 years • Extension of the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Scheme to all trading

Workspace Group PLC ("Workspace") today announces its results for the half year ended 30 September 2008. Workspace provides over 6 million sq. ft of flexible business accommodation to over 4,5 00 small and medium size enterprises ("SMEs") in London . * Occupancy maintained in the quarter at 84.1% overall and 87.6% on a like-for-like basis * Total rent roll £53.1m up 7. 1 % (£3.6m) on prior year and up 1.7% (£0.9m) in the quarter * Enquiry levels strong *

Operating Highlights •Good volume growth and rental revenue per day ahead of prior year •Higher fleet costs partially mitigated by lower insurance costs and improved utilisation •Investment in revenue management and websites delivering benefits •Substantial network changes – net capital release circa €200 million •Turnaround of Budget continues •Both underlying1 operating margin and ROCE ahead of prior year

Avis Europe plc, a leading car rental company in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, announces interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2008. Operating Highlights * Continued volume growth, despite the weaker economic environment, supported by well-balanced geographical spread. * Further improvement in rental revenue per day - benefiting from detailed revenue management actions. * Strong performance by Licensees. * Currency translation gains offset by exchange rate impacts on trading.

Avis Europe plc, a leading car rental company in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, publishes its Interim Management Statement. Despite an increasingly difficult economic environment, we maintained overall volumes in the third quarter at the same level as last year, with lower billed days in the individual customer group, particularly inbound from the US, offset by continued growth in corporate and insurance/replacement business. However, volumes have noticeably weakened in the fourth quarter to date.

Interim Results for the 6 months to 30 September 2008 Financial Highlights: Sales +107% year on year to £65.7 million Gross margin + 80bps year on year to 46% Profit before tax +68% year on year to £4.1 million Cash in bank £8.9m Sales for the 7 weeks to 16 November 2008 +104% year on year Business Highlights: Total number of product lines up 238% year on year to 19,400 as at 31 October 2008 Number of brands up 135% year on year to 700 as at 31 October 2008 Number of active customers up 95% year on year to 947,000 as at 31 October 2008

Sales grew 90% for the year ended March 2008, and we have now achieved compound annual growth of over 75% per year for the last four years. Profits (before tax) for the year ended March 2008 grew by 117%. Both have been achieved on a purely organic basis.

• Increasingly desperate new sellers slash asking prices by 2.9% month-on-month and 7.1% year-on-year • 80,000 new sellers lowest recorded by Rightmove since 2002, as those that hope for a price recovery choose not to market • Cheapest base rates since 1955 coincide with onset of winter market, giving opportunity for ‘cash-rich and mortgage ready’ buyers to bargain hard • An average 7.1% year-on-year fall in initial asking prices does not tally with agents’ feedback of achieved sales prices at around 20% below peak asking prices

BT is one of the world’s leading communications services companies and serves customers in 170 countries. Our vision is to be dedicated to helping customers thrive in a changing world.

• Revenue of £5,303 million, up 4 per cent • EBITDA before specific items1 and leaver costs of £1,429 million, down 1 per cent • BT Global Services EBITDA before leaver costs of £119 million, down 36 per cent • Operating profit before specific items1 and leaver costs of £744 million, down 1 per cent • Profit before taxation, specific items1 and leaver costs of £590 million, down 11 per cent • Earnings per share before specific items1 and leaver costs of 5.9 pence, down 3 per cent • Interim dividend maintained at 5.4 pence per share

Group Income Statement 1 Group External Revenue by Segment 2 New External Revenue Analysis - BT Group 3 New External Revenue Analysis - BT Global Services 3a Sales Order Value - BT Global Services 3b New External Revenue Analysis - BT Retail and Retail Business Units 3c New External Revenue Analysis - BT Wholesale 3d New External Revenue Analysis - Openreach 3e Summary Cost Analysis / FTE / Capex 4 Total Call Volumes / Growth / Carrier Pre Select 5 Broadband / Local Loop Unbundling / BT Vision 6 Exchange Lines / Wholesale Line Rental 7

• Revenue of £5,303 million, up 4 per cent • EBITDA before specific items1 and leaver costs of £1,429 million, down 1 per cent • BT Global Services EBITDA before leaver costs of £119 million, down 36 per cent • Operating profit before specific items1 and leaver costs of £744 million, down 1 per cent • Profit before taxation, specific items1 and leaver costs of £590 million, down 11 per cent • Earnings per share before specific items1 and leaver costs of 5.9 pence, down 3 per cent • Interim dividend maintained at 5.4 pence per share

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