The competition to win new banking customers is about to intensify, as this business offers a current account. Some 17 million customers will be offered extra shopping discounts if they open an account. Which business is this?
Tesco ( ) M&S ( ) Sainsbury ( ) House of Fraser ( )
Which sportswear retailer, has asked its shareholders to approve a new bonus scheme that will allow its founder, Mike Ashley, to receive a payout. The plan will grant as many as 25 million shares, worth about £200m, to 3,000 employees.
JD Sports ( ) Sports Direct ( ) Addidas ( ) Nike ( )
Which social networking company has announced plans to expand advertising to the UK, Canada and Australia later this year?
Twitter ( ) Instagram ( ) Pinterest ( ) Friendster ( )
UK industrial output grew at its fastest annual pace for three years in April, official figures have shown. Output rose by what % in April from a year earlier?
9% ( ) 7% ( ) 5% ( ) 3% ( )
Three World Cup football matches being played in Brazil this summer will be streamed in ultra-high-definition (UHD), the BBC has announced. The format, offers four times the resolution of 1080p high definition video. What is it also known as?
4J ( ) 5K ( ) 4K ( ) 4.5J ( )
Which supermarket chain has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling sales as it faces increasing competition from discount rivals. It said like-for-like sales, which strip out trading at new stores, excluding fuel, in the 12 weeks to 7 June were 1.1% lower compared with a year earlier.
Tesco ( ) Sainsbury ( ) Waitrose ( ) ASDA ( )
The number of people out of work fell by 161,000 to what level? Therefore bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.6%.
3.56m ( ) 2.56m ( ) 2.16m ( ) 3.16m ( )
The European Commission is to open a formal investigation into in 3 companies relation to tax arrangements with three EU countries. Which isn’t being investigated?
Apple ( ) Microsoft ( ) Fiat ( ) Starbucks ( )
Network Rail has reported a pre-tax profit of £1.035bn for the year to 31 March compared with restated profits of £747m a year earlier. The number of rail passengers rose by how much in the year to 1.5 billion?
14.9 ( ) 5.7% ( ) 11.5% ( ) 2.3% ( )
Which Irish airline has warned annual operating profits will be 10-20% lower than last year following a strike by cabin crew. The airline said a one-day strike last month and the threat of walk outs on 16 and 18 June had hurt future bookings?
Ryanair ( ) Aer Lingus ( ) Aer Arann ( ) Ireland airways ( )
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