The European Commission announced yesterday (26 April) that it had reached an agreement with global card payment company Visa to reduce fees on its debit cards by 0.2%. Retailers, meanwhile, protested that the company's concession was too small.

I don’t mind people earning big sums in a competitive private sector company which is thriving. After all, we as consumers can decide whether we want to spend our money with that company, knowing that some of it goes to the high pay of the executves, or not. We have choice.The

Visa might face the same settlement that the card company's main rival MasterCard is currently appealing, according to a source that has been following Visa's negotiations with EU Competition Commissioner Kroes.  The card company received a statement of objections from the European Commission in April 2009. The EU executive considered that multilateral interchang...

To advise you all that the Company Council Reps along with the RMT Regional Organiser met with the Company on the 29th June 2009 to discuss some important issues with the Company within Revenue Protection and Clerical Grades. We raised the issue of the item placed on the new Job Description for...

On paper, he said, a Chongjin state construction company employs him. But the company has few supplies and no cash to pay its employees. So like more than a third of the workers, the worker said, he pays roughly $5 a month to sign in as an employee on the company’s daily

Ooooh, oooh, here’s a nice little scandal I hadn’t known about. The £100 million owed to creditors by the collapsed credit card company E-Clear has disappeared, according to administrators. Sources close to the investigation into the company, which was put into administration by court order this week, have confirmed to The Times that no trace of the

I started a little company way back in January 1996. My wife and I are the sole shareholders and directors. The company was active for the first couple of years during which I was working freelance. It then became more or less dormant for four years when I was working full time elsewhere. Since returning to live in Scotland the company has sprung back to life.Our company has never needed a

As you all be aware your Negotiators have been meeting with the Company to discuss the October 2008 Pay award for all the Groups of Grades this Union Represents,we have been offered several offers from the Company in which we asked the Company to revisit. The Final meeting we had with the Company...

To advise all that your Company Council Reps along with yourRegional Organiser have a meeting arranged with the Company on the 15th January,this meeting has been arranged by the Company to discuss with this Union their future plans within South West Trains. This is all the information we have at...

Imagine this. You're an MP trying to persuade a rail company to change its mind over the closure of a station ticket booth. The rail company has a Freepost address for customer complaints and invites people to write to them. So you hand out postcards to commuters urging them to do just that. You are then told by the rail company that they will bill you for the cost of the postage. Do you... A)...