The FTSE 100 closed tonight up 16 points at 58/25.

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Around 830 jobs are under threat after one of the UK's biggest drinks
suppliers collapsed into administration.

Staff at WaverleyTBS are employed at 18 sites across the UK, including
Gateshead, Hemel Hempstead, Dagenham, Haydock in Merseyside and Wincanton in
Somerset.

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(Meanwhile) more than 400 jobs are expected to be lost at the AA from its
insurance call centre in Cardiff.

The company says more customers are now buying insurance online - resulting in
fewer purchases being made over the telephone.

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Sir Richard Branson says he's delighted that Virgin will be able to re-bid for
the West Coast mainline rail contract.

They HAD lost the franchise to FirstGroup, but mistakes by the Department for
Transport mean the bidding process is now being re-launched.

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Budget airline Easyjet has been boosted by a late flurry of summer bookings
following the Olympics.

Passenger numbers were up 7-point-1 per cent in the year to September.

Easyjet has raised its profit forecast to 310-million pounds from 280-million
pounds.

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