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The company reported a loss of ￡ 15. 9 m for the six months on 2 October, compared to a profit of ￡ 7. 2 m the previous year. The results were affected by a ￡ 10. 9 fresh m pension. Sales slipped 453 million from ￡ from ￡ 466. 9 m.

However, like-for-like sales picked up, climbing 2 7pc in the first half and 6pc in the second quarter, helped by demand for ready-made and biscuits on Fox.

Food North has taken measures to improve companies, including new robot packing biscuit Fox and exiting low margin contracts and plant closures in the division cooked. Stefan Barden, Chief Executive, said the company would now begin a "self help" program in the area of food frozen, which includes the Goodfella and McDougall pies.

The frozen food company reported a loss of ￡ 4.6 m for the first half, compared with ￡ 5.1 m profit last year, after sales 21pc.Aliments North spent about 5 m ￡ on an advertising campaign featuring the "pizza fairy" and new produits.M.Barden says that the company will now focus on improving the presentation in stores, ensure that buyers can find his pizzas and promotions which are more attractive than rival Dr. Oetker, offering

"At this time that they you hit all that databases and we have to get better,"he said.""

Shares slipped 45?p ?p.

North has also maintained its dividend for the semester to 1.55%, payable on January 28.

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Companies received almost a quarter less country judgments against them for non-payment in the third quarter compared to last year.

The conclusions are that late payment practices eased during the same period.

The value of the debt of the judgment against business dropped by almost ￡ 50 m to ￡ 201.8 m ￡ 153.2 m.

The total number of judgments against individuals and companies 48,619 in the third quarter of the year falls 37,168 last this year

Registry trust, which brings together the judgments, said that more people were looking for decisions of justice against the companies in their risk assessment.

President Malcolm Hurlston, said: "It is good to see people take more time to verify the historical debt before doing business".

Experian Group analysis has revealed that companies paid their bills by an average 22.61 days late in the third quarter, a half-day faster than the average of 23.17 days in the previous year.

One or two person 19.43 days, whereas large firms paid on average companies took 35.31 days, approximately four days less year dernier.Les in Yorkshire, in Scotland and late payments Northwest saw pushing beyond the earliest in the last quarter.

Joe Myers, head of the commercial credit Experian, said: "payment performance is slightly better that it was this time year dernière.Information payment performance is a great indicator of the financial health of the company and all businesses should ensure they have a view on tracks payment records their clients to help them manage cash flow and to assess the credit risk."

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Actions in the UK engineering group has lost 4 3pc in London, while EADS dropped 3 5pc in Paris after the second with 459 passengers on board, was forced to make an emergency landing at Singapore.

Alan Joyce, Executive Director of Qantas, said the Airbus A380, which originated in London, suffered "significant" failure of one of its four engines shortly after that he left the island State during the journey to Sydney.

He said that the airline had opened an investigation into what went wrong, but in the meantime took no risks.

Rolls-Royce said he worked with clients and authorities.

The incident is one of the most serious in the world of the largest aircraft passengers in three-year commercial flight.

Howard Wheeldon, higher than the BGC partners in London, brokerage strategist said: "" until that investigation is performed correctly we will know whether it's a failure of the engine set or if the explosion was caused by a malfunction of a game engine or outside interference as a bird strike or the débris.Il may also be a maintenance problem. ' "

EADS has also affected by the sharp rise of the euro against the dollar Thursday, making more expensive for buyers abroad, his plans after the Fed moved to buy more u.s. government debt.

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Oswald Gr?bel, CEO of UBS, said the problems of "very low levels of client activity.

Investment banking arm Bank Switzerland made a loss before tax of Sfr406m (￡ 206 m) for three months returned recently to profitability after several years of losses in the wake of the financial crisis.

Oswald Grübel, Director of UBS, said the problems of "very low levels of client activity. It also pointed out the current strength of the Swiss franc against the other currencies.

Mr Grübel added remains optimistic. ""We are optimistic that an uptick in the fourth quarter will benefit all our divisions of the company," he said.

Groups of UBS profits dropped by 17pc Sfr1.66bn compared to the second trimestre.Pour nine months profit are close to Sfr6bn, compared to a loss in 2009 for the same period of Sfr3.9bn.

Independent research firm CreditSights said results of the UBS analysts indicate that "his recovery is still fragile," especially in the business investment banks, which was the source of much of the problems of the Bank for the financial crisis.

"The loss of the common market and personnel can be lined with quarters in markets, conditions are favorable, but when times are difficult, the challenge of reconstruction work is more apparent, said CreditSights."

Hope for UBS zone is his fortune management company that has always been one of the strong points of the Bank but injured by outputs massive during the crisis.

Results for the third quarter showed net inflows new funds on the activities of Sfr900m, including the new currency Sfr300m in the Americas, where he was to be feared that a stricter attitude by the American authorities on the offshore money could be damaging to the Bank.

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The construction sector has lost more than any other jobs in the recession, according to the figures of the Bacs payroll deductions.

The construction industry has been less resilient to redundancies, controls a number of salaries and wages paid during the three years in August 2010 Bacs 25pc slump, figures montrent.Le transport, storage and communication sector also saw a substantial under 19pc, just drop while making payments dropped almost 15pc over the same period, statistics by the organization behind the direct debit, Bacs has revealed.

Over 90pc of the workforce paid by Bacs, which means that the data illustrate the key trends and reflect the real winners and losers of the financial crisis.

Figures show more resistant of United Kingdom was in mines and quarries sector jobs recession, with a growth of 8pc in payments over three years to August 2010.Le sector health and social work was strong, arriving as it interprets the second best with a growth of 7pc payments, while education is in third place with a growth of 3pc.

Mike Hutchinson, Bacs, Marketing Manager said: "the construction industry has been the real loser, that extractive while experienced the highest increase payroll payments".

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