Preview: Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Charles Randall previews the semi-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy.
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A look ahead to the Friends Provident Trophy semi finals
Third Umpire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The Friends Provident semi finalists return to the 50 over format this weekend. Which teams can successfully merge the skills required in the Twenty20 cup and county championship to reach the season’s only Lord’s final? Durham meet Kent in Friday’s first semi final at Chester-le-Street. Both teams topped their respective divisions and will be in Twenty20 cup quarter final action early next week (indeed,...
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Colly will face Spitfires
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood will feature in Durham's Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Kent.
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Collingwood to play in semi-final
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood will play for Durham in the first Friends Provident Trophy semi-final on Friday.
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Swiss Life no longer bidding for Lombard: source
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss Life is no longer considering a bid for Lombard, the high-end insurance unit of Britain's Friends Provident , a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Collingwood to face Kent
ECB (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood is set to feature in holders Durham’s Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Kent on Friday after all.
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Friends Provident says Brits resentful about over taxation
Banking Business Review (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
According to a new research by Friends Provident, the UK population is resentful about tax increases. In a poll of more than 3,000 people, Friends Provident has found that 81% of people feel they are paying more tax than they were five years ago and that 73% of them resent this.
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'90 per cent of people don't trust Labour with their pension', claims Friends Provident
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Two-thirds of us have 'little or no faith' in the Government on the subject of pensions, a report reveals today.
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Friends Provident: '90 per cent of people don't trust Labour with their pension'
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Two-thirds of us have 'little or no faith' in the Government on the subject of pensions, a report reveals today.
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Call for Standard Life to cosy up to Friends
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
STANDARD Life, still being punished by the market for its failed attempt to buy Resolution, should court a deal with Friends Provident, ABN Amro analysts said yesterday.
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Friends will get by with a little help from Pantheon and Lombard sell-offs
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Troubled life assurer Friends Provident could be about to gain new allies if the rumour mill is to be believed.
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Outlaws maintain 100% record
ECB (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
Nottinghamshire avenged their defeat in the Friends Provident Trophy quarter-final with a 23-run Twenty20 Cup victory over Durham.
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Busy schedule hurts trophy hunt
This is Bath (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
We were all very disappointed to lose our re-arranged Friends Provident quarter-final match against Kent on Thursday last week. It was switched to Beckenham in the end because of the ground conditions at Canterbury after a deluge there the day ...
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Dexter joins Essex on loan
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Five days ago Neil Dexter was leading Kent into the semi-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy with a match-winning 101 against Somerset. On Wednesday he could be turning out for Essex in the Twenty20 after signing a month-long loan deal with the club.
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Pantheon starts Friends turnround
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Friends Provident is close to selling its upmarket intermediary business, Pantheon, to a private equity buyer, in the first of its planned disposals to come to fruition
