Virgin Trains Staff and Mills & Boon in Unique Comic Relief Collaboration

LONDON and WARRINGTON, England - With Photos

Virgin Trains has teamed up with Mills & Boon to bring romance, kissing
and fun to train travellers and raise money for Red Nose Day.

Toyota Workers Act to Save Jobs and Secure Their Future

LONDON - Responding to today’s announcement from car manufacturer Toyota that
production at its UK plants would be cut by 10 per cent, with an associated
cut in wages of 10 per cent, Peter Tsouvallaris, Unite representative at the
plant said:

Misys Central to Euro Conversion in Slovakia

LONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services
company, today announces it has successfully helped four banks complete Euro
conversion projects in Slovakia.

Recession leads 1 in 3 Smokers to cut Down or Quit

LONDON - New research released to mark No Smoking Day (11 March) shows more than
one in three (36%) of the nine million smokers in Great Britain are thinking
about or planning to cut down or quit as a direct result of the economic
downturn. The poll also shows that one in ten (9%) will be taking the first
step and making a quit attempt on No Smoking Day.

Unite Secures Legal Victory for Sacked Electricians and Heating Engineers

LONDON - Unite members who worked for an Ipswich firm have secured a legal victory
and substantial compensation following their successful claim at an
Employment Tribunal. Unite, the UK’s largest engineering union, has been
pursuing legal cases on behalf of 14 sacked members.

“I’m In” - Duncan Bannatyne Judges “Switch Ash for Cash” Schools Competition

LONDON - With Photo

To mark this year’s No Smoking Day, three ‘mini’ entrepreneurs today went
head-to-head to win a GBP2,000 investment from TV Dragon Duncan Bannatyne. In
a re-enactment of the TV challenge, the school children faced their toughest
challenge yet when they presented their big ideas on how they could encourage
parents to give up smoking.

Skilled Brits Rush to Leave UK for Better Life Abroad via Opportunities Expos

LONDON - While the days of the GBP5 Poms may be long gone, a new exodus appears to
be occurring from the UK. Working In, the organisers of the market-leading
emigration exhibitions; Opportunities Australia & Opportunities New Zealand,
have been amazed at the huge increase in advance ticket sales for the
forthcoming series of shows, which offer a fantastic insight into a new life
in a new world!

Unite Calls for Urgent Scottish Manufacturing Summit

LONDON - Unite, Scotland’s biggest union, has today written to the Minister for
Enterprise, Energy & Tourism, Jim Mather MSP, calling for a manufacturing
summit to help explore ways to support the sector and to keep people in
employment.