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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Briefcase... : Chancellor John Healey’s maiden Budget has not gone down well with the hospitality industry ]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Uncorked: Fred Clelland]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The Old China Hand in Clerkenwell sold to Southampton Arms operator ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Disappointing Budget for hospitality as pleas for lower VAT fall on deaf ears]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[John Healey's maiden budget has targeted support at the smallest of businesses ]]></image:caption>
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