The number of company failures fell by even more - 185 went bust in the run up to Christmas - down by a third compared with the same time in 2011.

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Perhaps not much sign of focus there, but this is a slimmed-down bank half way through its run-off programme, and half way through the time limit it set itself for turnaround.

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But the couple are said to want to spend time together as husband and wife in the run-up to Christmas and settle down in their north Wales home, near to where William is based at RAF Valley on Anglesey.

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Even if that response failed to provide Mr Milosevic with the desired result, he would almost certainly not step down for the time being - on the grounds that his current term does not run out until next summer.

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