Category: News Wire

Experts warn that pound could fall to as low as $1.35 against the dollar over the coming weeks, as traders brace themselves for “messy outcome” after May’s general election

Urgent appeal to activists shows party rushing to follow others in grabbing headlines with supportive letters from the business sector

Key City players — including the Bank of England governor — will be caught by Miliband’s plan to scrap special tax status

Initial analysis has shown there could be large oil reserves under the South of England, but should you give it a wide berth until they prove they can actually extract any of it at a profit?

A decade on from the collapse of MG Rover, the UK’s automotive sector is getting back into top gear

Entrepreneurship is on the upward momentum at the moment with over 500,000 start-ups in the past year alone. But not everyone is comfortable with risk

Conservative peer Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge, who is far better known as Karren Brady and at the side of Lord Sugar in The Apprentice and vice chairman of West Ham United FC, has written about why diverted profits tax means multinational companies will finally pay their way in Britain

Competition and Markets Authority says £55m deal between high street discount chains could pose threat to customers

UK interest rates have been held at 0.5% for another month by the Bank of England.

Whitbread to offer 6,000 apprenticeships over the next five years at its Costa and Premier Inn businesses

Bargain-hunting shoppers have flocked to discount supermarkets in such numbers that Aldi has overtaken Waitrose to become the country’s sixth largest grocery chain.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said an attempt to “drag” Scotland out of the EU against its will could trigger another independence referendum.

Bank of England survey shows increase in willingness to lend more than 90pc of a home’s value

Twitter shares have jumped on reports Google has approached the social network about a possible takeover

There was concern that over 55’s would be swapping their pension pots for Lamborghini’s and round the world cruises, but it seems that much younger people are wanting to gain access to their pension pots regardless of the tax implications.