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A fishing net with a built-in “emergency exit”, designed by a young British inventor to tackle overfishing, has won the annual James Dyson global award for inventors.

UK inflation jumped to a surprise five-month high of 2.7pc in October as higher university tuition fees and food costs pushed up the cost of living for British households.

Before 2007, the UK was humming on the back of a borrowing binge. But though growth is returning, will the old system?

Bibby, the UK’s largest independent provider of asset-based lending, has admitted sharing controversial fees it charges when its clients fail with brokers.

Vince Cable visits 10,000 Small Businesses scheme, which is aiming to improve management skills in established small and mid-sized companies.

Business Secretary Vince Cable says that the Government’s £1bn Business Bank will include an agency that parcels up small business debt and sells it on to investors.

Security company stripped of responsibility for running private prison in east Yorkshire after Olympic fiasco

Peer’s inquiry prepares to advise on female hiring rates as it notes 94 listed companies with all-male boardrooms

Commission forecasts a contraction of 0.3% in the UK economy this year but a 0.9% expansion in 2013, making it the fastest growing of Europe’s big five economies

The Bank of England should draw up plans to return interest rates to “a more normal level”, a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee has said ahead of Thursday’s key decision on money printing.

Hopes of small business driving the UK’s economic recovery have been dealt a blow after a leading finance provider withdrew a crucial source of finance for entrepreneurs.

Marks & Spencer has dropped celebrities in its Christmas adverts for the first time in 12 years

West Ham United boss Karren Brady has high hopes for Olympic Stadium and for more women to run UK businesses

The owners of the Financial Times are looking to sell the newspaper in a deal that could see it change hands for more than £1bn, it emerged on Tuesday night.

Small manufacturers are planning to hire more staff and boost spending in a tentative sign of returning confidence.