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Inflation fell further in July, easing the pressure on household budgets, official figures are expected to show on Tuesday morning.

Marmite, Bisto, Curly Wurly chocolate bars and PG Tips – they are some of the brands the British miss most when they move abroad, and Katie Smith is making sure they don’t miss their essentials.

The new chairman of Barclays has said he wants to review the way the bank operates and will begin his search for a new chief executive “within days

Shopkeepers have teamed up to tackle the high street’s woes with the UK’s first ecommerce website which solely sells the wares of independent stores.

Entrepreneurs may need to go abroad to achieve an exit, experts are advising – which will have implications for how long deals take to secure and what happens after they have shaken hands with a buyer.

Data showed there was a smaller slump in construction activity in the second quarter of the year, signalling Britain’s economy may have shrunk less than previously estimated.

New figures are fanning concerns that the eurozone debt crisis is driving its powerhouse economies, France and Germany, into recession.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is “deeply worried” that Britain will leave the European Union via a referendum.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation swung to a $1.6bn (£1bn) loss in the fourth quarter, after it wrote off more than $3bn at its beleaguered publishing business.

Sir Mervyn King has urged “patience” on economic recovery as the Bank of England cut its growth forecasts and warned the crisis has a long way to go yet.

The Bank Of England is expected to cut growth forecasts close to zero from the 0.8 per cent predicted in May as the double-dip recession intensifies.

British retail sales growth slowed in July as a sunny spell towards the end of the month failed to make up for weeks of rain which depressed sales of summer clothes and other seasonal products, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday.

A graduate has lost her legal challenge to a government scheme which she says forces people to work without pay.

Unscrupulous company directors are escaping justice because of a shortage of resources at the Government’s Insolvency Service, experts have warned.