Companies
Data released by the Office for National Statistics show that UK public sector net borrowing excluding financial interventions was £12...
A mega-merger is to take place between mining firm Xstrata and commodity trader Glencore. The combined value of the new business will be a massive US $90billion...
Here James Griffin, manager of Fidelity's MoneyBuilder Growth Fund, considers various investment prospects for UK businesses...
Eastman Kodak, the pioneering and ever-present name in the world of photography, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US...
The New Year will fail to bring a rosier outlook for the UK’s struggling retailers, according to the KPMG/Synovate Retail Think Tank...
Analysis of staff frauds recorded by Members of CIFAS - the UK's Fraud Prevention Service - during the first six months of 2011, reveals the continued seriousness of the problem posed by dishonest, fraudulent staff operating within organisations...
Barclays Stockbrokers clients have named the top technology stocks that are candidates for their portfolios and have revealed their appetite for investing in the sector...
The Office of Fair Trading has opened investigations into a number of websites that charge people for government services that are available directly from government either at no cost or for a lower fee...
News Corporation, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has dropped its controversial bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB...
Voracious competition over headline prices in financial services comes at the expense of product quality, undermining consumer trust and compounding inertia, according to a new report by think-tank the Social Market Foundation...
Troubled care home operator Southern Cross is to close after landlords who own its property decided to leave the group...
Santander is returning all of its Indian call centres to the UK so that all retail banking customers ringing the bank will have their call answered by a UK-based employee...
Almost three-quarters of businesses have been paid late in the last 12 months, according to the Federation of Small Businesses...
Last week 70% of stores on the high street were on sale or advertising promotions in their shop window, such as 3 for 2, according to research from PwC...
IT staff across the UK are on the lookout for another job. Some 42% of IT pros are actively seeking work, with 52% keeping an eye on the IT jobs market, according to the IT Job Board’s inaugural Job Market Survey...
More than half (56%) of entrepreneurs do not feel confident getting good performance from a non-executive director and a third (33%) have had experience of poorly performing NEDs...
More London firms are hiring as normal and fewer are resorting to redundancies compared with six months ago, as companies are cautiously optimistic about business prospects...
Small businesses see training in sales and marketing as critical for their growth, latest survey figures from the Federation of Small Businesses show...
Just under two-thirds (65%) of employers have, or are planning to, increase base pay in 2011. Roughly a quarter (26%) have or will freeze pay...
The London Stock Exchange has welcomed Glencore International to its Main Market. The company joins the UK's Official List with a market capitalisation of US $ 59...
The last couple of months have seen a significant increase in the numbers of Winding Up Petitions presented to the High Court...
British Gas owner Centrica is threatening to shut one of its major gas fields because of increased taxes...
Under new regulations, consumers must be told about energy price rises 30 days before they are introduced - rather than up to two months after the event...
Despite falling bonus payments, City workers continue to earn bumper pay packets bolstered by rising regular pay...
Companies which have implemented corporate sustainability strategies have enjoyed a broad range of important benefits, according to KPMG...
Four consecutive months of overall market rental growth came to an end in March, albeit fractionally, despite all property reporting a modest upturn in capital growth, at 0...
Private sector investment in infrastructure has grown substantially in 2011, with infrastructure funds playing a pivotal role...
In light of the financial crisis, the banking industry has put in place wide-ranging programmes to address weaknesses in risk management, including governance, incentives and risk measurement, according to a survey by Ernst & Young...
Before the Event Legal Expenses Insurance (BTE LEI) could play a bigger role in widening access to justice, but the current design and promotion of these products leaves them a long way short of the mark...
The increase of 2.5% in the National Minimum Wage announced last week is a substantial rise which adds to the pressure on retailers as they try to grow their businesses and create jobs, the British Retail Consortium has warned...
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