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The impact of a eurozone member leaving the bloc would certainly hit Britain’s economy and affect banks largely through indirect exposure to Europe
A big capital outlay is needed to keep attracting visitors at attractions around the UK in the face of dwindling consumer spending
Field Fisher Waterhouse and Lawrence Graham said they were considering a tie-up that would put the new entity among the top 25 law firms in the UK
Potent white spirit customarily used to toast business deals will arrive next month, despite westeners having yet to acquire a taste for it
Deferred prosecution agreements offer chance to overhaul interaction between prosecutors, defendants and judges in England and Wales
Outlook worse than earlier analysis which predicted the government would break even on its investment in the mortgages lender, audit office says
Edinburgh, Manchester and other regional cities help companies take advantage of lower costs, report shows
Shareholders revolt reflects simmering discontent despite founder and chairman Sir Bill Gammell’s £3.5m bonus being scrapped in January
Group to record first fall in full-year profit in three years, but chief Marc Bolland could still take home £6m under deal he signed when he joined
US carmaker reaches a deal with its workers and will invest £125m in the Cheshire plant to build the new model of its Astra compact car
UK is ‘moving in the right direction’, says PM, insisting he will not “blow the budget on more spending” to try to stimulate the economy
The financial watchdog is casting its net across three continents and has asked headhunters to help find a replacement for Margaret Cole
A committee of MPs has welcomed the rise in numbers but questioned the quality and duration of some schemes
The UK agriculture minister is heading to Beijing to put the finishing touches to a breakthrough trade deal offering £50m of pork sales
Solicitor-general is to bring plan to parliament which would see companies pay large fines in exchange for suspension of criminal case
The long-running children’s show is being moved off BBC1 as part of a shake-up aimed at making savings of £700m a year
Four of the top five officials are set to leave in a spate of departures that will strip the department of its most experienced professionals
International debate is red-hot with estimates of effects of austerity on growth, but UK inflation report did not address the issue of how these might apply here
Jaguar Land Rover continues to ramp up production of Evoque ‘baby Range Rover, at Halewood, which was threatened with closure a decade ago
Unemployment in the UK has fallen unexpectedly by 45,000 to 2.63m while annual average earnings growth has slowed to 0.6 per cent
