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Cold snap damage bill tops £1bn

The coldest December on record caused more than £1 billion of damage to property and vehicles, as frozen water pipes burst and cars crashed...

Job report shows increase in hiring

Permanent and temporary jobs have increased at the fastest rate for several months, although employers are not recruiting in large numbers, according to a...

New measures aim to boost exports

The Government is to unveil measures aimed at boosting exports, especially by smaller companies, to help drive the UK's economic recovery.New trade finance and...

CBI calls for clear growth strategy

The head of the UK's top business group has said the Government must deliver a clear strategy for growth with the next Budget as...

Expenses fiddle MP Illsley quits

Disgraced Eric Illsley has quit as an MP, weeks after being convicted of fiddling his expenses.Treasury sources confirmed that Illsley had been granted the...

Dow Jones higher for seventh day

The Dow Jones industrial average has closed higher for the seventh day in a row - the longest series of gains for the US...

Text messages 'could clear Assange'

A hoard of secret text messages could hold the key to finally clearing the name of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a court has been...

Surprise £800m tax raid on banks

Chancellor George Osborne has hit the banks with a surprise £800 million tax raid as he announced the Government's new bank levy was to...

Cuts hit Southern Cross admissions

Government spending cuts have led to a drop in elderly residents being admitted by local authorities to the UK's largest care home group, the...

FTSE 100 reaches 30-month high

The FTSE 100 Index has pushed to a fresh two-and-a-half-year high after the banking sector shrugged off Government plans to increase the rate of...

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