As Barclays' CEO Bob Diamond admits to "mistakes" linked to swap sales, a German law firm with a winning track record in mis-selling cases is courting UK clients

Japanese tech giant Sony has doubled its predicted net loss for the year to the end of March amid reports it will shed 10,000 jobs.

Trade body says recession unlikely, but growth to remain weak

Despite all the messages of doom and gloom the British Chambers of Commerce reckons the UK won't slide back into recession this year.

A joint CBI/PwC Poll shows banks, insurance companies looking to add to current payrolls

The outlook for the emerging markets look mixed though there are some common premises which prevail, including low rate of global trade and core inflation. Open small and medium sized economies with sluggish growth are more exposed to the low rate of global trade.

Financial experts, business leaders and media pundits give their view on what chancellor George Osborne should do.

We interview consumerization expert Cesare Garlati about the benefits and risks involved in employees using their own phones and tablets for work.

Leaked private letter from business secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron accuses coalition government of lacking vision and direction.

UK's five biggest banks miss lending targets for smaller businesses, says Bank of England.

A lack on financial planning or coherent accounts can lead to difficulties in producing business plans and subsequently getting finance.

A leading business group has urged the government and businesses to adopt a two-pronged approach to deliver both short and long-term solutions to the housing crisis.

Fourth September this year marked the first anniversary of the 7.1 Richter scale earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch at 04.35 local time. New Zealand's second largest city, and the largest in the South Island, the miracle was surely that despite extensive damage, no-one was killed in the quake. No doubt that the quake hit the area early on a Saturday morning helped make this possible.

A new parliamentary motion has urged Ofcom to extend its next generation mobile broadband to cover 98 percent of the country.

The Coalition government's Comprehensive Spending Review, announced yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has drawn a mixed reaction from business, unions and economists.