Mis-Selling Derivatives: Top Bankers at HSBC, Barclays and Santander UK Defend Interest Rate Swaps
Barclays' Antony Jenkins, HSBC's Douglas Flint and Ana Botín at Santander UK tell lawmakers that hedging tools are critical for Britain's small businesses despite past failures.
BT Group Dials Down Revenue Outlook
UK’s largest fixed telecoms company posts gloomy outlook, after recession, regulation and rain hit revenue
Is the UK Creating a New Credit Bubble?
Banks encouraged to boost lending but is this wise as outlook for UK economy worsens?
Mis-Selling Derivatives Scandal: 'IRSA Is a Noose, Not a Collared Product"
Experts give evidence at parliamentary commission on banking standards joint select committee.
Vince Cable: Sacking People an 'Aphrodisiac' to Tory 'Head Bangers'
Liberal Democrat business secretary predicts another hung parliament in 2015 at party conference.
Government to Set Up £1bn State-Backed Business Bank
Move designed to help SMEs unable to secure credit from existing lenders.
Lloyds Grabs £1 Billion from Bank of England Credit Easing Scheme
Lloyds bank said it will use Funding for Lending Scheme cash to cut borrowing rates for homebuyers and small businesses
Aldermore's Phillip Monks: Our SME Lending Will Pass £1 Billion in September
Phillip Monks, head of challenger bank Aldermore, insists small business demanding finance as he signs up for Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.
EXCLUSIVE: Barclays Settles With SME Owner Sara Pearson on Mis-Selling Derivatives
Barclays reaches out-of-court settlement over interest rate swap agreement dispute ahead of October court hearing.
Are Regulatory Changes Choking UK Business?
With the raft of regulatory changes demanding restructuring compliance departments and reporting, it is too much for companies to take?
SMEs 'Suffering in Silence' on Bank Account Charges
YouGov finds almost three quarters of smaller businesses rarely or never change banks despite 'unfair' charges and fees.
Everyone is Listening: How Cheap and Easy Call Monitoring Puts You at Risk
The technology needed to listen in on someone else's phone calls costs only a few hundred pounds and poses a major threat to corporations and individuals.
UK Trade Deficit Widens as Exports Hurt by Slowing Global Demand
Office for National Statistics trade data exposes weakness in UK export market during second quarter as recession continued
Bank of England Slashes UK Growth Forecast Again to Near Zero for 2012
Chancellor George Osborne under more pressure as Bank of England predicts near-zero growth for UK economy in 2012.
UK Manufacturing Falls Most in Four Years in June Amid Jubilee and Global Slowdown
Chancellor George Osborne wants to increase UK exports, but the slowdown in manufacturing will complicate this ambition.
RBS Dumps Traders Amid Libor Probe as Profits Dip
State-owned RBS sets aside around £310m to cover mis-selling claims and bank system failures that locked-out 15m customers in June.
Central Bank Scorecard: Next Rate Moves Crucial as European Crisis Threatens Recession
An IBTimes UK exclusive round-up of the most recent policy statements and rate decisions from the world's key central banks
UK Recession: George Osborne's Big Push for Growth
Chancellor desperate to restore reputation and drag Britain out of recession orders big push from rail investment to Bank of England stimulus.
Google to Follow Nexus 7 with Nexus 10?
Google has been reportedly planning to launch a tablet with bigger screen size at 10in.
U.S. Mid-Market Industries to Grow 7%
The U.S. middle market companies is seen growing this year albeit at a slower pace of 7%. This was the result of a survey conducted on the U.S. middle market industry by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) in a project collaboration with the Ohio National State University's Fischer College of Business.
UK Economy Contracts Faster as ONS Revises Q4 GDP Data Down
Britain's economy contracted by 0.4 percent in the final quarter of 2011, worse than previously thought, according to revised Office for National Statistics data.
Mervyn King: No Guarantee Bank of England Credit Easing Schemes Will Work
The Bank of England governor Mervyn King warned that two new schemes to get banks lending are not guaranteed to work and help pull the UK out of recession.
European Crisis: Merkel Bends on Growth after Rome Meeting Pledges €130bn Boost
Bank downgrades come amid global review by Moody's as IMF says European crisis enters 'critical stage'.
UK Inflation Slows to Near Three Year Low 2.8% in May - ONS
UK inflation has fallen again, giving the Bank of England more to think about in its quantitative easing programme as Britain wallows in recession
Why George Osborne's £1 trillion UK Export Plan is Failing
George Osborne said he wants the value of UK exports to increase to £1tn by the end of the decade - but the industry is in decline. Here is why.
George Osborne and Sir Mervyn King Outline Reforms
Chancellor Osborne and Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King to outline new landscape for relationship between City of London, regulators, and government
UK Banks Face Split as Government 'White Paper' Supports Vickers' Recommendations
Savers and taxpayers to be protected from banking crises under new plans, but government softens on capital buffers for global lenders
Bank of England will Extend QE if Eurozone Crisis Deepens: Reuters Poll
There is a 50-50 chance of the Bank of England extending its monetary stimulus, according to a poll of economists, hinged on the state of the eurozone
Modern Money: How the Banking Crisis Opened the Door for Internet Start-ups
Visionaries from Wonga.com, FundingCircle.com, TransferWise.com and Index Ventures discuss the rise of 'Modern Money'.
David Cameron Speech on Euro Crisis and UK Economy [FULL TEXT]
The full text of prime minister's speech in Manchester