UK

Cescau to chair IHG hotel group

French former Unilever chief to take over from 2013, four years after retiring from the consumer goods group with which he spent 35 years

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Financial Times )

US elections delay Qinetiq contracts

The technology company Qinetiq, which used to be the Government's military gadget-maker, yesterday warned contracts are being delayed in the US because of this year's presidential elections.

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Young's predicts a sparkling summer

Young's, the London-focused brewery and pub company, is poised for a bumper summer, and with good reason. It has 14 pubs along the banks of the river Thames, places that are likely to be hugely popula

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Georgian Railway is blaming volatile markets as it pulls LSE float

Georgian Railway shelved its London shares sale yesterday blaming market conditions.

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Cameron urged to 'exploit eurogeddon'

David Cameron should exploit the eurozone crisis by introducing radical policies, including a controversial freeze in state benefits, Conservative MPs will argue today.

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

FSA 'powerless' over JP Morgan

British regulators may be powerless to act against JP Morgan over its chief investment office's huge, loss-making positions in credit derivatives because of the bank's structure, The Independent has l

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Greece: Out of cash, out of hope

While European leaders and pundits debate Greece's fate in or out of the single currency, a sombre mood blankets the debt-strapped country as it continues to be pounded by its unprecedented financial

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Green the outsider is Thomas Cook boss

Thomas Cook named Harriet Green as its chief executive yesterday, leading its chairman, Frank Meysman, to insist that the beleaguered travel company is "ready for lift off".

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

UK recession worse than thought as clouds gather over eurozone

Britain's recession is even deeper than was thought, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. Economic output in the first three months of this year contracted by 0.3 per

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )

Surveys point to deeper eurozone contraction

Eurozone economies are likely to be heading deeper into recession and even Germany is now under growing pressure, a clutch of new surveys suggested yesterday.

Friday, May 25, 2012 (Independent )