BUSINESS

The latest polls give the Conservatives a 7-point lead over Labour.

The fashion group hails a "very encouraging" start to the first three months of its year.

Some 17% more chartered surveyors report higher house prices in May, down from 22% in April.

Rising stockpiles of US crude oil add to the downside drag of the Qatar diplomatic row.

Alexander Lipton is CEO of StrongHold Labs, a Visiting Professor of Financial Engineering at EPFL, and a Connection Science Fellow at MIT Connection Science.

Think tank OECD forecasts global economic growth to be at its highest since 2011 despite challenges.

Volume of bets on political events has grown by 10% year-on-year over the last two years.

ECA International reveals that London's global cost of living ranking fell to 132nd in the world from 65th last year.

The country, which counts China as its largest trading partner, has racked up 103 quarters of growth.

The Cambridge-based firm entered into an agreement with Grunenthal for the sale of Zomig, amounting to $302m.

89% of executives worldwide view current geopolitical scenario as a growth opportunity, says report by Ernst and Young.

United were worth $3.69bn at the end of the 2015/16 season, a 11% improvement on the previous year.

Halifax House Price Index shows second consecutive quarterly drop in house prices.

Bankbox will enable users to provide asset verification credentials, fund a wallet, issue currencies, track the assets and manage distribution.

The European Central Bank said Banco Popular would be "unable to pay its debts" as the fell due.

Taxi-app firm also sends staff on training and counselling courses to counter claims of unprofessional culture.

Sia founder David Vorick says Amazon stores a lot of the internet's data, and with this power comes too much responsibility.

Billon and Philip Morris successfully completed series of pilots in Poland over the past eight months.

Brent, WTI slide further as Doha calls for dialogue with irate neighbouring countries.

The 12-week European energy pilot also featured Eni Trading & Shipping and Wien Energie.

Premji is chairman of Wipro, one of India's largest IT services firms.

The move means disgraced bank boss Fred Goodwin will not give evidence in court on the lender's near collapse.

The latest EY report projectes Scotland's non-oil GDP will grow by 0.9% during 2017.

The telecoms giant said it "will not tolerate" being associated with such abusive content.

The second phase of the Aeternity contribution campaign is underway and ends on 12 June.

Google, Apple, and Amazon are the world's most valuable brands, according to the Brandz 2017 report

Foreign companies completed 127 M&A deals in Britain in the first three months of the year.

London rents fall 3% year-on-year as capital leads decline in rental costs.

The gin craze and a freeze in duty in last year's Budget boosted tax receipts from spirits.