BUSINESS

Cold weather and squeezed household budgets hit Debenhams' third-quarter sales.

Number of unemployed falls by 12,000 in June to 2.943 million.

Official GDP figures revised up in 2012 to erase double-dip recession, though output lower than thought compared to pre-crisis peak.

UK’s third-largest mortgage lender plans to raise funds from market.

Except construction and government, all other sectors losing momentum.

Mass Effect 4 to feature core system of Dragon Age 3: Inquisition.

Office of Fair Trading urges commission to investigate 'deep-rooted' problems in loans market.

Sentencing Council draft guidelines also suggest 10 year jail term for worst offenders.

Most indices flat as markets ignore EU agreement on troubled banks.

Secret recordings implied that executives John Bowe and Peter Fitzgerald wilfully misled central bank and regulators

China will levy duties ranging from 19.6% to 36.9% on European exports of toluidine.

Investors and wealthy investors will be forced to share costs of a bank bailout.

Chinese firms' rising profits and easing concerns over Fed bond purchases push up stocks.

Foreign direct investment rises 22% to more than $62bn on property and financial sectors.

Reliance Capital said it has roped in Japanese financial powerhouses SumitomoMitsui Trust Bank and Nippon Life Insurance to boost its bid for a banking licence in India

GHC Capital Markets’ chief economist details the impact from speculation over the Federal Reserve’s preparations to taper QE.

Chancellor George Osborne has cut £11.5bn more from the public purse - here are the reactions.

IBTimes UK looks at what Chancellor George Osborne announced in his latest spending review.

Laughter and mockery on secret phone call recordings between bosses at the now defunct Anglo Irish Bank were a slap in the face for the Irish taxpayer.

Billions of cuts made to departmental budgets in 2015/16 as chancellor claims British economy in recovery.

Pimco's Bill Gross opines Fed's plan may be too hasty, while Matthew Lynn says the world has reasons to worry.

Compensation expert tells IBTimes UK about the dangers of sweeping bonus reforms across the UK, EU and US

RBS and NatWest will contact small businesses directly to encourage them to borrow more money.

Two of failed AIB bosses issue lengthy statements rebuking claims they had deliberately misled the government and regulators

Legal & General agrees to acquire annuity buy-out company Lucida for about £151m.

The US has reclaimed the title as the most favoured location for FDI after a 12 years.

Insee confirms France's first-quarter GDP contracted by 0.2%.

British-based lender says income for first six months of 2013 expected to grow again.

German consumer sentiment rose to the highest level in almost six years, according to research group GfK.