ECONOMY

Chartered surveyor e.surv says 44% more repossessions in north than south.

Online sales will fall drastically without the high street, a report has suggested.

Rebels snatch back oil hub three months after President Salva Kiir troops regained control

At £458,000, the average house price in London doesn't get you much. But it does elsewhere.

Iconic Naranj restaurant has opened a branch in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The country's total unemployment rate tumbled to 6.9%, but in some regions the rate increase.

New report calls for investigation into money transfer companies after discovery of excessive charges

Orkney and Shetland islands have banded together to seek greater local power over local issues

FHFA says hefty withdrawals from federal housing finance programme can endanger system if big borrower defaults.

Ukraine's political upheveal has sent oil prices rocketing.

States including Texas, Virginia and Nebraska are raising wages due to competition for workers.

China slowdown is an expected outcome of Beijing's reforms push.

Starbucks says London is the perfect place to grow its European business.

MNI Indicators' monthly poll of Chinese business executives show confidence slump

Households most optimistic about their finances in more than five years, says Markit.

Iran's government voted to discuss a ban on vasectomies and a tightening of birth control

The ONS says annual wages grew at a rate of 1.7% in the three months to February.

Japan's population has declined for a third year as births drop and deaths rise.

The number of people who use food banks has nearly trebled in the course of a year

Exclusive: Major housing association L&Q will use the HSBC financing

More Scots are choosing to break the 307-year union with England

Research also reveal one in three employees expect pay rise next year.

Dev Raval, a former director of reward at BskyB, writes for IBTimes UK

Rebels in South Sudan claim seizure of capital of oil-rich Unity state

German company RWE delivered natural gas to Kiev on Tuesday as European leader consider deeper sanctions against Moscow

IBTimes UK meets brick maker Michelmersh to discuss the supply challenges for builders.

Thousands of Yue Yuen employees have stayed off work for nearly 10 days.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley says BP investments not under threat from Western sanctions.

Higher food prices push up rate of inflation after showing a dip earlier.