ECONOMY

The company currently employs 1,035 staff across 75 stores and 23 concessions.

Chris Jones, of City & Guilds, says society has placed too much emphasis on academia.

The CIPD says over the medium-term employers might be planning a more measured approach to hiring.

HMRC warns 200 employers who have recently advertised unpaid internships.

CBI SME Trends Survey shows optimism rising at fastest pace since 1988 in UK manufacturing sector.

Parties will hold second round of negotiations in Brussels on TTIP.

Shares in BSkyB drop almost 10% as British Telecom announces football broadcast deal.

Slack exports growth to make Osborne unlikely to meet target by 2020 as hoped.

Investors await news from China's CPC Central Committee 3rd Plenum.

Yellen to testify before the US Senate Banking Committee.

Britain's biggest firms paying three days later than this time last year.

RBS and Halifax receive2,384 applications under government mortgage scheme.

Market players await news from China's CPC Central Committee 3rd Plenum.

Iran and six western powers are negotiating in Geneva.

2013 may be the first year more people buy gifts "on the move" via smartphones and tablets.

Positive economic data could prompt the Fed to initiate tapering in December.

ECB cut its main interest rate to a record low 0.25% on 7 November.

Stuart Gulliver, group chief executive of HSBC, says the bank has a lack of diversity in top positions.

Moody raises concern about political pressure on water companies as Ofwat blocks Thames Water's proposed 8% price hike.

We ask why banks pay billions to PPI 'victims' but not to those who were mis-sold derivatives.

No discernible impact of partial federal government shutdown, says Labor Department.

TUC's Frances O'Grady says ordinary people long way from feeling economic recovery.

Italian police say French woman tried to smuggle euros in packets of biscuits from Switzerland

UK judge awards German lender bumper compensation after Sebastian Holdings tried to claim billions in damages.

British appeals court judge says prosecutors can use Libor related evidence in Guardian Care Homes and Unitech cases

The REC/KPMG Report on Jobs revealed permanent salaries rose in October.

Npower chief Paul Massara dismisses Centrica boss's promise to give up bonus a 'gimmick'.

First non-human to ring the Nasdaq closing bell to launch a robotics, automation and related technologies index.

Exports rose 5.6% in October, above economists' expectations of 3.2% growth.