ECONOMY

The coalition government’s welfare overhaul gets trialled in Greater Manchester

Better access to wholesale funding and decline in bad loans main drivers of lending.

Hometrack data shows London property demand up to pre-2007 financial crisis levels.

Investors awaiting data including central bank policy meetings in eurozone and US.

Most Asian markets end week's trading on a higher note with corporate earnings reports bolstering investor confidence.

First round of refunds to SMEs is step in right direction - but should come with several warnings.

IBTimes UK guides you through legal tax avoidance methods used by giants such as Starbucks and Amazon.

Britain's WWII prime minister will replace social reformer Elizabeth Fry on country's fivers as of 2016.

The public majority deplore corporate tax avoidance yet we still use and lap up Amazon, Starbucks and Google

Some of Britain's best known brands pay little or not tax through various tax avoidance schemes and loopholes

Economists expect US economy to grow by 3% in the first quarter, significantly higher than fourth-quarter growth rate.

Samsung posts record profits days after rival Apple recorded its first profit decline in more than a decade.

Public Accounts Committee lashes out at tax office and accountancy firms over avoidance schemes that cost Treasury £5bn.

Pay specialists XpertHR says 2013 will be a weak year for pay awards as settlements decline.

Round-up of comments on UK's 0.3 percent growth in first quarter as triple-dip recession threat looks to have been avoided.

Spain's unemployment rate rose to a record of 27.2 percent in the first quarter of this year with 6.2 million people out of work, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute on Thursday (April 25).

ONS preliminary GDP data suggests no triple-dip recession in significant boost for Chancellor George Osborne.

Volvo sales suffer from economic slowdown in the Europe as well as growing competition in the sector.

More than 6.2m jobless in Spain as youth unemployment passes 55 percent mark.

The UK GDP data will confirm whether the country has entered a "triple-dip recession" or not.

South Korea's economy grew 0.9 percent in the first quarter from 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter.

Government advisers sounding out private equity groups as plans for £1bn flotation fall through.

Business groups have welcomed focusing FLS more towards SME lending, but warn that it will not alone heal the UK economy.

A false tweet which was apparently from the Associated Press saying there had been explosion at the White House, sparked a brief bout of upheaval in financial markets on Tuesday (April 23).

Bigger-than-expected fall in German business morale builds case for ECB interest rate move.

Chancellor Osborne and Bank of England give FLS facelift to focus on easing SME credit.

European markets are expected to trade lower on weak business sentiment data from Germany.

Cost-cutting measures and restructuring in investment banking division help boost profits.

CEO Antony Jenkins says new path 'not easy' as lender reveals restructuring costs may hit £1bn in post-Bob Diamond era.