ECONOMY

Exploration company claims North West, East Midlands and North Yorkshire could rediscover their energy production heritage via shale.

Markets were muted to BIS warning of a Chinese banking crisis.

The good high street numbers have offset poor performance at UK's shopping centres and retail parks.

Most of the job cuts will be in the aircraft engine business, which has clients like Airbus and Boeing.

Jens Weidmann warned of a bad impact on the UK if it left the single market.

The plummeting pound has caused motorists to feel the squeeze.

The European Council president made the revelation after an informal summit of EU countries in Bratislava that did not include the UK.

Microsoft had acquired Skype, the video chat and voice-call services company in 2011 for $8.5bn.

Kristin Forbes claims Britain's net foreign asset position could benefit from a sharply weaker pound.

Theresa May has made corporate governance a priority after scandals at BHS and Sports Direct.

Bonuses hit an all-time high led by awards in the financial services sector

Stock markets in China and Hong Kong were closed due to the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Brexit will have 'major global impact', financial industry lobby groups say.

Economists Roger Bootle and John Mills say imports exceeding exports amid a costly sterling is a leading cause of the UK's large current account deficit.

BoE does not forecast UK economy to slow down in the second half of 2016 as much as forecast before the Brexit vote.

Retail sales excluding petrol stations grow 5.9% in August, smashing analysts' forecast for a 4.8% gain.

Report says Prime Minister Theresa May has green-lighted the £18bn nuclear power plant in Somerset.

Evans will try to ensure the UK financial sector isn't unduly affected by Brexit.

Beijing is in no position to retaliate against any of Trump's proposed policies against Beijing.

Mark Carney is likely to hold fire when the Bank of England meets on Thursday, after cutting interest rates last month.

Dyson is so positive about the UK's future that he is investing £250m to expand his company's R&D facility.

UK unemployment rate remains at lowest level since the three months between July and September 2005.

Traders are said to believe that the US central bank could increase interest rates in December.

Anxiety about foreign investors' willingness to fund UK's current account deficit are premature, according to Fitch.

Public Accounts Committee says the £55bn project needs a 'realistic timetable'.

The Office for National Statistics said the UK consumer price index inflation was unchanged for the second month in a row.

Assets of the richest 1% in the UK worth more than 20 times that of the poorest fifth.

Brainard wants stronger US consumer spending and increasing inflation before raising interest rates.

The deal, which is said to be at a 'critical and delicate' stage, could save about 2,000 jobs.