Shane Croucher

Adam Smith Institute calculations put May 30 as day in which average UK worker has payed off 2013's tax burden.

Nationwide's house price index shows government credit easing schemes - such as Help to Buy - is boosting demand and prices

BDRC Continental's SME Finance Monitor shows almost two thirds of SMEs unaware of Funding for Lending Scheme.

OECD says UK Chancellor's public spending cuts programme is "appropriate" despite waning economic outlook.

Regulator the Financial Reporting Council report notes general improvements in auditing, but finds some accountants not probing enough.

Former Afghan chief warns on terror threat as Actis research finds 82% of UK business unprepared for attack.

Hollande, Enrico Giovannini and Wolfgang Schaeuble call for 'New Deal' to tackle jobless young and save EU.

Shops are leaving the high street as online shopping advances but this could present an opportunity for local public services.

Chancellor George Osborne says spending review cuts will hit government departments but not the welfare bill.

Thinktank CentreForum says move would rake in extra £2.3bn for UK Treasury and help pay off budget deficit.

Pay awards in three months to April decline as inflation continues to oupace wage growth - XpertHR.

UK regulator slaps penalty on troubled bank, already scarred by London Whale trader crisis.

Digital personal shoppers will know consumers' needs, quirks and budgets, Steiner tells British Retail consortium.

IMF concludes UK visit by warning George Osborne: 'Slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects.'

Home Office minister dismisses fears of police cuts undermining fight as FSB report reveals £785bn cost to small firms.

RBS boss Hester says bank on route to full health, bringing UK government stake sale closer to reality.

ONS data shows deficit falling faster than forecast by Office for Budget Responsibility.

Dimon retains dual chairman and chief executive role at JP Morgan as effort to unseat him fails in shareholder vote.

Small firms have lost £785m to cyber criminals, according to a new report from the Federation of Small Businesses. The FSB said, on average, its members lost £4,000 each to online crime.

EU Commission writes to oil market traders asking for evidence of allegations of price fixing by Shell, BP, Platts and Statoil

April's CPI inflation reading drops to 2.4% from March's 2.8%, reports ONS.

Work and Pensions Committee launches attack on government's flagship welfare-to-work programme.

Federation of Small Businesses report found members were losing on average £4,000 each from cyber crime.

Peter Harris, co-founder of British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat, spoke about how his firm raised more then £4m from "chocolate bonds".

UK business secretary said EU state aid law will mean £1bn business bank will not pay out for another year.

Labour unveils plans to clamp down on tax avoidance following Google, Amazon and Starbucks furore.

Amit Kara, UBS European economist, tells IBTimes UK about BoE's future under Mark Carney.

British Bankers' Association's executive director says that Carney should buy "real economy assets," such as securitised SME loans.

UBS economist Amit Kara tells ACCA debate that Mark Carney's Bank of England will get off to bad start in July.