More From Shane Croucher
UK Inflation Sticks at 2.7% in November but Misses Target
Office for National Statistics reports inflation still 0.7 percent above government's target for Bank of England.
Dec 18, 2012
Is Britain Staring Down Barrel of a Triple-Dip Recession?
With raft of disappointing economic data hanging over the fourth quarter, IBTimes UK looks at possibilty of a triple-dip recession.
Dec 14, 2012
SFO Charges Weavering Capital's Magnus Peterson With Fraud
Peterson charged with six counts of fraud, including forgery and false accounting.
Dec 14, 2012
UK Construction Sector Output Collapses 5.7% in October
ONS construction sector data adds to disappointing data for UK economy's fourth quarter.
Dec 14, 2012
George Osborne Backtracks on Importance of UK AAA Credit Rating
Chancellor tells Treasury select committee 'ultimate test' is gilt market with UK's top rating at risk after autumn statement.
Dec 13, 2012
UK Standard of Living Drops to Sixth Place in EU Rankings
Eurostat and ONS data shows Britons felt the burn of government austerity, an impending recession and global crises in 2011.
Dec 13, 2012
Libor Fixing Probe: SFO Arrests Three Men in London [VIDEO]
Reuters reports Serious Fraud Office arrested three men in connection to its investigation into allegations of Libor fixing.
Dec 11, 2012
ASOS Sales Send Share Price Soaring
UK online fashion retailer ASOS reports 30 percent sales growth year-on-year in first quarter.
Dec 11, 2012
Whitbread Shares Rise After Costa Coffee Sales Boost
Costa Coffee, owned by UK's largest hotel and restaurant group Whitbread, saw sales soar as tax scandal engulfs rival Starbucks.
Dec 11, 2012
Anti-Pasty Tax Crusader Ken McMeikan Quits Greggs
Greggs CEO McMeikan who defeated government over pasty tax plans will leave for catering supplier Brakes Group.
Dec 10, 2012
UK Full-Time Job Hires Hits 19-Month High
Monthly employment index by KPMG and Recruitment and Employment Confederation suggests reason for 'cautious optimism'.
Dec 10, 2012
UK Economy Barely Grew in Three Months to November
Thinktank's monthly GDP reading shows stagnant UK economy and adds to concern country facing triple-dip recession.
Dec 07, 2012
Triple-Dip Recession? October Industrial Production Joins Disappointing Q4 Data
ONS figures show industrial production falling with other data pointing to a renewed decline.
Dec 07, 2012
West Coast Main Line Fiasco: £100m Bill for Taxpayer
National Audit Office says taxpayers will shoulder 'significant cost' of collapse of franchise deal.
Dec 07, 2012
Why Kate Middleton Royal Baby Hysteria Gives Me Morning Sickness
As public and media gushes North Korean-style over Kate Middleton and her royal pregnancy, Shane Croucher asks when will we debate becoming a republic?
Dec 07, 2012
Deutsche Bank Ex-Staff Claim $12bn Loss Hidden to Avoid Government Bailout
Three former employees tell US regulators enromous derivatives position deliberately undervalued.
Dec 06, 2012
Starbucks Agrees to Pay £20m Corporation Tax [VIDEO]
Coffee chain Starbucks under intense public and political pressure to pay more tax in UK amid accusations of avoidance.
Dec 06, 2012
UK Trade Deficit Narrows £400m across Year
Exports surplus in decline but goods trade deficit narrowing reports Office for National Statistics.
Dec 06, 2012
Sir Philip Green's Topshop and Topman Stake Sale Values Fashion Empire at £2bn
Sir Philip Green sells 25 percent stake to US private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners to fund overseas expansion.
Dec 06, 2012
Rolls Royce: Corruption Probe Launched in Far East
Engine-maker Rolls Royce says company and individual employees may be prosecuted as result of SFO investigation.
Dec 06, 2012
Autumn Statement: More Bad News for Osborne as Vital Service Sector Growth Slips
November PMI reading for UK service sector paints worrying economic picture ahead of Christmas.
Dec 05, 2012
UK Household Spending Crippled by Energy Bills
ONS data shows fuel and power only area of household spending to have gone up between 2006 and 2011.
Dec 04, 2012
Construction Sector PMI Slumps Back to Contraction
November construction sector PMI posts negative reading as confidence in future outlook plummets to lowest reading in four years.
Dec 04, 2012
WSJ's Robert Thomson to Head News Corp's Spinoff Publishing Arm as The Daily Closes
News Corp being split into separate publishing and entertainment businesses in Rupert Murdoch's shake up of media giant.
Dec 03, 2012
Funding for Lending Scheme Sees £500m Credit Boost for UK Economy
Bank of England's credit easing effort lifts bank lending in first two months of scheme.
Dec 03, 2012
UK Manufacturing Activity Decline Slows Sharply in November
Manufacturing output still in decline according to latest PMI survey but picture improved markedly across month.
Dec 03, 2012
News International CEO Tom Mockridge Exits Amid Murdoch's Spinoff Plan
Tom Mockridge to leave chief executive role as Murdoch prepares to split News Corp businesses.
Dec 03, 2012
City Reform Group Campaign Pressing for City of London Corporation Transparency
New campaign, featuring leading Conservative MP David Davis, plans to use City of London elections to reform opaque Corporation.
Nov 30, 2012
Bank Capital Buffers Not Robust Enough Warns BoE
Misleading balance sheets may not reflect true valuation resulting in insufficient capital buffers, reports Bank of England Financial Policy Committee.
Nov 29, 2012
Dixons Retail Returns to Profitability with Comet Collapse [VIDEO]
Electrical goods retailer posts slowing losses as UK and Ireland division reaps benefits of major summer events and demise of rival Comet.
Nov 29, 2012
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