Shane Croucher

Research by IMRG Capgemini UK shows August online retail sales plunging 11 percent month-on-month.

RPI formula may be made similar to CPI which would likely bring headline figure down, hitting index-linked gilt holders and workers' wage negotiations

Office for National Statistics reports that falling price of furniture and household goods and services brought down CPI inflation in August

Phillip Monks, head of challenger bank Aldermore, insists small business demanding finance as he signs up for Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.

Official data shows robust labour market despite UK recession

King, who has been governor since 2003, will step down in June next year

Ex-CBI man McCafferty is the latest monetary policy committee member and has given his thoughts on state of play for recession-hit UK economy

Office for National Statistics data reveals narrowing gap between imports and exports in July.

Business Secretary Vince Cable touts idea of using challenger banks, such as Co-operative, to help finance struggling small firms with state investment

British oil giant BP agrees deal to shift oil assets in Gulf of Mexico as it counts damages cost of 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill

Centre for Economics and Business Research report claims misleading output data made UK GDP look better than reality before crisis

BP reportedly in advanced discussions with Plains Exploration & Production to sell some of its Gulf of Mexico oilfields.

Index-linked bondholders will be affected by rising RPI figure as first university intake to be hit by trebled tuition fees cap starts lectures, says RBS

Manufacturers recovered lost ground in July from output-crippling extra day off for Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June

Prime Minister David Cameron announces reforms around planning laws to stimulate house-building.

OECD economists say UK economy to contract by -0.7 percent in 2012 rather than grow 0.5 percent as previously though

Government claims complex planning rules holding back economy as infrastructure projects are halted

Former Goldman Sachs banker Paul Deighton to oversee implementation of government infrastructure plan to help pull UK out of recession

As UK wallows in double-dip recession Chancellor George Osborne will lead new sub-committee for growth implementation

Court filings by US Justice Department reveal strongly worded attack on BP over 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster

August a strong month for UK service sector, according to rare positive private industry data.

Britain's ailing construction sector, which a triggered double-dip recession, returned to contraction in August according to purchasing managers index data from Markit

British Retail Consortium data shows lack of anticipated uplift for retailers during London 2012, while Local Data Company statistics show shop vacancies rising

August PMI shows manufacturing sector in slight contraction after recovering from serious July slump

Harshest trading environment since early 2010 sees domestic and overseas new orders collapse

Nationwide House Price Index says rise wiped out previous two months' losses

Controversial European Commission plans would hand European Central Bank authority over all eurozone banks in first step to monetary union.

British Chambers of Commerce slashes 2012 growth forecast for UK economy to -0.4% and tells government fiscal push in infrastrutructure is crucial.

JJB up for sale after years of struggling against tumbling profits and growing losses in a challenging environment.