From scrapping green levies to cracking down on tax avoidance, whatever Osborne does it'll be against the backdrop of economic recovery.

Protests at oil ports and political turmoil also results in less money for wheat imports.

ONS reports UK GDP lifting 0.8% in third quarter as recovery continues.

BCC says manufacturing balance for domestic orders rose sharply to 31% in Q3.

What, or rather who, is the link between the small town of Muscatine, Iowa, and Zhengding County, Hebei, China?

As BlackBerry looks set to be bought for $4.7bn, IBTimes UK looks back over ten years of boom and bust for the Canadian phone maker.

JD confident about turning around outdoor clothing businesses Blacks and Millets.

UK infrastructure is 'not up to scratch' and firms doubting impact of current government policies.

Retail sales rose 3.6% year-on-year in August compared to 3.9% growth in July.

Inflation at 1.6% for August as jobless levels increased to 2.95 million.

Housing market recovery continues in August with home asking prices up 5.5% year-on-year.

Average house price rose 0.3% in July, down from 0.4% in June, according to Hometrack.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce the birth of their first child.

Marks and Spencer logs eighth successive quarterly drop in like-for-like sales of general merchandise

Construction industry leaders tell IBTimes UK they want Treasury action to boost UK Guarantees Scheme.

The National Audit Office is to investigate Ofcom's 4G auction, which earned more than £1bn less than government forecasts.

EXCLUSIVE: Two delayed government export finance schemes still being designed to avoid falling foul of EU law.

Questions surround two export finance schemes that have failed to launch as government keeps silent, reveals IBTimes UK.

Marks & Spencer posts strongest quarterly group sales growth for two years, though general merchandise continues to tumble.

Live coverage of Treasury select committee scrutiny of Chancellor George Osborne's 2013 Budget announcement.

ONS reveals debt and deficit dropped in February, despite Budget warnings by chancellor.

Sterling slumps and Gilts rally as pressure mounts on Osborne ahead of next week's Budget Statement.

Funding for Lending Scheme starts to show results in mortgage market in December.

Treasury Select Committee says Autumn Statement has become second full budget but should just be review.

All things considered, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat Deputy Nick Clegg, have established a close working relationship over the past two-and-a-half years of Coalition Government.

IBTimes UK picks the six stories that will make the headlines next year.

IBTimes UK has put together its own 'Central Bank Watch' report with key rates, dates and details from world's most important policymakers.

Minutes from latest Bank of England MPC meeting also shows policymakers think inflation will be above target for most of 2013.

George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has often of late made reference to the fact that the Coalition Government has already reduced the country's Budget Deficit by a quarter since coming to power. Concentrating on Deficit reduction has not been politically comfortable for the Government with the opposition Labour Party being usually ahead in the opinion polls since late November 2010 - it didn't take long - and a ComRes survey for The Independent at the end of October...

With raft of disappointing economic data hanging over the fourth quarter, IBTimes UK looks at possibilty of a triple-dip recession.