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Interesting Office for National Statistics chart shows number of export businesses is larger than import ones.

Whitbread, which owns Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, plans jobs boost over five years on back of profits rise.

UAE's human rights record questioned amid torture allegations and free expression crackdown but, asks Shane Croucher, is it business as usual?

Most Asian markets end week's trading on a higher note with corporate earnings reports bolstering investor confidence.

EXCLUSIVE: One of Britain's biggest banks delivers positive first set of redress offers for SMEs.

HSBC cuts jobs from UK wealth management business which will impact 3,166 existing staff.

Investors await eurozone manufacturing activity data which is expected to decline in April.

China's April manufacturing PMI indicates disappointing growth in the first quarter.

China's lacklustre April manufacturing data follows a weaker-than-expected first-quarter GDP data.

Asian markets end on a mixed note in the week due to volatile commodity prices and yen weakness.

Britain's opposition party pushes for amendments to banking reform bill to prevent large scale financial scandals

A Deloitte survey of CFOs contradicts with an official study that said bank lending to small businesses declined.

Pressure from regulators to increase risk management and oversight departments leads to 25% vacancy surge

Activity in the Chinese non-manufacturing sector rises in line with the ongoing economic rebound.

Most Asian markets edge higher as investors await Bank of Japan's policy meet amid monetary easing optimism.

China's official Purchasing Managers Index rises to its highest level in 11 months, but misses analysts' estimates.

The US District Judge dismisses antitrust claims while allowing some commodity manipulation claims to proceed.

IBTimes UK speaks to MPs, experts and lobby groups about one of the biggest scandals to hit UK businesses

Bank's Financial Policy Committee says Britain's biggest lenders need stronger capital buffers by the end of the year

Deal takes almost half of trade exchanges between Brazil and China out of US dollar zone.

UK has made the most payments in the Chinese currency for the last 9 months, according to Swift

Levene jailed in November ordered to pay back £1 within seven days.

Cumulative statutory profits of big five declined by 40 percent in year to £11.7bn.

OECD projects China to grow at 8.5% in 2013 and is on track to become the world's biggest economy by 2016.

China's manufacturing activity accelerates in March due to an increase in output and new export orders.

Asian markets advance as China manufacturing shows improvement, ahead of a key Bank of Japan briefing.

EXCLUSIVE: Vince Cable PPS says she still has dozens of concerns about way banks handle FSA review process.

FDI inflow from European Union rises 34 percent but those from US and Asia drop.

HSBC is facing criminal charges in Argentina that could lead to substantial fines for the troubled bank.

Investors worry that the deposit levy plan on Cyprus could set a precedence for other bailout packages.