UK Economy

Britain's trade deficit in goods with the European Union is at its highest levels since 1998.

UK's deficit now amounts to 7% of GDP, its highest level since record began in 1955.

ONS second estimate of GDP shows UK economy grew 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Grays, Tilbury and Purfleet are among other towns which Londoners are considering for buying houses.

Oil fields owned by Centrica and Ithaca Energy and a few fields controlled by BP and Perenco will be affected.

Tata board to meet in Mumbai to decide fate of loss-making units.

BP, Shell, Chevron, Talisman Sinopec and Petrofac are among the companies that have announced job cuts.

UK retail sales declined 0.4% month-on-month in February despite predictions of a 1% fall.

Inflation grows 0.3% year-on-year in February, slightly below expectations but in line with previous month.

Brexit would be credit negative for both the EU and for non-financial corporate issuers in the UK.

Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East will make the commitment to MPs on 22 March.

Leaving EU could cost the British economy £100bn and 950,000 jobs by 2020, analysis shows.

In Northern Ireland and Scotland, small businesses were least confident.

Guardian Media Group hopes all redundancies will be voluntary.

Deutsche Bank and HSBC have signed deals for big new offices in Birmingham.

The move follows the Walmart subsidiary posting six consecutive quarters of sales decline.

Chancellor says UK on course to close deficit and produce surplus by 2019-20 fiscal year.

Number of people in work rises 116,000 to a record 31.4 million.

The Chancellor will unveil the Budget for 2016 on Wednesday but what are the odds of him mentioning certain subjects?

The move is expected to help save costs for RBS, which posted its eight successive annual loss in February.

UK chancellor George Osborne has been asked to put an end to tax-dodging in the 16 March budget.

While only 10% of workers had a degree in 1985, today this number is more than 33%.

Britain's deficit on trade in goods and services falls to £3.5bn in January but deficit with EU hits record high

The fund will save about 110,000 tonnes of carbon, which is equivalent to more than what 22,000 homes emit.

Cinema operator sold more than 50 million tickets in the UK to generate £311.9m in sales.

UK industrial production rebounds in January, as manufacturing output soars past expectations.

The shortage of warehouse space will affect the delivery capabilities of online retailers.

Iceland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand and Slovenia are the top five OECD countries where women employment is high.

Negative interest rates fail to give markets the confidence to boost major economies.

This will be in association with Cosworth, the engine-maker, and Gordon Murray, the former Formula 1 designer.