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'Wake-up call for Westminster' as UK economy stutters in first quarter
Many business indicators tracked by the British Chambers of Commerce are 'at a low ebb.'
Caffe Nero offsets National Living Wage costs by ending free lunches for staff
The coffee chain will extend the new wage policy to even those employees who are below 25 years.
Sajid Javid's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills faces 4,000 job cuts
Cuts to save costs are more severe than Chancellor George Osborne's requirements.
UK traded goods deficit with EU hits record high but overall deficit narrows slightly
The UK suffered a record traded goods deficit of £8.6bn with the EU in February.
UK house prices: Halifax warns of 'softening' ahead of EU referendum on Brexit
Acute supply and demand imbalance to keep house price growth robust in the UK.
British shop prices continue to fall but pace of decline slows down in March
Prices fall 1.7% as spring competition among retailers intensifies.
Sainsbury's axing of store trainer role puts nearly 600 jobs at risk
The new national living wage of £7.20 per hour hurts retailers as it increases their costs.
EU referendum: Brexit would force US to put 'Humpty Dumpty back together again' says LSE boss Xavier Rolet
Statement comes ahead of poll to decide if Britain will 'Leave' or 'Remain' in the EU.
UK trade deficit: Lloyds Bank pledges to help 5000 SMEs in 2016 to become first-time exporters
Britain's trade deficit in goods with the European Union is at its highest levels since 1998.
Britain's current account deficit widens way beyond that forecast by economists
UK's deficit now amounts to 7% of GDP, its highest level since record began in 1955.
UK economic growth revised higher in fourth quarter of 2015
ONS second estimate of GDP shows UK economy grew 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015.
UK property: Slough, Luton and other towns near London see highest increase in prices
Grays, Tilbury and Purfleet are among other towns which Londoners are considering for buying houses.
ConocoPhillips plans to close one of North Sea's biggest gas pipeline systems
Oil fields owned by Centrica and Ithaca Energy and a few fields controlled by BP and Perenco will be affected.
UK Steel Crisis: Tata to decide fate of Port Talbot and Scunthorpe plants
Tata board to meet in Mumbai to decide fate of loss-making units.
Oil crisis: North Sea could lose 45,000 jobs in 2016, Sir Ian Wood says
BP, Shell, Chevron, Talisman Sinopec and Petrofac are among the companies that have announced job cuts.
UK retail sales defied doom forecasts in February according to ONS report
UK retail sales declined 0.4% month-on-month in February despite predictions of a 1% fall.
Annual UK CPI inflation in February remains unchanged against expectations, ONS report shows
Inflation grows 0.3% year-on-year in February, slightly below expectations but in line with previous month.
EU referendum: Moody's warns Brexit would cause 'credit implications across different sectors'
Brexit would be credit negative for both the EU and for non-financial corporate issuers in the UK.
Rolls-Royce to create 350 jobs in Derby to reassure commitment to UK
Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East will make the commitment to MPs on 22 March.
Brexit could cost UK a million jobs and £100bn says PwC study
Leaving EU could cost the British economy £100bn and 950,000 jobs by 2020, analysis shows.
FSB: Small business confidence at three-year low as threat of triple dip recession looms
In Northern Ireland and Scotland, small businesses were least confident.
Guardian publisher to cut 250 jobs as part of turnaround plan
Guardian Media Group hopes all redundancies will be voluntary.
Paradise Birmingham gets PwC as its first tenant
Deutsche Bank and HSBC have signed deals for big new offices in Birmingham.
Asda confirms 750 job cuts under its turnaround plan called Project Renewal
The move follows the Walmart subsidiary posting six consecutive quarters of sales decline.
Budget 2016: Billions more in spending cuts in George Osborne's Budget as UK outlook weakens
Chancellor says UK on course to close deficit and produce surplus by 2019-20 fiscal year.
Budget 2016: UK unemployment at lowest level since 2006 ahead of George Osborne speech
Number of people in work rises 116,000 to a record 31.4 million.
Budget 2016: What are the odds on George Osborne talking about Brexit and Boris Johnson?
The Chancellor will unveil the Budget for 2016 on Wednesday but what are the odds of him mentioning certain subjects?
RBS to axe 550 staff and replace them with 'robo-advisers'
The move is expected to help save costs for RBS, which posted its eight successive annual loss in February.
Budget 2016: Richest 1% gained over 15 years while the poor have lost out, Oxfam says
UK chancellor George Osborne has been asked to put an end to tax-dodging in the 16 March budget.
UK wages: Bank of England says wage premium of university graduates has declined over 20 years
While only 10% of workers had a degree in 1985, today this number is more than 33%.