UK Economy

Roy Hodgson's England side has two games to win to secure its place at the 2014 World Cup in Rio di Janeiro

The report suggests that heavier workloads have brought rewards for high-fliers.

UK recruitment firm says jobs growth has boomed across various industry sectors.

Bank of England data reveals financials bolstered by low interest rates and cheap credit but other sectors still in the dumps.

New data from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain finds financial regulation hindering go ahead for new firms.

Cyrus Todiwala and other celebrity chefs champion new food at ExCel Arena.

Shadow chancellor promises revolutionary costing of Labour manifesto.

Dovish MPC member David Miles sees positive signs for economic recovery.

FSB survey reveals growing number of SMEs planning to invest in expansion.

CBI expects weak economic conditions abroad to restrict the UK's business investments and exports.

NIESR cites poor prospects for the eurozone and slower growth in domestic economy are reasons for the gloomy outlook.

Britain's GDP growth targets unlikely to be achieved, says think-tank.

Prime Minister says Britons can look forward to 2013 with 'realism and optimism'.

Vickers' bank reforms aimed at protecting taxpayers from financial crises, have left the public exposed to risky behaviour of bankers.

At least 70 university heads have told the government that student visa changes will hurt the UK's economy badly.

David Cameron prefers the single currency bloc to sort out its own problems.

The UK's biggest department store group shows increased sales but other retailers are not so upbeat.

The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to take a call on whether to extend its £325 billion quantitative easing to support the economy when it meets this week, as it cannot ignore Britain's above-target inflation even though official data shows the country is back into recession.

Gold continues to rally this year and also in 2013, however according to a poll conducted by Reuters reveal that analysts are withdrawing the earlier forecasts of gold prices crossing a $2,000 an ounce mark.

Though the retail sales numbers in March tally with the biggest rise in over a year, they are not in conjunction with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released on Wednesday.

SmartGrid GB includes British Telecom, General Electric, IBM and Scottish Power, Siemens and Toshiba.

The total retail search volumes rose 11 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter a year ago, providing more evidence of the growing importance of mobile, according to the lastest BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor.

Average asking price for UK homes hits all-time high, according to Rightmove.

The U.K. producer price index for home sales of manufactured products rose 3.6 percent in the year to March 2012, compared to a growth of 4.1 percent in February, according to the latest data released from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Britain's trade gap widens more than expected in three months to February as cars and heavy machinery exports to US, Russia and China decline.

U.K. retail sales increased in March as warm weather boosted the sales of non-food goods, at the same time the permanent job placements increased for a third straight month giving an indication that the British economy is recovering slowly.

U.K. house prices dropped at the slowest pace since June 2010 in March, driven by the better economic prospects and buying ahead of the expiry of stamp duty exemption, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market Survey.

For the service sector dependent Britain, each holiday costs the economy £2.3 billion.

The Britain's industrial output experienced a major decline in almost a year in February, confounding previous upbeat private-sector surveys and signalling doubt on the UK's economic recovery.

The April outlook for British Pound Sterling is expected to be resilient, mainly due to recent PMI data releases about services sector, construction and manufacturing of the UK economy and also struggling eurozone economy.