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UK Treasury extends Help to Buy to incorporate Islamic finance as London vies to become global hub for Muslim money.

Helena Morrissey says the arguments against quotas have not and will not change.

Switzerland faces rejig of trading relationship with EU and could set backdrop for UK membership renegotiation.

EU pressuring Swiss to abolish corporate tax incentives, but Yahoo insists decision driven by "business needs".

NIESR research paper shows Scotland's fiscal gap set to be more than double that of UK's.

Everyone is talking about bitcoin and wants in on the bandwagon, but how do you go about buying the hot cryptocurrency? David Gilbert investigates.

Michael Page International was upgraded to an 'outperform' rating.

Sir Richard Ottaway says London is a 24/7 global city and the commercial centre of the Western World.

Institute for Fiscal Studies warns UK just 46% through planning public spending cuts.

The Work Foundation says a funding increase could boost company profits by £2,700 per employee, per year.

The bright red Nexus 5 model is available for purchase.

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Chancellor Osborne tells House of Lords committee successful fracking boom could lower UK gas prices.

EU demands stricter enforcement of anti-corruption rules and tells UK to cap party donations.

Astbury Marsden says 3,350 new city jobs were created in January, almost triple the 1,340 jobs created in December 2013

Eurostat says the total jobless rate across the eurozone area remained stable at 12%.

The ONS says the fall in worker productivity in 2008 and 2009 may account for the drop.

GfK consumer confidence index rose to -7 from -13 in January.

As China's middle class population grows, UK firms should seize the lucrative opportunities in front of them.

The BBPA warns a tax hike could "rapidly undo" the progress the industry has made since the last duty cut.

New therapy can cure allergic patients by administering protein in varying doses over time.

But the UKCES says the number of job vacancies in England has returned to pre-recession levels.

Barclays says it has no plans to announce significant reductions to its UK branch network.

Home secretary says sanctuary will be given to Syrians facing 'grave risk'.

An update to Facebook's Android app in the UK has revealed it requires permission to access your text messages.

Energy has stormed to the front of UK political debate because of rising household bills.

Ernst & Young says a majority of parents are in the dark about their children's career options at 18.

Google looks to boost artificial intelligence credentials with acquisition of UK startup DeepMind.

More than half of England's most burgled post codes are in London but Manchester logs most insurance claims.

Almost 80% of Chinese students bagged top grades in 2013 GCSEs.