Supermarkets 'Over-Promote' Unhealthy Food

Supermarkets are over-promoting fatty and sugary products using special offers and price reductions, according to a study. Professor Paul Dobson, from the University of East Anglia (UEA), led a three-year study of consumer behaviour towards food and...

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Greece Made To Sweat On Bailout Funds

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has rounded on the country's lenders over the latest failure to deliver bailout funds to Athens. Twelve hours of emergency talks in Brussels among eurozone finance ministers and representatives of the troika of lenders...

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Arcadia's Philip Green Says Time To 'Up Game'

Arcadia Group has reported 25% rise in pre-tax profit as its owner said businesses need to stop moaning about the tough economic conditions. Sir Philip Green - whose family is ranked 17th on the Sunday Times UK rich list - said retailers had to adjust...

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Halfords Profit Down Despite Sporting Success

Halfords has reported a fall in both profit and retail sales over the last six months, as a stronger summer failed to compensate for a poor start to the year. The cycle and car repair chain said it made a pre-tax profit before one-off items of £41.9m...

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Taxpayer 'Bad Bank' Eyes £800m Loans Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The "bad bank" created from the remnants of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is preparing to sell a chunk of consumer loans worth hundreds of millions of pounds as it tries to accelerate returns to...

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Savers 'Damaged' By Government Lending Scheme

The extent to which savings rates and products are "collapsing" has been laid bare by a consumer help website. Moneyfacts.co.uk highlights the impact of the £80bn Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) - designed to encourage banks to lend more to households...

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Economy: Weak Tax Receipts Stoke Borrowing

The Government borrowed more than forecast in October as a 10% fall in Corporation Tax receipts hurt Treasury coffers. Public Sector Net Borrowing, excluding financial interventions such as bank bailouts, came in at £8.6bn. It means that for the tax...

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Cameron Vows To Protect Britain's EU Rebate

PM In Difficult EU Budget Talks Updated: 4:14pm UK, Tuesday 20 November 2012 By Glen Oglaza, Political Correspondent David Cameron faces an almost impossible task in Brussels this week - how to persuade 27 nations to agree a budget for the next...

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UK Miner Gemfields Shells Out For Faberge

British miner Gemfields has bought the jeweller Faberge in a deal worth £89m. One of Gemfields' own shareholders sold the Russian firm, best known for producing 50 jewelled eggs for Russian Tsars between 1885 and 1916. The 170-year-old jeweller was...

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Tax Avoidance: UK Missing Out On Billions

Tax Avoidance Report Is Damning Updated: 2:47pm UK, Wednesday 21 November 2012 By Ursula Errington, Business Reporter The National Audit Office's report on tackling marketed tax avoidance schemes is absolutely damning in its assessment of HM Revenue...

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