Cable Turns Up The Heat On All-Male Boards

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Britain's biggest pubs operator and one of the country's largest sportswear retailers are to be targeted by Vince Cable in a renewed focus on bolstering boardroom diversity. Sky News understands that the Business Secretary...

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FirstGroup Loses ScotRail Franchise

Transport giant FirstGroup has lost its renewal bid for the ScotRail franchise, it has been confirmed. The company will continue to operate First ScotRail until the new contract starts on 1 April, according to Transport Scotland. An announcement...

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Watchdog To Clamp Down On Payday Loan Brokers

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The competition watchdog will on Thursday outline plans for a clampdown on the middlemen who arrange payday loans in an attempt to drive down the cost of short-term credit. Sky News has learnt that the Competition and...

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Wonga Ad Banned Over Interest Rate Omission

A television advertisement for under-fire payday lender Wonga has been banned by the industry's watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found the commercial, featuring a man writing car repair figures on a napkin before calculating costs,...

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Tool Hire Group HSS Joins City IPO Queue

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The British tool hire chain HSS is joining the queue of companies lining up for a London stock market listing even as choppy markets prompt others to postpone flotation plans. Sky News has learnt that HSS' owner, Exponent...

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EDF Go Ahead for Hinkley Point Nuclear Reactor

French energy giant EDF has been given approval to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in north Somerset, it has been confirmed. The new-build power station is part of a plan to replace 20% of Britain's ageing nuclear power infrastructure....

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Nick Clegg: Tories Plagiarised Our Tax Policy

By Faisal Islam, Political Editor It seems a long way from the agreeable TV debate star, to Rose Garden love-ins and that new politics. And on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will attempt what seems impossible: to get Britain to agree...

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DARPA In Plea For 'Danger-Dodging' Armour

By Pete Norman, Sky News Business The US military has called for companies to hurriedly develop semi-autonomous armoured vehicles that can jump, squat and dodge missiles. The urgent request comes as the US military rushes to adapt to 'asymmetrical'...

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Amazon Worker's Pay Fight Reaches Supreme Court

An Amazon employee's battle to be paid for time spent waiting in a security line after his shift had finished has ended up at the US Supreme Court. Jesse Busk, 37, said he and hundreds of other workers at a Nevada warehouse had to go through airport-style...

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Mobile Firm Three Fined Over Complaints

The telecoms watchdog has fined mobile operator Three over breaches related to customer complaints. Ofcom penalised the firm £250,000 for failure to comply with its rules. It said the fine was part of its wider monitor and enforcement programme to...

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