Britain's Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne walks out of Number 11 Downing st to meet George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, was warned that Britain's economy risks long-term damage unless he brings infrastructure spending ...

David Cameron has called a Europe-wide agreement on tackling tax avoidance as a "turning point", after Google's boss urged politicians to "sort" the system.

Ben Bernanke said the US Federal Reserve could start slowing the pace of its asset purchases �in the next few meetings�, but only if the labour market showed sustained improvement.

The timing of Easter and the freezing weather seen at the start of the month caused retail sales to fall by 2.2 per cent on an annual basis.

Nationwide has increased its share of the British mortgage market to a record level, helped by government-funded programmes to support housebuyers, such as the Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.

For the last seven months, a battle has raged over how much capital Britain's largest banks need to hold. The first shot was fired in November by the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which asked Britain's then banking regulator, the ...

Energy giant SSE today warned of higher bills ahead as it posted a 27.5pc rise in profits to �410m for energy supply business. The company, which raised electricity and gas prices by an average 9pc in October, said: "Unless there is a sustained reduction in ...

Cable & Wireless Communications Plc. (CWC.L) Wednesday reported a pre-tax profit compared to a loss last year, amid lower items.

Britvic is to cut up to 400 jobs - 15 per cent of its workforce - as part of efforts to bolster its fortunes as a standalone company should competition authorities squash its proposed tie-up with Scottish peer AG Barr.

The soaring price of property in London's West End has boosted results from real estate groups Great Portland Estates and Shaftesbury, which both own prime buildings across the UK capital.