The long-awaited report by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has been published. The review was commissioned by Chancellor George Osborne after a number of scandals in the industry.

The 48-year-old will be replaced by Gavin Patterson, the current chief executive of BT Retail. It will mark the end of five years for Mr Livingston at the top of BT.

By Olesya Dmitracova and David Milliken. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:43pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymakers acknowledged earlier this month that further market volatility could be on the way because of uncertainty about the ...

Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group has said it will spend more than �1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and develop a hotel in London.

Currency markets lacked any clear direction in European trading hours Wednesday as traders and investors refrained from piling on big bets ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the day, although some of Europe's smaller currencies were ...

FRANKFURT/LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:34am BST. FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone is discussing a bid of about $10 billion (6.4 billion pounds) with Germany's No.

LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:42am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a property agent nearly a million pounds for defrauding vulnerable people, the largest-ever fine for a sole trader in the consumer sector.

By Paul Sandle. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:40am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Imagination Technologies, the British chip designer whose graphics technology is in smartphones from Apple and Samsung, reported lower full-year profits as licensing slows.

Sales of trainers and tracksuits at JD Sports are sprinting along, but the group's camping and other clothing stores haven't quite broken out into a jog so far this year.

People living in London's East Ham are more likely to be the victims of identity fraud than anyone else in the UK, figures suggest.