By Huw Jones and Matt Scuffham. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:18am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group must plug a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the ...

By David Brett. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:05am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - UK stocks were dealt a double-blow early on Thursday after the U.S.

LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:49am EDT. LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - British retail sales rebounded much more than expected in May, lifted by discounting at supermarkets and online shopping, official data showed on Thursday.

PARIS - Shares in Eurotunnel which operates the under-sea tunnel between France and England fell by 4.47 percent on Thursday after the European Commission pressed for a cut in prices charged to run trains on the route.

Sebastian James, Dixons' chief executive, said the chain had experienced a "tablet explosion" last Christmas and, given that less than a third of British households have a tablet, there is "lots of road left in this particular product".

The Scottish first minister has backed a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream retail and business lending arm.

Ian Livingston has been lured from helm of BT to become David Cameron's Trade minister, banging the drum for UK exports and inward investment.

Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and ...

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.

LONDON--Gross mortgage lending was the highest in just over four-and-a-half years in May as government initiatives appear to be stimulating demand for a growing number mortgages with low interest rates, figures showed Thursday.