Nick Buckles, who oversaw a staffing fiasco at last year's Olympics as well as a failed takeover of Danish cleaning business ISS during his eight-year tenure, will step down at the end of May.

Vodafone has recorded its first ever fall in annual revenues as the recession in southern Europe saw its takings there fall by almost 17%.

A high school dropout will make a massive �164million from selling his website to internet giant Yahoo. David Karp, 26, started Tumblr six years ago, but it is now being snapped up for �720million.

"Apple Inc established an offshore subsidiary, Apple Operations International, which from 2009 to 2012 reported net income of $30bn, but declined to declare any tax residence, filed no corporate income tax return and paid no corporate income taxes to any ...

Local Business Week (LBW) drew to a close on Sunday, leaving in its wake several interesting points to consider about the future of the British high street and its thousands of butchers, bakers, candlestick makers - and countless other small businesses.