New stadium becomes top goal for Everton FC

Robert Elstone, chief executive, says that government rejection of a proposed 50,000-seater facility would probably sink the Premier League club into the bottom half of the table

• Ugly truth behind the beautiful game
• Arrests made in €10m match-fixing probe

Skyscanner weathers recession and continues to expand

The online travel company has not only weathered the global downturn but also enjoyed a surge in business as consumers have become more cost aware

Sands China’s $2.5bn flotation falls short

Sands China raised less than its chairman had expected as its pricing power had been constrained in part by the precedent set by Wynn Resorts’ Macao spin-off

India’s Cox & Kings beats a path to a listing

Cox & Kings, one of India's most established travel operators, has shown it can make light weather of the gloom in the global travel sector by successfully closing an initial public offering for a listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange

Fullers highlights sector split

Fuller Smith & Turner provided further evidence that the pub sector is split between successful managed operators and struggling leased and tenanted ones after it delivered robust first-half results

Lloyds takes stake to bail out Admiral

Admiral Taverns completes debt-for-equity swap in which Lloyds Banking Group takes an almost 50% holding

Enterprise tumbles and offers little cheer

Ted Tuppen, the pub group’s chief executive, told investors: ’Trade will not be a lot easier next year even if the sun comes out and the recession ends’

Daimler and Aabar take Brawn GP stake

Daimler and Aabar’s acquisition of 75.1% of Brawn GP means there will be a Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix works team for the first time in Formula One since 1955