10:14am

Surrey residents pay most income tax

Elmbridge contributes four times national average

A speaker at the CBI conference, puknews ©AFP 12:04am

Small companies ‘must broaden financing’

CBI suggests range of lending to help growth

A supporter of Scottish Independence proudly displays the Saltire flag ©Bloomberg 12:03am

Scotland warned of bank risk

Post-independence concern at Treasury

12:03am

FTSE 100 groups expect fall in tax cases

Appetite for conflict appears reduced

©Getty 8:03pm

Worker insecurity at 20-year high

Public sector employees worried about losing jobs, says study

A loan advert in front of the Bank of England ©AFP 5:44pm

Invoice discounting grows as loans dry up

Alternative funding mechanism on the rise

From COMPANIES 7:00am

Confidence returns to UK small businesses

More SMEs plan to increase spending

An illustartion of tax return forms in London ©AFP From UK POLITICS & POLICY 12:04am

Offshore financial centres pressed on transparency

Cameron calls on overseas territories limit corporate secrecy

From COMPANIES 10:32pm

BAE’s investors set to back choice of chairman

Sir Roger Carr is one of the leading candidates

8:52pm

British astronaut Tim Peake set for launch

First official British person in space

6:07pm

King warns Osborne over mortgage scheme

Stimulating market ‘could cause problems’

May 19, 2013

Postal union threatens industrial disruption

CWU likely to boycott deliveries by rival companies

May 19, 2013

BCC calls for more support for UK exports

Survey shows EU remains most popular market

From UK POLITICS & POLICY May 18, 2013

MPs accused of ‘demonising’ US companies

Lobby group says criticism was ‘misguided’

From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

Ambrosiadou wins battle over Ikos codes

Control of fund’s algorithms is one of issues in divorce dispute

From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

Morrison and Ocado deal sparks row

Waitrose appoints legal counsel to look at contracts

May 17, 2013

Self-build property support ‘not enough’

More state backing could attract younger and less rich homebuilders

May 17, 2013

Student pod return pledges under fire

‘Guarantees are rarely sustainable’ says developer’s chief

May 17, 2013

Garden centres look to Chelsea for growth

Businesses hope flower show will encourage buyers after cold spring

From UK ECONOMY May 17, 2013

Homeworker numbers up 13% in five years

Increase of 470,000 since 2007, says Trades Union Congress

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