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Tax dodgers prove robust in hard times

Britain’s black economy is proving far more robust than its official counterpart, according to an authoritative study across developed countries

Man in the News: Marc Bolland

Markets have signalled high hopes in the ‘billion-dollar’ Dutchman who will lead the British high-street retailer Marks and Spencer

First Quench to shed more jobs and stores

The administrators of First Quench, owners of Threshers and Wine Rack chains, said it would cut almost 1,900 jobs and close hundreds more stores

Push starts to make ‘Digital Britain’ law

The government has put forward legislation to tackle illegal file-sharing and abuse of internet domain names, protect local news provision and add age ratings to video games

UK regulator faces pensions dilemma

Transactions by British Airways and Cable and Wireless have left questions over which assets are available to repair the huge deficits that schemes of both employers now carry

New house builds climb

The number of homes being built has risen to its highest level for more than a year

CBI backs Tory deficit strategy

The UK employers’ group has supported Conservative plans to cut the budget deficit swiftly and sharply, rejecting Gordon Brown’s eight-year timetable to reduce the national debt

Business seeks freeze on labour laws

The British Chambers of Commerce is asking the government for a three-year moratorium on labour legislation amid fears that small companies in particular will struggle to absorb a concentrated wave of regulation

Government plans for next file-share crackdown

Anger over ‘undefined, unprecedented powers‘ being taken on to tackle internet piracy

Retail sales rise fuels hopes of growth

The recent rebound in house prices is spilling over into growing demand for household goods, according to the official data on retail sales, leading to renewed optimism the UK will return to growth in the fourth quarter

Sharp rise in number of young jobless

Fishermen urge EU to end dumping

Women battle for boardrooms

Rules essential for London’s success

Opinion: New rules will make banks stronger

Archie Norman to be new ITV chairman

Mandelson signals credit scheme’s end

Business wary of pre-election jostling

Manufacturing demand ‘weak but improving’

Analysis: Ports in a storm

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