Business

With just under six weeks to go to Christmas Day, the countdown has officially begun, with all the big brands rolling out their seasonal adverts.Read More

The government has drafted in City lawyers to scrutinise a proposed rescue deal for Harland & Wolff, the shipyard-owner which built the Titanic.Read More

Labour has come into power and despite the headline quarterly figure showing slight growth, the economy is shrinking on a per capita basis.Read More

Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys the iCloud.Read More

When Gordon Brown delivered his first Mansion House speech as chancellor he caused a stir by doing so in a lounge suit, rather than the white tie and tails demanded by convention.Read More

Two of Britain's biggest independent fibre broadband networks have been holding talks about a combination that would value the enlarged entity at several hundred million pounds.Read More

CVC Capital Partners is bidding for a stake in the Birmingham Phoenix Hundred cricket franchise in a move which throws the spotlight on its relationship with the chairman of its host county.Read More

The government is set to introduce a voluntary levy on tickets for concerts at stadiums and arenas to help fund grassroots venues.Read More

Barclays is edging towards a deal to offload its merchant acquiring arm in the UK that will see it remaining as an investor in the business.Read More