Osborne Plans To Get More Women In Work

By Faisal Islam, Political Editor The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to promise to get up to half a million more women into the workplace as part of a new Conservative push on the economy. With GDP figures for the third quarter released on Friday...

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UK's Surcharge Row: Your Questions Answered

What is the European Commission asking for from the UK? Britain has been told it has to pay an extra £1.7bn (€2.1bn) towards the European Union budget. This is being called a one-off bill which would add about a fifth to the UK's annual net contribution...

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Key Investor Empties Trolley Of Tesco Shares

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of Tesco's most prominent institutional shareholders has ditched its remaining stake in the company and cast doubt on the retailer's recovery prospects under its new chief executive. Sky News has learnt that David...

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Amazon Bleeds Value As Microsoft Delights

Shareholders headed for the fulfillment centre exit door on Thursday night as Amazon posted disappointing numbers, though Microsoft investors had more to cheer. Amazon's stock price tumbled 11% in after-hours trading in New York - the result of a...

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Magners Bid For Pub Firm Spirit Turns Sour

A takeover bid by the cider firm behind the Magners brand for Spirit Pub Co, has been rejected. Spirit, which has 1,200 UK pubs under the Chef & Brewer and Taylor Walker names, did not disclose the details of the approach but said Ireland-based C&C...

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Economy: Third Quarter Growth Slows To 0.7%

UK economic growth slowed in the third quarter of the year, according to the first official estimate of GDP for the period. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) measured Gross Domestic Product growth of 0.7% in the period, down from output growth...

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Asda Pledges To Fight Staff Equal Pay Action

Asda has said it will "robustly defend" its record on equal pay amid revelations it is facing a legal action potentially involving thousands of workers. The law firm Leigh Day said it was currently representing hundreds of former and current employees...

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Chancellor Needs Hard Hat For Fight Ahead

It's a rum state of affairs when Britain is apparently punished for having a strong economy. After all, we've spent the past five or six years telling ourselves that all we desperately need is a bit of growth. And yet that's how things look today,...

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Five Experimental Ebola Vaccines Set For Trial

Trials of a possible Ebola vaccine could begin in West Africa in December with the vaccine more widely available in the first half of next year. World Health Organisation (WHO) assistant director general Marie-Paule Kieny said: "Before the end of...

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Cameron: I Won't Pay £1.7bn EU Bill On Time

The European Commission president has defended the £1.7bn surcharge imposed on Britain after David Cameron insisted the money will not be paid by December 1. The increase would add almost a fifth to the UK's annual contribution of £8.6bn. The Prime...

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