UK Business News

Marks & Spencer looks to the Continent again

The retailer is understood to have enlisted advisers to identify locations in Western Europe for its Simply Food outlets

Fifty seeks administration after sale talks fail

London casino and private members’ club expected to apply to court for permission to begin proceedings

• Kylie's to cancer sufferers: 'you can do it'

• Fifty is less than lucky number

Nuclear industry may be climate levy exempt

Department for Energy and Climate Change has been studying possibility of immunity from tax designed to boost efficiency

• Race to build 10 nuclear stations in Britain

• Quest for energy alternatives takes to skies

BT rivals might pay towards £6bn pension gap

Ofcom will investigate whether telecoms group should take liabilities into account when billing others for using network

World Business News

HP to pay $2.7bn for networking equipment maker

Purchase of 3Com will effectively double HP’s presence in the networking equipment market in direct competition with Cisco

China hints at currency rise before US visit

The cheapness of the renminbi is one reason that Washington has slapped duties recently on steel, tyres and other imports

• Time to stop being chicken and talk about China

• China moves to internationalise its currency

Nakheel's debt turns spotlight on Islamic bonds

The Nakheel bond is being watched closely by Islamic investors as a bellwether for the shaky finances of Dubai

Twitter spawns its first television show

CBS, the American network, is to make a comedy series called Sh** My Dad Says, based on Justin Halpern's Twitter account

Analysis

Loose legacy of Chancellor’s fiscal tightening

Cuts in public spending, plus tax rises, should give the Bank of England some leeway in setting interest rates next year

• Still on track

• Cool engineer

Growth without inflation is a tricky task

The Bank expects that the UK economy will be growing at an annualised rate of about 3 per cent. Well, we can dream

Tempus: Great Portland stands out

The London-listed property developer's interim results provide tangible evidence that the trough has passed

Law  

Baby RB to be allowed to die as father concedes

Father withdraws his opposition to doctors plea for severely disabled one-year-old boy to be taken off life support

Ofsted hid crucial evidence on Baby P sacking

Documents that Sharon Shoesmith was told 'did not exist' emerged only after Freedom of Information request lodged

Downturn makes no dent in pay of top lawyers

While smaller firms are reining in payments to partners, at leading City law firms, hundreds earned more than £1 million

Money  

What the banking shake-up will mean for you

Millions will get new banks as a result of the state bailout. We look at how to make the best of the changes

• How to beat the banking giants

• Halifax rate row: do you stay or do you go?

How to get a mortgage that is six times your salary

Borrowers may be surprised to learn that lenders remain flexible for certain customers

Investors take sides on the boom vs gloom debate

Fund managers Anthony Bolton of Fidelity and Neil Woodford of Invesco Perpetual tell Kathryn Cooper where markets are heading

• Make a profit from global growth

• Funds to put your finances on the right track

business travel  

Business travellers of the world unite! Well Britain anyway...

Travel agency body launches survey as it seeks to influence political parties in the run-up to the General Election

The world's oddest airport lounges

Lounges for dogs and children sound bizarre but not as odd as Finnair's new facility

SkyTeam, Alitalia open new terminal facilities

Alliance gets common check-in at Heathrow while Italian carrier gets a dedicated terminal in Rome