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Fears of recession return as growth ends in London

August sees end of a 15-month run of growth for London, raising fears over a double-dip recession in the capital Comments

More Connaught jobs saved thanks to rescue deal

More jobs at collapsed social housing firm Connaught likely to be rescued as part of a deal between administrators and a rival company Comments

'Salaries soar' for the City's junior staff

Average pay of junior financial sector executives in the City rose sharply over the summer, a survey suggests Comments

Banks must bolster reserves to stop future financial crisis

Banks will be forced to hugely increase their reserves as part of a shake-up designed to prevent another financial crisis Comments (3)

�Nimby� planning rules threaten new homes

Property companies fear a shortfall of hundreds of thousands of new homes over uncertainty about �Nimby� government planning rules Comments

How things used to be

Blackhurst: Ads world doesn�t hold such no-expense-spared parties as the Saatchi & Saatchi bash any more

Wish you were here?

BBC in Salford Quays: The corporation will have to try to cover London stories from its northern base

BP's good news over oil spill payout raises dividend hopes

BP says its oil spill payouts will be less than the $20 billion it has put aside, leading analysts to predict the return of dividend payouts Comments

Marine industry buoyant but expects stormy times ahead

Britain's marine industry is defying the recession, but warns over the Government's spending cuts and planned VAT rise Comments

Kraft targets China for Cadbury chocolate push

Kraft Foods is looking to double the number of Chinese cities in which it sells Cadbury chocolate within the next two years Comments

Bonuses rise for top directors at FTSE 100 firms

Executives at Britain�s top companies have pocketed bigger bonuses this year, according to a survey Comments

Goldman Sachs shuffles pack to pick new partners

Goldman Sachs is shuffling its ranks of partners and could well name as many as 100 executives to the post this year, reports say Comments

Cussons hopes new products will beat tough conditions

PZ Cussons says first-quarter trading met expectations as it benefited from product launches Comments

�Government must bring an end to damaging pub taxes�

After 13 years of attacking successive Labour governments, JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin shifts his ire to the new Coalition Government Comments (8)

Morgan Sindall pays �28m for Connaught business

More than 2500 British jobs saved after building group Morgan Sindall spent �28 million buying Connaught's social housing maintenance business out of administration Comments (3)

Deutsche Bank shares hit by �9 billion fund raising

Deutsche Bank sees its shares plunge by 5.5% as markets react badly to news that the German giant is set to raise as much as �9 billion in new equity Comments (3)

Laura Ashley buoyed by its British designs

Laura Ashley�s 'quintessentially British' designs are helping the homewares and fashion chain weather an uncertain economic climate Comments

IRG woes prompt M&A; talk in restaurant sector

More takeover activity is on the menu in the restaurant sector Comments

Mortgage squeeze tightening on first-time house buyers

First-time buyers� share of the mortgage market fell to 34% in July, the lowest level in three years Comments (1)

Funds veteran Barry Olliff slams City pay �greed�

Veteran fund manager Barry Olliff lays into City pay culture as something that leads to �instability, greed and selfishness� Comments

AstraZeneca gives drug to Cancer Research UK for tests

AstraZeneca agrees a deal with the commercial arm of a British charity to take an experimental cancer drug into early clinical trials Comments

Associated British Foods predicts strong earnings

Primark owner Associated British Foods says its second half profits will rise substantially to give very strong growth in annual earnings Comments

Drop VAT rise, says survey

The Government should scrap its planned VAT rise and tackle red tape to win back wavering support from entrepreneurs, a survey finds Comments

Boss sacked as Nokia tries to fight back against rivals

Nokia fires chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo following months of mounting anger from investors that the world�s largest mobile handset maker has lost out to smaller rivals Comments (4)