Britain must take a cold, hard look at itself The Times | It is encouraging to see that a serious debate has been joined about the future direction of the British economy. Describing a "new economic model" yesterday, George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, outlines important policies that are a real step forward and aim to "build a more balanced economy";...
Paulson repeats claim that Britain 'screwed' US over Lehman rescue The Times | Henry "Hank" Paulson repeats his accusation that Britain "screwed" the US over the rescue of Lehman Brothers, in the former Treasury Secretary's keenly awaited book, released today. | In On the Brink, the first book by a key player in America's $700 billion banks bailout, Mr Paulson concentrates o...
Santander mulls over partial sale of UK banking business The Independent | BANCO Santander, Europe's second biggest banking group, is considering a partial flotation of its British businesses. | The move - which could value the operation at £15bn - would help to fund its attempt to buy Royal Bank of Scotland's Williams & ...
Totally potty: Why Britain's streets are riddled with more potholes than ever The Daily Mail | They are famous for their potholes around here. 'Dr Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain,' goes the children's nursery rhyme. 'He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle and never went there again.' | Should Dr Foster be persuade...
Big shot: Dan Labbad, UK Green Building Council The Times | Dan Labbad, incoming chairman of the UK Green Building Council, does not fit the stereotype of the expatriate Australian living in London, in so much as he does not live in Earl's Court and does not watch rugby. The Sydney-born 38-year-old chief ex...
Manufacturing will forge Britain's recovery – if politicians allow it to The Observer | The adventurer Ranulph Fiennes was an appropriate choice of after-dinner speaker at the biennial gala evening of the manufacturing lobby group the EEF last week. His tales of perilous – and financially precarious – expeditions into hostile terr...
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UK High Court rules in favour of Nokia against IPCom DNA India | HELSINKI: The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Monday the UK High Court had ruled in its favour in a patent dispute with IPCom, and it would now seek to recoup le...
UK aerospace industry thrives but needs skilled young people The Times | Sir, The state of engineering in the UK may be in decline in some sectors but it is not as bad as perceived by some of your readers (" 'Creativity' mantra will not fix demise of ...
UK banks face $10bn bill from US over bailouts The Times | Three British banks may have to pay more than $10 billion (£6 billion) to the US Government as part of its crackdown on financial institutions bailed out by taxpayers (see Commen...
Builders are luckiest people in UK Building | Construction workers top list of lottery winning professions, with more than £1bn-worth of prize cash | One might have thought that construction was not the most financially secure industry, particularly in the current economic climate, but when i...
UK property firm Liberty ponders demerger Business Report | * Plans to split portfolio into retail, London businesses | Submit your comment | Liberty International, Britain's biggest shopping mall owner, is looking at splitting its portfolio into two separate listed companies as it battles to bounce ...
UK, India near accord on civil nuclear cooperation The Star | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and India have reached an outline agreement on nuclear energy cooperation and are looking at expanding ties in defence manufacturing, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Thursday. Britain's Business Secreta...
'Gas storage key for UK' Upstream Online | The UK has access to adequate gas supplies but needs to improve its infrastructure and storage to ensure it can be distributed better, BP chief executive Tony Hayward said today, adding he believed world oil demand will peak after 2020 at a maximum...
Britain's road network in multi-million pound pothole pit as winter ravages roads The Daily Mail | Britain's fragile road network has been left plunging into a multi-million pound pothole pit, experts claim. | The number of potholes littering the nation's roads is estimated to have leapt by 60 per cent in the wake of a double whammy of icy winte...
European stocks rally despite debt fears Syracuse | (AP) - LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portugal to buy into stocks made cheaper by last week's vicious sell-off. | Sentiment remains balanced on a knife's edge, however, with hope for a bailout for Greece weighed against fear...
Lawyer: Pitt and Jolie sue over split claim Syracuse | (AP) - LONDON - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported the celebrity couple was going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday. | Keith Schillings, of London-based Schillings lawyers, said in a statement that the couple had begun legal proceedings against the News of The Worl...
