IMF Sees Housing Market Threat To Recovery

Osborne Should Heed IMF House Market Warning Updated: 11:57am UK, Friday 06 June 2014 By Ed Conway, Economics Editor What would you like first: the good news or the bad? Well, if you're George Osborne, the good news is that the long battle with...

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White Van Woman 'Held Back By Sexism'

By Clare Fallon, Sky News Reporter Campaigners are calling for more help to encourage women to enter traditionally male professions, including plumbing, building and plastering. Despite headlines about the rise of the so-called white van woman...

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ECB Acts To Halt Euro Deflation Threat

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a series of measures to help boost economic growth in the euro area and prevent a spiral into crippling deflation. The bank's governing council's first monetary policy announcement was a lowering of the...

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AA Races Towards £4bn Stock Market Listing

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The AA, Britain's biggest roadside recovery group, is poised to press ahead with a £4bn flotation despite a disappointing stock market debut from Saga, its sister company. Sky News can reveal that Acromas Holdings,...

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Queen's Speech: Government's Agenda Set Out

The Queen's Speech has placed a house building drive, tackling pensions and a commitment to EU reform on the agenda for the coalition in its last year. The speech to parliament put the economic recovery at its centre, opening with a pledge to continue...

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Euro Bank Set For Negative Interest Rates

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor The European Central Bank is expected to become the first major central bank to introduce negative interest rates, as it seeks to fight off the threat of deflation. The Frankfurt-based institution is widely-anticipated...

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ISA Deposits Suffer Unprecedented Fall

Britons 'Draining Savings' To Stay Afloat Updated: 7:21pm UK, Tuesday 03 June 2014 There's a received wisdom about what is happening in the UK economy. It goes roughly as follows: consumers are short on cash, their real incomes are falling and they...

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Balls Wants Head-On Debate With Osborne

By Ian King, Sky News Business Presenter Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has thrown down the gauntlet to Chancellor George Osborne to meet him head-on in a debate on Sky News. The challenge came as the combative Mr Balls repeated his call for the Government...

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Energy Boss On Breakdown In Trust Over Bills

The boss of a UK power generator has told Sky News there has been a breakdown in trust between the industry and customers over energy bills. Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of the Drax Group, told the Ian King Live programme this needed to be rebuilt...

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Housebuilders Called To Cable-Osborne Talks

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The bosses of Britain's biggest residential developers have been summoned to summits with Vince Cable and George Osborne this week amid growing concerns about the UK housing market. Sky News has learnt that the Business...

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Workplace Pensions Shake-Up 'Could Boost Funds'

Radical changes to workplace pensions are set to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech this week, with supporters claiming the shake-up could boost retirement incomes by thousands of pounds. Staff will be able to put their money into Dutch-style "collective...

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Ian King Presents Sky News' New Business Show

By Ian King, Business Presenter Business news should be for everyone. It affects everyone, after all, not just those who read the business pages avidly. So I hope Ian King Live will demystify business, strip away the jargon and make the worlds...

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Retailers' Credit Union To Defy Payday Lenders

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Some of Britain's biggest high street names, including New Look and Next, are forming a credit union that will offer staff an alternative to the sky-high interest rates charged by payday lenders. Sky News has learnt...

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Spammer To Pay Damages After Court Victory

John Lewis has been ordered to pay damages for sending 'spam' emails in a privacy ruling that could open the floodgates for harassed consumers. Roddy Mansfield, who is a producer for Sky News, brought the case under EU legislation that prohibits businesses...

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