New Rules To Boost Home-Based Businesses

Entrepreneurs will have more freedom to begin a business from home under new measures to be announced by the Government. They include legislation which will make it simpler to run a company from a rented property and new guidance on business rates....

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UK Growth Hits Fastest Annual Pace Since 2007

The annual rate of UK economic growth has been revised upwards to 3.2% - its fastest pace since the end of 2007. The announcement was made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as it confirmed GDP growth of 0.8% in the second quarter of the year....

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Npower's Profit Plummets By Almost 40%

Npower has become the latest of the so-called big six energy suppliers to announce a double-digit drop in profits. The company reported a pre-tax profit of £109m for the first half of the year, dropping 38% from £176m for the same period in 2013. Npower...

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New Rules To Boost Home-Based Businesses

Entrepreneurs will have more freedom to begin a business from home under new measures to be announced by the Government. The measures include legislation which will make it simpler to run a company from a rented property and new guidance on business...

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Bank Gives Latest Signal On Rate Rise Timing

The governor of the Bank of England has said that weak wage growth will be more closely watched in relation to the timing of interest rate rises. At a news conference to outline the Bank's quarterly Inflation Report, Mark Carney insisted that rises...

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Wages Fall For First Time In Five Years

British workers earned less between April and June than they did in the same period last year, deepening the cost of living squeeze. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) charted average weekly earnings, including bonuses, fell by a yearly 0.2% over...

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Ladbrokes Profits Halve Despite World Cup Surge

Ladbrokes profits have halved in the first six months of 2014, but it claims to now be ready for growth. The gaming company cited its restructuring in preparation for the World Cup as the reason for its decline in pre-tax profit, which fell 49.7% to...

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L&G To Stun City By Quitting Insurers' Body

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Legal & General (L&G), Britain's biggest pension fund manager, will stun the City on Wednesday when it discloses that it is terminating its membership of the insurance industry's flagship trade body. Sky News...

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'Pay Before You Die' Inheritance Tax Plan

People suspected of trying to avoid inheritance tax could have to pay before they die under proposals being considered by ministers. HM Revenue & Customs could demand "accelerated payment" where savers are using potentially illegal avoidance schemes....

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Care Giant Races To Avert £500m Sale Collapse

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The parent company of HC-One, one of Britain's biggest nursing home operators, will hold crunch talks this week aimed at preventing the collapse of a £500m sale of the business. Sky News has learnt that NHP is expected...

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Royal Mail To Change Post Box Collection Time

The collection time at almost 50,000 Royal Mail post boxes will be brought forward to earlier in the day under new plans. Staff delivering letters are expected to make the pick-ups as part of their rounds. Some 47,500 post boxes will see collection...

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Huntsworth Boss To Step Down After Pay Revolt

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Conservative peer who heads one of the biggest public relations groups listed on the London stock market is to step down weeks after a major revolt by shareholders over his pay package. Sky News understands that...

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Royal Mail To Change Post Box Collection Time

The collection time at almost 50,000 Royal Mail post boxes will be brought forward to earlier in the day under new plans. Staff delivering letters are expected to make the pick-ups as part of their rounds. Some 47,500 post boxes will see collection...

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Canadian Teachers Swoop On Debt Group Lowell

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A giant Canadian pension fund has swooped to buy a big stake in Lowell Group, one of Britain's biggest consumer debt collection agencies. Sky News understands that Teachers Private Capital (TPC), an investment arm...

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