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The organisers of London 2012 have suspended payments to G4S over the security fiasco that has already cost the company £50m.

Vince Cable insisted the Government’s plans for a Business Bank would materialise even though the size, scope and timing of the project are undecided.

Banks in London could be shut down or forced into taxpayer-funded bail-outs against the wishes of the British authorities under controversial “banking union” proposals from Brussels, it can be disclosed.

Weak growth prospects and potentially rising bad debts from property loans weighing on sector, says ratings agency

Antony Jenkins, the new chief executive of Barclays, has ruled out a break-up of the scandal-hit lender, but said some businesses will “shrink”.

The euro zone enters a dangerous week, strewn with potential landmines, in a somewhat more optimistic mood after investors welcomed a European Central Bank plan to prevent a breakup of the single currency.

Optimism among UK businesses has hit a 20-year low, according to accountants BDO, but English regions show a rebound in activity during August

International financier George Soros has called for Germany to “lead or leave the euro” days before a crucial ruling on the eurozone’s bailout fund by Germany’s constitutional court.

Data from farmers, tourist businesses, insurers and events organisers show the wettest summer for 100 years has hit the countryside hard.

Tech companies in Israel are striving to keep a lead over rivals in London, New York and Berlin.

Michael Fallon, the new business minister, on how he’ll champion people who create new wealth and employment

Amazon plans to create at least 2,000 jobs in Britain as the online retailer introduced an improved set of tablet devices to take on Apple’s iPad.

Global stock markets jumped as Mario Draghi defied German opposition and launched an “unlimited” bond-buying programme that he said would provide a “fully effective backstop” to the stricken eurozone economies.

Directors of the UK’s largest companies have seen their average pension provision grow sharply in the last year, the TUC has claimed.

Barclays has turned down a challenge by MPs to fight its corner in a tax row with the Chancellor indicating a dramatic effort by the bank’s new regime to re-build bridges with the Government.