'Mumpreneurs' Could Be Lifeline To Recovery

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent It has been five years since the depths of the financial crash and still the key to kick-starting growth eludes the coalition Government. The British economy started 2013 with zero momentum,...

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Ed Balls Joins Calls For Emergency Tax Cuts

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has joined calls for an emergency tax cuts in next week's Budget. Chancellor George Osborne is under pressure to make bold tax moves on Wednesday to kick-start the UK's flagging economy. The looming prospect of a triple-dip...

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Economic Recovery 'In Sight', Says Mervyn King

Recovery is finally "in sight" for Britain's beleaguered economy, the governor of the Bank of England has said. Sir Mervyn King said that "momentum" was building within the economy which would become apparent during the course of the current year. ...

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Samsung Launches Galaxy S4 Smartphone

Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy S4 smartphone at the Radio City music hall in New York, with a performance by a tap-dancing child and a story about a lovestruck backpacker to show off its new features. The highly-anticipated smartphone - the fourth...

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Morrison's In Talks Over Ocado Venture

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Wm Morrison, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket chain, is in talks over a partnership with Ocado that would involve utilising the online retailer's warehouse capacity and technological expertise as it plays catch-up...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone Set For Launch

Technology fans are gearing up for one of the biggest product launches so far in 2013 - Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone. The unveiling will take place later in New York with the South Korean firm hoping to set a new benchmark for its rivals. Rumours...

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Thomas Cook Plots £400m Share Issue

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Thomas Cook, Britain's biggest tour operator, is drawing up plans to tap shareholders for more than £400m in a bid to secure the company's long-term future. I can reveal that Thomas Cook is working on the equity-raising...

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Minimum Alcohol Pricing: Anger Over 'U-Turn'

Conservative MPs have spoken out as speculation grows that David Cameron's plans for minimum pricing of alcohol are being scrapped. The Prime Minister has backed the controversial policy, which medical groups argued would save lives. A base price of...

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Pound Falls To Another Low Against Dollar

The pound has continued to fall against the dollar, hitting a level last seen in the early days of the Coalition. It fell to $1.4868 on Monday, after slipping below $1.49 for the first time in more than two and a half years on Friday. The last time...

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Danger As Electrical Product Recalls Ignored

Millions of potentially deadly electrical appliances are sitting in homes around the country despite attempts to recall the products, consumers are being warned. The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) says one person is killed every seven days by an electrical...

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Coalition Seeks To Deliver Posties’ Share Plan

The Government is accelerating plans to privatise Royal Mail by canvassing external advisers to run a share scheme that will give the postal operator's 145,000 employees a stake in the company. I have learnt that ministers at the Department for Business,...

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Apprenticeships: Cameron's Pledge On Training

David Cameron will today pledge to make it the "new norm" for school leavers to take an apprenticeship or go to university. The Prime Minster wants the country to follow Germany's lead where work-based training sits alongside higher education as the...

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Vince Cable: Tories Waging 'Economic Jihad'

Vince Cable has accused right-wing Conservatives of waging "idealogical jihad" on public spending and warned that the Liberal Democrats would block efforts to implement some cuts. Speaking at a fringe event on the eve of the party's spring conference...

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'Mummy Tax': Cameron Under Fire Over Cuts

By Tadhg Enright, Business Correspondent David Cameron will have a mother's day card delivered to his door by campaigners for new mums whose benefits are about to be capped. Labour has accused the Government of imposing a "mummy tax" and said the...

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