9:34pm

Housing market in southeast is worth £2tn

Average cost of house in St George’s Hill gated community is £5m

From WORLD 9:34pm

London housing widens wealth gap

Value of top 10 boroughs equals Scotland, Wales and N Ireland

London's Stock Exchange ©Corbis From PERSONAL FINANCE Feb 1, 2013

The trouble with bond yields

Lessons from 300 years of yield data

From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Insolvencies at lowest level since 2008

Statistics from 2012 mask problem of ‘zombie companies’

From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Victorian railway builders found shortcuts

Long before HS2, the pioneers’ vision was less assured

Feb 1, 2013

Manufacturing grows despite January snow

Last month’s PMI lower than December but still positive

From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Zombies disappearing as UK conditions ease

Worst-hit industries showing tentative signs of recovery

From WORLD Jan 31, 2013

UK film production spending falls 30%

Foreign groups scale back investment in country, says BFI

Lord Lawson ©Charlie Bibby From WORLD Jan 31, 2013

Lawson urges full nationalisation of RBS

Former chancellor attacks bonus culture and overrated stars

Jan 31, 2013

New apprenticeship starters top 500,000

Data reveal similar figure to undergraduates

Jan 31, 2013

Politics blamed as bar to growth

Lack of investment is ‘fundamental problem’

From WORLD Jan 30, 2013

Census reveals rise of multilingualism

English not main language in 1m homes in England and Wales

From COMMENT Jan 30, 2013

Britain needs a long-term prosperity plan

The UK needs to provide investors with incentives, write John Van Reenen and Richard Lambert

Jan 30, 2013

Mortgage lending conditions improve

Funding costs remain high for small businesses

From WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Employers attack pension deficit proposal

Plan to calculate smaller deficits for funding purposes ‘does not go far enough’

Jan 29, 2013

Survey identifies employment hotspots

Finding a job is easiest in Aberdeen, Cambridge and Guildford

From COMPANIES Jan 29, 2013

British retail data reveal consumer mood

William Hill sparkles as online betting surges

Jan 29, 2013

Rise in youth joblessness outstrips rivals

Government told to ‘focus on policies that work’

From WORLD Jan 29, 2013

MPs question Osborne’s budgeting sums

Chancellor relying on uncertain windfalls to fund pledges, says committee

Jan 28, 2013

Northern regions’ verdict on HS2 plan

Qualified welcome to proposed extension to Leeds and Manchester

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