2:55pm

Start-up Loans scheme hits 1,000th mark

Start-up Loans scheme for youth enterprise passes milestone

British Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson arrives to addresses the media outside his department on February 9, 2013, following a meeting with food retailers and the Food Standards Authority (FSA) after horsemeat was found in beef ready meals. Britain held emergency talks about horsemeat found in beef ready meals amid confusion over the origin of the meat in a food scandal that has spread to several other European countries ©AFP 11:31am

Ministers hint at EU meat import ban

Action will be taken if human health is at risk

1:24am

Investors warned over unchanging groups

Former environment minister’s comments raise concerns over at-risk companies

11:59pm

CEO pay relies on ‘self-serving myth’

High Pay Centre think-tank finds most companies recruit from within

11:59pm

City job numbers fall 18%

Redundancies and scandals at banks taking their toll

From UK POLITICS & POLICY 9:43am

Dilnot defends government care plan

Proposed cap on costs will ‘reduce anxiety’

From UK POLITICS & POLICY 12:00am

Call for more competition in pensions

Ministers urged to let state-backed providers compete against private sector

From COMPANIES 9:30pm

Bank rules favour the big players

MPs bemoan lack of competition, but rules stifle small rivals

Mark Carney incoming bank of england governor ©Reuters From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2013

Carney not expected to make sudden change

Impact on economy likely to be ‘evolution, not revolution’

Barclays ©Getty From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

Barclays plans £2bn cost-cutting

At least 2,000 jobs to go in strategic overhaul

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2013

Private sector helps spur jobs growth

Northeast job creation rate over five times national average

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

Downing St calls ‘horsemeat’ summit

Fears of ‘criminal conspiracy’ as European scandal spreads

Feb 8, 2013

DNA testers latch on to scandal

Full tests cost £300 and can check for only one species

From COMPANIES Feb 8, 2013

Ex-chairman of JJB charged with forgery

Sir David Jones accused by SFO along with son

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

Hacking victims resolve to go to court

Seven people want to take News International claims to trial

Feb 8, 2013

Private libraries have good story to sell

Despite public library cuts, old subscription model still works

Feb 8, 2013

Crown Estate seeks investment partners

Property group plans £320m overhaul of St James’s area

Feb 8, 2013

Horsemeat – how the scandal unfolded

Timeline of concerns in September to February’s UK-wide tests

Feb 8, 2013

Horsemeat probe widens after new scare

Food Standards Agency kicks off two-month sampling survey

Feb 8, 2013

UK construction sector halts decline

Private housing helps industry grow 0.9% in final quarter

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