2:30pm

Ferrovial buys Enterprise for £385m

Spanish group to merge services company with Amey

Fred Bassett, gangmaster at his office in Wisbech. ©Si Barber Emma Jacobs from MANAGEMENT 3:35pm

An eye for the pick of the crop

The gangmaster Fred Bassett adopts a pragmatic approach to using migrant workers

From WORLD 11:07pm

Directors jailed for tax evasion

Businessmen lied about cash they hid outside UK

From WORLD 10:32pm

800,000 Pentagon staff face unpaid leave

Civilian personnel to be hit if spending cuts take effect

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 8:17pm

King’s gambit puts QE back on table

Only three MPC members in favour – but governor is one

From FINANCIALS Feb 19, 2013

Insurer replaces Deloitte with KPMG

RSA move a further sign of change in notoriously static market

Feb 19, 2013

Big Anglo-French buyout planned

Caterer Elior target of €3.5bn private equity consortium

Capitol Building Washington ©Getty From WORLD Feb 19, 2013

Obama takes aim at ‘meat cleaver’ cuts

Dire warning over danger of $1.2tn budget sequester

Feb 19, 2013

Webhelp buys Scottish call-centre group

French move for HEROtsc said to be worth €90m

From WORLD Feb 19, 2013

Tax avoiders ‘run rings’ round HMRC

MPs call for ‘much more robust approach’ to tackling abuses

Feb 18, 2013

Organic tip gives Biffa food for thought

New ‘digestion plant’ points to problems faced by waste industry

Feb 18, 2013

TNT results dragged down by €75m writedown

Warned conditions remain tough

From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 18, 2013

Entries open for the 2013 ranking

Read the guidelines on how to enter your submission for the FT Innovative Lawyers 2013 ranking and awards

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

UK needs spending cuts and less red tape

An abundance of rules chokes companies with the potential to create jobs, writes Dominic Raab

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

Europe’s budget deal is flawed

As European Parliament president, Martin Schulz says he will not accept what amounts to deficit budgets

From WORLD Feb 17, 2013

Atos subcontracts disability tests to NHS

Decision ‘begs question’ of why work was contracted out, says critic

From WORLD Feb 16, 2013

Miliband seeks to force vote on mansion tax

Labour leader wants Lib Dems to join him in backing the measure

From WORLD Feb 15, 2013

MP’s ‘gay’ comments a setback for Cameron

Labour says remarks show ‘nasty party is alive and well’

From INDUSTRIAL GOODS Feb 15, 2013

Cosalt calls in administrators

Engineering services group fails to find funding

From PERSONAL FINANCE Feb 15, 2013

Trust shake-up could penalise orphans

Government attempts to bring trust into line

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