12:06am

Birmingham seeks to revive business

City launches enterprise zone in move to boost growth

11:03pm

Former Virgin executive to head centre

Aim to produce intelligent travel solutions

Champagne ©Dreamstime 10:05pm

Mayfair superstars rue pay restrictions

Workers in hedge fund central raise toast to Angel of Death

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:10am

BoE in talks with China on currency swap

Deal ‘will support UK domestic financial stability’

From COMPANIES 7:19am

Home Bargains grasps UK high street shift

Discounter has doubled in size since the financial crisis

European flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels ©Getty From COMPANIES 11:01pm

Brussels turns up pressure over Libor

Banks face fines of up to 30% of revenues

The Treasury Building ©Bloomberg From GLOBAL ECONOMY 7:03pm

Austerity plan runs further off course

£11.4bn budget surplus flattered by first QE transfer

From UK POLITICS & POLICY 6:02pm

Financial crisis just a ‘blip’ for bankers

Wages in the City rose in 2008-11

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 5:08pm

Business leaders optimistic on economy

Confidence at highest level for almost two years

Fred Bassett, gangmaster at his office in Wisbech. ©Si Barber Emma Jacobs from MANAGEMENT Feb 21, 2013

An eye for the pick of the crop

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

Feb 21, 2013

Mercedes-Benz fined over price fixing

Three UK dealers also admit breaching competition law

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Feb 21, 2013

Report in favour of prison privatisation

Contracts should be offered to run all jails, says think-tank

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Feb 21, 2013

Over-60s ‘should go back to university’

UK universities minister stresses worth of skilled older workforce

Feb 20, 2013

Directors jailed for tax evasion

Businessmen lied about cash they hid outside UK

Feb 20, 2013

Digital records reveal former criminals

Errant Britons from Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras exposed

From COMMENT Feb 20, 2013

UK energy policy restricts growth

Britain needs to get capital flowing into power, writes Richard Lambert

Undercover Economist Feb 20, 2013

Don’t blame Ofcom if 4G price isn’t right

Bidders shrank demands in mobile spectrum auction

From COMPANIES Feb 20, 2013

Funding boost for UK’s tech start-ups

Top US seed funder TechStars merges with London-based Springboard

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 20, 2013

Job creation grows but wages suffer

Average earnings rise at lowest rate for 2½ years

Feb 20, 2013

4G sale falls short of forecasts by £1.2bn

Prices fail to ignite in UK’s superfast mobile service auction

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