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Exposure to China boosts Intertek profits

Product testing group plans further takeovers in 2013

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2 Sisters beefs up local food sourcing

UK food producer buys Vion meat processor

From LEX 4:04pm

Debenhams: investors get a chill

Like its clothes, UK retailer’s shares could get cheaper yet

From FINANCIALS 2:41pm

Pensions group buys into fund of funds

Principal of the US takes majority stake in London-based Liongate

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Peacocks owner sees Cardiff’s potential

Philip Day says Wales-based retailer is back in profit

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 2:00pm

Lending drops despite BoE scheme

Credit fell £2.4bn in final three months of 2012

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:56am

Construction index hits three-year low

Sharp drops in commercial building and civil engineering activity

From FINANCIALS 9:22am

Confident HSBC lifts dividend

Full-year pre-tax profit falls 6% to $20.6bn

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 8:28am

Debenhams blames snow for profit warning

Department store chain says January blizzards cut sales by 10%

From WORLD 12:02am

Company failures hit six-year low

Proportion of those collapsing at lowest level since June 2007

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 9:53pm

Fashion chief pins hopes on makeover

Dealing with £1.1bn of debt will require flair

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 9:53pm

New Look to open shops in China

UK fashion chain also eyeing a move into India

From INDUSTRIALS 9:00pm

Regulator criticises corporate safeguard

UK Competition Commission slams audit committees

From ENERGY 8:58pm

Statoil warns of political danger to gas

Norwegian group foresees threat to future investment

From INDUSTRIALS 8:44pm

Serco shows its mettle in contract wins

All human life is in ‘biggest company you have never heard of’

From FINANCIALS 8:30pm

Females add diversity to boards

Study dispels talent pool concerns

From TECHNOLOGY 7:33pm

Datatec snaps up 2e2’s Europe arm

Operations being sold had revenues of about $150m

From TRANSPORT 7:28pm

Stobart facing chop from FTSE 250

Dire position occurs less than two months after boardroom coup

From FINANCIALS 7:11pm

Bank compliance salaries soar

Turnover surge drives pay gains of up to 50%

From FINANCIALS 6:45pm

Leeds gains first large shops development

The area’s retail landscape is shifting, write Andrew Bounds and Chris Tighe

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