2:15pm

Champagne tipped out of inflation basket

ONS unveils this year’s changes to ‘typical’ shopping items

10:58am

Manufacturing data show economic woes

UK output shrank in January month-on-month and year-on-year

12:02am

Home sales point to market ‘picking up’

Council approvals for new houses highest since first quarter of 2008

From WORLD 3:58pm

Trends point to time for non-European pope

Africa is expanding rapidly where half of immigrants are Catholics

From WORLD 9:10pm

Funding for Lending failure dismays BoE

Lenders have tapped only a fifth of the £68bn available

A man on a bicycle cycles past a branch of German bank Commerzbank ©Getty From COMPANIES 8:21pm

Commerzbank eyes £5bn UK property sale

US groups line up for German lender’s Eurohypo arm

Janan Ganesh Janan Ganesh from COMMENT 6:58pm

Better make this Budget a boring one

Beige would respect that there is no magic bullet for growth

London Skyline From MARKETS 5:51pm

London to bolster Islamic finance credentials

Government sets up task force to attract fast-growing market

From WORLD Mar 11, 2013

Business conflicts over path to growth

BCC calls for George Osborne to implement Plan B

From COMPANIES Mar 10, 2013

UK marketers upbeat despite weak economy

Less than half are trying new markets

From WORLD Mar 10, 2013

Britain warned by Dublin over Europe exit

Irish fears grow over prospects for UK referendum

From EU ECONOMY Mar 8, 2013

UK set for GM food push in Europe

Ministers seek to overturn en­trenched resistance in EU

Mar 8, 2013

OBR hits back at Cameron on austerity

PM rebuked for saying watchdog did not believe cuts curbed growth

From WORLD Mar 8, 2013

King sets sights on City as exit nears

BoE governor drops usual equivocal language of central bankers

From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 8, 2013

Mars and Venus – how women invest

Women are more risk-averse than men

Mar 8, 2013

Construction output plunges in January

Fall of 8% underlines sector’s struggle to recover from crisis

Mar 8, 2013

Hiring drops amid uncertainty

Starting salaries rise to 17-month high, survey shows

Mar 7, 2013

Women’s labour market progress stalls

UK lags behind global rivals in narrowing workplace inequality

From WORLD Mar 7, 2013

Women opt to work longer as pension age rises

Increasing state pension age for women has led to more older men working

Martin Wolf from COMMENT Mar 7, 2013

The man at Number 10 is not for turning

If the British government’s plan is working, what would a failing one look like?

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