2:48pm

Rentokil benefits from City Link cost cuts

Pest, post and hygiene group’s profits rise 10% in 2012

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 10:37pm

Budget childcare scheme to woo parents

Scheme expected to offer families up to £2,000 in vouchers

From MARKETS 8:19pm

Shell retreats on exploration cost worries

B shares dip 1.2% while profit taking weighs on FTSE 100

HMRC ©Charlie Bibby From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:21pm

HMRC steps up use of debt agencies

Tax offices doubles spending on debt collection

George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, holds the dispatch box containing the 2012 budget outside 11 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Britain's budget deficit almost doubled in February as taxes fell and spending surged, leaving Osborne little room to meet his full-year goal as he prepares to announce the annual budget. ©Bloomberg From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:19pm

Budget predictions from experts

Tax avoidance moves could fund allowance rise

From LEX 4:13pm

Rentokil: failure to deliver

UK business services group’s share price is back to 1993 levels

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 2:55pm

Portugal sharply cuts economic forecasts

Portuguese anger fuelled by expected economy shrinkage by 2.3%

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 1:52am

Japan parliament affirms Kuroda for BoJ

Nominations for top three jobs at central bank approved

From WORLD Mar 15, 2013

Treasury seals Guernsey tax deal

Assets will need to be declared in clampdown on evasion

From ENERGY Mar 14, 2013

ENRC internal inquiry raises suspicions

Concerns over payments totalling at least $100m

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 14, 2013

Greece and lenders fall out over firings

‘Troika’ leaves Athens without deal on civil service staff cuts

From COMMENT Mar 14, 2013

UK Budget: No Plan B for the economy

The chancellor and prime minister are convinced that they are on the right track

Mar 14, 2013

Barclays’ law firm lands Diamond’s lawyer

Dorian Drew to join Clifford Chance as a partner

From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 14, 2013

HMRC to close enquiry centres

Closure of 281 centres to save Revenue £13m a year

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Cable eyes review of business rates

Minister under pressure from retail industry

Mar 13, 2013

Annual profits at G4S drop by a third

Security group plans US sale and hires new finance director

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Finance ministers seek Cyprus bailout pact

Deep divisions remain among eurozone officials

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Obama casts doubt on budget deal hopes

President set to ‘do some tough stuff’ amid party differences

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Heavy lift needed to close US tax loophole

Sander Levin’s act unlikely to progress without broader tax reform

Mar 13, 2013

European job market weighs on Adecco

Profits fall short of expectations for Swiss employment group

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