Investors are predicting the likelihood of the UK Government defaulting on its debt is higher than that of many European neighbours.

The Government's Shareholder Executive arm is close to appointing advisers to assess future funding options for Channel 4.

German car sales plunged to the lowest level since reunification increasing pressure on Chancellor Merkel to abandon budget restraint.

Tesco reported its weakest quarterly sales performance since the mid1990s blaming its own rampant pricecutting campaign.

England's tour to India expected to go ahead after Indian government agreed to provide crack commando guard.

Greene King has bucked trends in the pub industry by pledging to pay an interim dividend despite suffering a 70pc fall in pretax profits after ... more