Regional Home Price Disparity Widens In April

Help To Buy: 80% Go To First Time Buyers Updated: 3:26pm UK, Thursday 29 May 2014 Some 80% of the Help To Buy loans granted in the mortgage scheme's first six months were given to first time buyers, the Treasury has said. A total of 7,313 loans were...

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The Week's Big Business Stories

Once you've caught up on last week's business news, you can get ahead on what's coming up next week with Sky's Week Ahead. :: Monday, June 2 On Monday at 6.30pm, Sky News launches its new flagship business show, Ian King Live. Also on Monday, Apple...

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Retailers' Credit Union To Defy Payday Lenders

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Some of Britain's biggest high street names, including New Look and Next, are forming a credit union that will offer staff an alternative to the sky-high interest rates charged by payday lenders. Sky News has learnt...

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Insurers Expose £1.3bn In Fraudulent Claims

A record £1.3bn worth of fraudulent insurance claims were uncovered last year as the industry continues to crack down on cheats. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said some £3.5m worth of dishonest claims are uncovered every day. The figures...

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Google Agrees To Erase Disputed Search Results

Google has bowed to a European court ruling which upheld the "right to be forgotten" online. The search engine giant has introduced a mechanism for people to request the censorship of links to other internet sites which they believe contains outdated...

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UK Economic Growth At 11-Year High: CBI Survey

A survey of more than 700 UK firms has indicated the strongest rate of growth since data was first collected more than a decade ago. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said its poll of 726 companies showed May growth expansion at its best since...

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Lloyds Steps Towards Female Executive Target

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The state-backed Lloyds Banking Group has taken a step towards meeting a self-imposed gender target for senior managers with the appointment of another top female executive. Sky News understands that Lloyds issued...

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Centrica Confirms Exit Of Weston To Aggreko

The top boss at British Gas is to leave the company, amid a management shake-up at the UK's biggest energy supplier. Centrica issued a statement saying Chris Weston, managing director of its international downstream business, had tendered his resignation...

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Help To Buy: 80% Go To First Time Buyers

A total of 80% of the Help To Buy mortgage scheme loans granted in its first six months were given to first time buyers. The Treasury said a total of 7,313 loans were issued, with a total value of £1bn. The average value of each loan taken out under...

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Blackstone In Joint Bid For Friends' Tax Arm

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The private equity giant Blackstone has joined forces with a US-based specialist insurer to table a bid for the tax planning arm of Friends Life, the FTSE-100 financial services group. Sky News understands that Blackstone...

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InterContinental Rebuffs Secret £6bn US Bid

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The FTSE-100 hospitality provider InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has rejected a secret takeover bid from the US which valued the company at about £6bn. Sky News has learnt that IHG's board met a few weeks ago...

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AstraZeneca 'Must Link Pay To New Targets'

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor AstraZeneca should link future executive pay to the price that its board signalled it would be willing to sell the company for, a leading shareholder has told it in a move which intensifies the pressure on it to justify...

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RBS And NatWest Hit By Mobile Banking Glitch

Mobile banking services for RBS and NatWest have been hit by an IT glitch, along with an unconnected problem that affected some Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland online users. In a statement given to Sky News, a spokesperson for RBS Group said: "Some...

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Blackstone In Joint Bid For Friends' Tax Arm

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The private equity giant Blackstone has joined forces with a US-based specialist insurer to table a bid for the tax planning arm of Friends Life, the FTSE-100 financial services group. Sky News understands that Blackstone...

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InterContinental Rebuffs Secret £6bn US Bid

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The FTSE-100 hospitality provider InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has rejected a secret takeover bid from the US which valued the company at about £6bn. Sky News has learnt that IHG's board met a few weeks ago...

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