Carney Boosts Lloyds Plan For £1.3bn TSB Float

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The state-backed Lloyds Banking Group is this weekend considering increasing the price at which it sells shares in TSB, its high street subsidiary, amid strong demand from investors. Sky News has learnt that Lloyds...

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Interest Rate Rise 'Signals End Of Crisis'

George Osborne Acts To Curb Housing Bubble Updated: 1:25am UK, Friday 13 June 2014 By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Barely a few minutes into his Mansion House speech, George Osborne said: "So while I know this is my fifth speech to...

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Retailers Set Goals On World Cup Success

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Correspondent England fans are not the only ones hoping the players can find the back of the net as their World Cup campaign finally gets under way. Retailers too are banking on success. The Centre for Retail Research...

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Apple's Irish Tax Affairs 'Face Europe Probe'

Apple's tax arrangements in Ireland are to form part of a formal investigation by the European Commission, it is due to be confirmed. News of the probe - reported by Irish state broadcaster RTE - follows a move by the EU's competition authorities last...

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Payday Loans: Borrowers 'Paying Too Much'

A lack of price competition means payday loan customers may be paying too much to borrow, according to an investigation. In preliminary findings, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calculated that consumers were forking out up to £10 over the...

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Jobs: Hiring Accelerates As Wages Disappoint

A sharper-than-expected fall in the unemployment rate has been marred by figures showing that wages are not rising in line with the improving economy. In figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the jobless total fell 161,000 to...

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Time Warner In Talks About $2.2bn Vice Deal

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Vice Media, the digital group which has mounted an aggressive assault on traditional news providers, is in talks to sell a major stake in itself to Time Warner. Sky News has learnt that the two companies have been...

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Tesco Bank Challenges High Street Rivals

Tesco Bank has launched its first current account, claiming it will bring competition back to a market offering "ridiculously poor value" to consumers. The bank's chief executive Benny Higgins said its first foray into the current account market would...

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Firms Paid To Prevent Electricity Blackouts

National Grid starts offering to pay firms to manage their electricity use from this winter if a risk of the 'lights going out' emerges. The company, which runs the power network in England and Wales, is asking the largest energy users to agree to cut...

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Brown 'Embarrassed' By Salmond Saltire Stunt

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown has told Sky News how he felt embarrassed when Alex Salmond staged his controversial Saltire stunt when Andy Murray won Wimbledon. In an exclusive interview with Sky's Eamonn Holmes,...

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PS4 Helps Sony Overtake Flagging Rival Nintendo

Sony has sold more consoles than its flagging Japanese rival Nintendo for the first time in eight years. Due to the launch of Sony's PlayStation 4, the company sold a total of 18.7 million video game consoles in the financial year ending in March. ...

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Scottish Independence: Business Pros And Cons

Scots Independence: BAE Systems Boss' Fears Updated: 1:50pm UK, Wednesday 04 June 2014 The boss of Britain's biggest defence company has become the latest business leader to warn against Scottish independence. BAE Systems chief executive Ian King...

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White Van Woman 'Held Back By Sexism'

By Clare Fallon, Sky News Reporter Campaigners are calling for more help to encourage women to enter traditionally male professions, including plumbing, building and plastering. Despite headlines about the rise of the so-called white van woman...

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Oil Giant Shell Kicks Off Hunt For New Chair

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Royal Dutch Shell, the biggest company on London's stock market, has kicked off the hunt for a new chairman. Sky News has learnt that the oil giant has asked Egon Zehnder International, the executive search firm, to...

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Minimum Wage Dodgers 'Named And Shamed'

Twenty-five employers who failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage have been "named and shamed" by the Government. It is the biggest number of employers publicly named since a new crackdown was announced last year. Between them, they owe...

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