HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reminding people who file paper self-assessment tax returns to get their paperwork in before 31 October, the new deadline for filing paper returns.
Research from information services firm Experian has revealed that more British businesses are settling their invoices late - almost four weeks after agreed payment dates.
The impending closure of the loophole allowing restaurants to use tips to top up staff pay to National Minimum Wage (NMW) levels could mean that businesses affected by the legislation will have to raise their prices.
Small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses have had to raise their prices in order to cope with rapid growth in the costs they face, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Charter and Henderson to move their headquarters to Ireland in a dramatic sign of the rising pressure on the Treasury to keep its tax system competitive
John McCain was poised to unveil his Republican running mate on Friday as an opinion poll suggested Barack Obama had widened his lead in the US presidential race during this week's Democratic convention
Merrill Lynch's losses in the past 18 months amount to about a quarter of the profits it has made in its 36 years as a listed company, according to Financial Times research that highlights the extent of the global banking crisis
House prices continued their 10-month slide in August to register one of the biggest year on year falls recorded in the UK in the last eighteen years, sending sterling to a near record low against the euro
US stocks rose after data showed that the US economy grew much faster in the second quarter than first reported, boosted by a strong increase in international trade, hitting an annualised rate of 3.3 per cent
