Business Blog

Plans to increase the level of fines levied on firms that make nuisance calls have been given the go-ahead by the government.

Further evidence of a two-pace housing market has been revealed as data shows prices rocketing in London but rising below inflation in some regions of northern England.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney discusses the possibility of interest rates rising, and whether the Bank has too much power.

UK economic growth in the first quarter of 2014 was helped by the fastest expansion in business investment in two years, official figures have shown.

North Korea's economy grew by 1.1% in 2013 according to estimates by South Korea's central bank, even as trade with the nation is constrained by UN sanctions.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney suggests interest rates could reach a "new normal" of around 2.5% in early 2017.