Business Blog

The UK economy is close to regaining its pre-financial crisis size, according to research organisation NIESR.

US governors raise concerns about job losses in the US and senators threaten to close a tax loophole that Pfizer hopes to use.

The Co-op Group is set to see its 30% stake in the Co-op Bank reduced further under a plan to raise £400m to shore-up the bank's finances.

Cutting VAT on home refurbishment would tempt people away from paying builders cash-in-hand, the NFB claims.

A group of MPs expresses "considerable concern" at a plan to allow the tax authority to settle unpaid demands by taking money from people's bank accounts.

British Airways owner IAG says its losses in the first quarter of the year narrowed, helped by an improved performance from its Spanish airline Iberia.