CRB Check Rules To Be Relaxed By Home Office

Millions of employees and volunteers will no longer have to apply for a new criminal records check every time they apply for a job, the Home Office announced today. Individuals will only need to apply once to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)...

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Nokia And Blackberry-Maker Agree Patent Truce

Nokia has settled all its patent disputes with Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) amid the costly legal rows still gripping the fiercely competitive smartphone industry. While terms of the agreement were confidential, Nokia said, the deal on...

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Banks Face Break-Up Over Risky Trading

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent British banks face break-up if they fail to follow new rules protecting high street operations from riskier trading. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has published a report...

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UK Economic Growth Less Than Expected

Britain's growth figure for the third quarter has been revised to 0.9% by the Office for National Statistics. That is down from their previous estimate of 1%. Britain's dominant services sector posted meagre growth in October, adding to the challenge...

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Steve Jobs' £80m Super Yacht Impounded

A super yacht built for Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs has been impounded in Amsterdam because of a dispute over an unpaid bill to designer Philippe Starck, a lawyer has said. Mr Jobs, who died last year, never got to use the vessel, called Venus....

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BT Slapped With £95m Refund Bill

BT has been told it must repay almost £95m to corporate customers following a row over high speed data provision. The regulator Ofcom ruled the company had overcharged for Ethernet services and must hand back £94.8m to communication providers BSkyB...

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Fiscal Cliff: Republican Plan Ends In Failure

House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday that he was still open to talks with President Obama - a day after being forced to scrap a vote on his back-up plan to avoid the fiscal cliff crisis. Mr Boehner had confidently predicted on Thursday that he...

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Women Drivers Face Insurance Premium Rise

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky News Reporter Women drivers could see their insurance premiums increase by around 25% as new laws come into force that ban setting prices according to gender. The European Court of Justice ruling follows a 10-year legal...

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BAE Systems Strikes £2.5bn Deal With Oman

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent A deal worth £2.5bn has been completed between British defence manufacturer BAE Systems and Oman. It will see BAE provide the Gulf state with 12 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft and eight Hawk training jets....

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House Prices Predicted To Edge Down In 2013

House prices across the country fall by 1% during 2013 as the London market shows signs of cooling, property analysts have said. Prices fell 0.1% month-on-month in December, marking the sixth month in a row that this has happened, and average prices...

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