Banks Defend Charges From 'Rip-Off' Claim

Banks insist they are offering clear and simple charges, while research claims their fees for going overdrawn can be as expensive as those imposed by payday lenders. Research by Which? found that people can rack up "sky high" default charges if they...

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Buyout Firms Eye Debut On West End Stage

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Some of the world's biggest private equity firms are mulling takeover bids for the company behind the landmark London theatres that are home to productions including The Lion King and Dirty Dancing. Sky News has learnt...

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Energy Prices: Labour Accuses PM Of Being 'Weak'

Labour has attacked the Prime Minister for failing to help families struggling with rising energy bills by freezing price rises. It follows the announcement this week by SSE that it is raising its prices by 8.2%. Other firms in the so-called Big Six...

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Sir Richard Branson Defends Farewell To Britain

Sir Richard Branson, who has spent decades flying the flag for British business through his Virgin brand, has said he decided to move to a Caribbean tax haven for his health. The entrepreneur has reportedly sold his Oxfordshire estate and will spend...

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Help To Buy: Lloyds Boss Questions Scheme

The chief executive of Britain's biggest mortgage lender says he fears Help to Buy could create a dangerous bubble in property prices - just weeks after giving the Government's scheme his unequivocal support. Antonio Horta-Osorio - head of Lloyds Banking...

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Greenpeace Plans Fracking Legal Challenge

Greenpeace is planning legal challenges against fracking to try to derail plans for the controversial method of extracting gas from rock. The campaign group said it expected thousands of people to join the "legal block" so a series of "no go areas"...

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US Shutdown: Lagarde Issues Recession Warning

The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned failure to break the political stalemate over raising the US debt ceiling risks tipping the world into recession. Christine Lagarde was speaking as there were few signs in Washington that solutions...

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Nobel For Economics Awarded To Americans

Three American professors have won the Nobel prize for economics for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets. Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller, through their separate research, laid the foundation of the current understanding...

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George Osborne To Relax China Visa Rules

Visa rules for Chinese nationals coming to Britain are being relaxed by the Government in a drive to boost visitor numbers. Chancellor George Osborne, who is leading a UK trade delegation to China, said the changes will "streamline and simplify" the...

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Grangemouth Refinery To Stop Fuel Production

All fuel production is to be halted at the Grangemouth refinery later on Monday ahead of a planned strike by staff this coming weekend that experts warn could cripple fuel supplies in Scotland. The decision was announced as the owners of the site started...

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