Small firms are ruling themselves out of export markets because they perceive the barriers to be too great, according to a survey by Parcelforce.

Private sector job vacancies rose steeply in January but salaries remain flat, says a survey from the UK's largest recruitment website.

Rail travel is at its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc).

Three-quarters of a million more people are set to become higher rate taxpayers in April, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Japan's Honda reports a 40% fall in third-quarter profits after the strong yen hits sales, but raises its full-year forecast.

Ryanair reports a loss of 10m euros for the last three months of 2010, after strikes and severe weather grounded planes.

Ratings agency Moody's cuts its debt rating for Egypt, prompted by the recent political unrest in the country.

Shares in UK-listed travel firms fall as protests in Egypt continue, and Britons are warned not to visit major cities there.