A company employing thousands of public sector workers has avoided paying millions of pounds in employer National Insurance contributions.

The administrators of the electrical retailer Comet have temporarily suspended the use of gift vouchers at the stores, which have been open as usual.

Apple is the latest multinational to come under scrutiny for the amount of corporation tax it pays, following Starbucks, Facebook and Google.

Technological advances have again influenced the toy industry's top picks for success this Christmas, according to a new list.