Building Societies are "well placed" to benefit from an economic recovery, and are showing "healthy" profits, says the accountancy firm KPMG.

Workers making clothes for the supermarket Lidl in Bangladesh have been secretly filmed being forced to work 19-hour shifts.

China's manufacturing activity picked up speed in September, an initial survey by HSBC shows, adding to signs of a rebound in its economy.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls wants to draft in the Office for Budget Responsibility to scrutinise Labour's election manifesto.

The single currency gained against the dollar after a strong showing for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sunday's election.

Jobseekers are hurting their chances of securing new roles by not spending enough time on their CV, according to a survey.

The FTSE 100 edges lower at the start of trade, with Centrica shares falling after it decides to halt two gas storage projects.

Workers are less worried about losing their job than at any other time in the past four and a half years a survey suggests.