Unions call for an emergency summit and parliamentary debate in a bid to avert strikes at the Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical site.

Some low cost airlines are charging excessive fees to people paying for flights using credit or debit cards despite a change in the law six months ago, according to the consumer group Which?

Malaysia is set to begin trading gold futures, allowing small-scale investors to bet on the future price of gold without actually having to buy the metal itself.

The BBC's Chief business correspondent, Linda Yueh explains whether President Obama's absence will hurt Trans-Pacific Partnership talks at the Apec summit.

Aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus announces a $9.5bn (£5.9bn) deal with Japan Airlines, its first with the carrier, to sell 31 of its A350 planes.

Optimism among UK banks and financial firms is at its highest for almost 17 years, a survey from the CBI business lobby group has suggested.

The shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, says the government's privatisation of Royal Mail has "undervalued" the firm by as much as £1bn.

Help to Buy could generate billions of pounds for the Treasury, and interest rates on mortgages provided could be up to 50% greater than for conventional mortgages.