The chairwoman of the Public Accounts Committee Margaret Hodge calls on the government to "urgently get its house in order" after outsourcing scandals.

New simplified energy bills brought in by the regulator Ofgem are still too confusing, says the consumer group Which?

Shares in China's CITIC were suspended after 7% decline on reports that the Chinese central bank is clamping down on mobile phone payment systems.

JD Wetherspoon, one of the UK's largest pub chains, has said its pre-tax profits rose 3% in the first half of its financial year to £36m.

Former Conservative Chancellors Lord Lawson and Lord Lamont warn too many people are paying the 40p tax rate and urge George Osborne to act.

Consumers are being warned about a series of bank card scams, after fraud from stolen cards rose to its highest level in eight years, says the UK Cards Association

Traders at Swiss bank UBS made around 100 attempts to rig Hong Kong's interbank lending market, financial regulators have said.

The vast majority of staff at Morrisons have been affected by the theft of payroll data, the company has said.