The 55% tax rate on some inherited pensions is to be cut, George Osborne will tell the Conservative party conference.

UK manufacturers are overwhelmingly in favour of the country remaining a part of the European Union, a survey suggests.

Standard Chartered and other lenders have suspended some of their operations in Hong Kong following pro-democracy protests.

Asian markets mostly rose even as political unrest in Hong Kong hit investor sentiment and dragged down shares of Chinese financial firms.

Prada's two chief executives are being investigated by Italian authorities for possible tax evasion, the company said.

British consumers face another three years of squeezed spending as wage growth remains sluggish, an influential report suggests.

Balfour Beatty issues its third profits warning in five months, compounding concerns over the UK's biggest construction group.

The Aldi supermarket chain posts a big rise full-year profits as its market share continues to grow, and 2014 looks to be an even better year.