The recession is now of a scale that dwarfs the early 1990s and could leave Britain's economy permanently scarred as dynamic private companies abandon the UK, a leading business lobby has warned, reports The Telegraph .

Mining stocks pulled the FTSE below 4,450 on Tuesday as Rio Tinto, Xstrata, Antofagasta and Vedanta Resources fell.

Liontrust joint investment directors Jeremy Lang and William Pattisson have resigned from the boutique fund house.

The Lighthouse Group has acquired Leeds-based IFA Godfrey Pearson Limited (GPL) and its 50 advisers.

Barclays Capital has unveiled two guaranteed deposit accounts providing investors with either three or five year protected access to the FTSE 100 index.

Avoiding hefty inheritance tax (IHT) bills is the biggest concern for those approaching retirement, according to Lincoln Financial Group.

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