Lloyds Banking Group

Economic growth prospects remain positive, despite a drop in confidence among businesses, according to the Lloyds TSB business barometer.

The FTSE 100 opened slightly lower this morning after falls on Wall Street and in Asia, dipping 4.76 points (0.09%) to 5,493 in early trading.

Banks are denying savers tax benefits by paying less on fixed-rate cash ISAs than on similar taxable bonds.

RBS chief Stephen Hester said today that even his parents think he earns too much.

Early gains among financials offset disappointing Marks and Spencer results to see the FTSE marginally down 0.22% to 5,510.22 in early trading.

Investec Structured Products has launched a new suite of eleven plans supported by a range of counterparties.

Perspective Financial Group acquires Charles Reynolds Associates, the eleventh firm to come under the consolidation vehicle's umbrella.

A fresh round of job cuts in Lloyds Banking Group today has brought the number of losses since its takeover of HBOS last year to over 15,000.

UK private equity companies reacted angrily last night after a European parliamentary committee proposed widening the scope of a controversial directive for alternative fund managers.

Better-than-expected unemployment figures and a rosier growth forecast from the Bank of England raised hopes yesterday that Britain was beginning to claw its way towards economic recovery.