LIFE AFTER WOODFORD
The country's top rate of tax has dropped from the fifth to 11th highest in the European Union, according to KPMG.
The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its growth forecast for the British economy amid what it called ‘welcome signs' of a pick-up in activity following the global crash.
The recovery of the British economy is now "sustainable and self-confirming", according to David Miles, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee.
Mike Morrison looks at how the US approach to retirement income limits differs from the UK.
Mining stocks led a drop in the FTSE 100 today as falling commodity prices weighed on shares.
Analysts at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch have tipped the FTSE 100 to rise to 7,400 next year, citing the strengthening economy and an accommodating central bank as reasons why stocks can reach such highs.
The economy is "turning a corner", Chancellor George Osborne is expected to say later today.