14 September 2010

Everything in business

1. 10.55am Inflation
   

   UK inflation since 1948

   What's happening to the cost of living? Get the full data

2. 10.46am Advertising

   Smirnoff signs up Zane Lowe for Nightlife Exchange Project

   Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe to front Smirnoff's UK ad campaign as part of mission to find the world's best nightlife experiences By Mark Sweney
3. 10.35am Inflation

   Inflation stays high as clothes, food and travel rise

   Dearer air fares, rising food bills and price mark-ups on clothes kept Britain's inflation rate stubbornly high at 3.1% last month
4. 10.28am Banks and building societies
   

   Nationwide chief executive shuts down email address

   Nationwide denies chief executive Graham Beale's address changed because of protests over FlexAccount
5. 10.06am Business

   Capita and Logica lifted by hopes of government outsourcing deals

   City fears that outsourcing companies might faces delays or cancellations of public sector contracts in the current austerity regime have been allayed somewhat by a couple of agreements being signed
6. 9.24am Debenhams

   Debenhams positive after update but Supergroup slips

   Retailers are in focus with contrasting fortunes for Debenhams and Supergroup following their latest updates

7. 8.58am Sir Stuart Rose
   

   Stuart Rose joins private equity group

   Outgoing M&S chairman, Sir Stuart Rose, to join Bridgepoint – the owner of Pret a Manger, Fat Face and Hobbycraft
8. 8.20am Consumer spending
   

   Consumer confidence on rise for first time since general election

   Survey for Nationwide shows increased optimism about the economic recovery but there are warnings that spending cuts, job uncertainty and a 'stuttering' housing market will continue to affect confidence
9. 7.00am Banking
   

   These banking reforms could be too little, too late

   Sir John Vickers outlines his options next week – but the moment to take action against the banks could already have passed
10. 7.00am House prices

    House price falls predicted as first-time buyers stay away

    Number of sales declines to levels last seen in the depths of the 2008 recession
11. 6.59am House prices
    

    The end of the housing ladder

    Barney Ronay: Recreational house-moving was big business in the boom of the Blair years. Unlike him it has now disappeared

12. 6.50am Nokia
    

    Nokia World 2010: Mobile giant will look to recapture greatness

    The Finnish manufacturer is the embattled beast of the mobile market, today it must throw down the gauntlet to rivals

13. 12.05am Public sector cuts

    This is now a war against the north

    Letters: The idea that 'state dependency in the north-east' is 'not only unaffordable but unhealthy' and by implication is somehow the fault of the region is both offensive and inaccurate
14. 12.01am TUC

    Unions cannot afford tactical errors in fight against coalition's cuts

    Michael White: As the TUC meets in Manchester, its members know they must capitalise on a golden chance to win support

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