01-Jun-2012 02:55

BAE factory on banks of Tyne to close after 165 years of weapons manufacture - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bae-factory-on-banks-of-tyne-to-close-after-165-years-of-weapons-manufacture-7808526.html

Xstrata boss to get £29m to stay in charge of merged giant - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/xstrata-boss-to-get-29m-to-stay-in-charge-of-merged-giant-7808531.html

British Chamber of Commerce argues for £5bn emergency measures - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/01/british-chambers-commerce-emergency-measures?newsfeed%3Dtrue

Halfords sees the wheels come off cycles - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/halfords-sees-the-wheels-come-off-cycles-7808537.html

Corporate raider checks in with IHG - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/corporate-raider-checks-in-with-ihg-7808532.html

Charity tax relief is David Cameron's 30th U-turn - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/charity-tax-relief-is-david-cameron-s-30th-u-turn-1-2330665

Car insurers probed by watchdog over 'racket' that costs motorists £225m a year - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152993/Car-insurers-probed-watchdog-racket-costs-motorists-225m-year.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

UK consumer confidence ahead of expectations - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20134760

Eurozone is 'unsustainable' warns Mario Draghi - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9304027/Eurozone-is-unsustainable-warns-Mario-Draghi.html

Booker buys Metro's British operations - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7245e252-aa21-11e1-899d-00144feabdc0.html