03-Nov-2012 15:51

Ikea bucks retail trend - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/02/ikea-bucks-retail-trend

Revenue strikes deal with tax evaders - Accountancy Age :: http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2222069/revenue-strikes-deal-with-tax-evaders

Pubs raise a glass to MPs as they call for new look at Beer Duty Escalator - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pubs-raise-a-glass-to-mps-as-they-call-for-new-look-at-beer-duty-escalator-8278019.html

Bertelsmann's pickup of Penguin shows the poor state of British publishing - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/02/penguin-random-house-ian-jack

Car Insurance Cost Fall 'Will Not Last' - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1006369/car-insurance-cost-fall-will-not-last

Lenders keep more businesses alive, but beware the zombies - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/economics/article3588784.ece

Army of experts to spend weekend searching UK for spread of ash tree disease - Click Green :: http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/123691-army-of-experts-to-spend-weekend-searching-uk-for-spread-of-ash-tree-disease.html

Bleak Christmas forecast for workers at Comet, Clevedon - clevedonpeople :: http://www.clevedonpeople.co.uk/Bleak-Christmas-forecast-workers-Comet-Clevedon/story-17223408-detail/story.html

RBS prepares for talks with regulators to settle Libor claims - MyFinances.co.uk :: http://www.myfinances.co.uk/investments/2012/11/03/rbs-announces-1-3b-loss-as-it-raises-ppi-provision-by-400m

Comet gift vouchers suspended as chain collapses into administration - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9653058/Comet-gift-vouchers-suspended-as-chain-collapses-into-administration.html