04-Nov-2012 04:03

China's great growth means widening gap between rich and poor - ITV News :: http://www.itv.com/news/2012-11-02/chinas-great-growth-means-widening-gap-between-rich-and-poor/

Tax dodgers set to avoid prison after striking deal with HMRC - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tax-dodgers-set-to-avoid-prison-1414250

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

Call for beer duty escalator to be axed to save pubs - This is Hull and East Riding :: http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/beer-duty-escalator-axed-save-pubs/story-17214661-detail/story.html

Admiral still on track - despite fall in revenue - This is South Wales :: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Admiral-track-despite-fall-revenue/story-17222704-detail/story.html

The biggest grower in UK blames Forestry officers for fatal delay after his warning - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2227467/Ash-tree-grower-suing-government-200-000-destroying-50-000-trees-following-disease.html

Comet's £120m firesale: Collapsed firm to sell off it's stock - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/comets-120m-firesale-collapsed-firm-1415678

Kate Hughes: Bank's fightback against PPI claims seems doomed - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/kate-hughes-banks-fightback-against-ppi-claims-seems-doomed-8280185.html

Wet or dry, Lord Heseltine can't change the economic weather - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/04/heseltine-cannot-change-economic-weather

As M&S and Experian look to foreign climes, the experts are all at sea (again) - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/04/ms-experian-foreign-climes-economists-sea