03-Jan-2013 07:43

Investors enjoy good start to the year - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2013/0103/1224328376701.html

Hit snowman ads help John Lewis notch up 14% surge in Christmas sales - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/city-news/john-lewis-christmas-sales-surge-1515234

£3m puts Great Glen bike route on track for 2015 - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/3m-puts-great-glen-bike-route-on-track-for-2015-x.19819717

Little sign of growth as economy limps on - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/little-sign-of-growth-as-economy-limps-on.19808279

Babcock in £23m deal for Weir Group's LGE Process - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/babcock-in-23m-deal-for-weir-groups-lge-process.19808346

China services growth adds to economic revival hopes - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/uk-china-pmi-services-official-idUKBRE90201920130103

Start-Up Loans Scheme Gets £30m Boost - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1032755/start-up-loans-scheme-gets-30m-boost

GM food: British public 'should be persuaded of the benefits' - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/03/gm-food-british-public-persuaded-benefits

House prices rise across England and Wales - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/02/house-prices-rise-across-england-and-wales-3335717/

Oil-rig maker Lamprell leaps 20pc on support from lenders - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/9776689/Oil-rig-maker-Lamprell-leaps-20pc-on-support-from-lenders.html