03-Jan-2013 08:44

Markets rise as US avoids budget crisis but America still £10trillion in debt - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/02/fiscal-cliff-deal-sees-ftse-100-surge-past-6000-barrier-3335053/

Start-up loans scheme expanded - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20892658

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

Demographic timebomb puts paid to hopes of house price revival - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/9776435/Demographic-timebomb-puts-paid-to-hopes-of-house-price-revival.html

Graze cattle such as bison to restore British countryside - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9776039/Graze-cattle-such-as-bison-to-restore-British-countryside.html

House prices edge down in December - Nationwide - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/uk-house-prices-idUKBRE90204E20130103