03-Apr-2013 10:18

Queen's funding to rise by £5m under new Sovereign Grant - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22003165

HBOS chiefs to be slated for failure - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0301a842-9bbe-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html

U.K. Shop-Price Inflation Quickens as BRC Notes Pound Weakness - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-02/u-k-shop-price-inflation-quickens-as-brc-notes-pound-weakness.html

Homeowners can fight against plummeting savings rates by switching to an ... - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-2302928/A-home-loan-beats-savings-crisis.html

Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP, RBS, Stobart... - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20800587

Bedroom Tax prompts GHA set to spend £16m on new flats - Glaswegian :: http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/glasgow-news/news/2013/04/02/gha-set-to-spend-16m-on-300-flats-in-bid-to-help-victims-of-bedroom-tax-102692-23968529/

Welfare reforms could leave system more vulnerable to fraud, say MPs - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/03/welfare-reforms-vulnerable-fraud-mps

Ofgem hits SSE with record £10.5m mis-selling fine - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69ae6fac-9c2d-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0.html

Hungry Six Degrees gobbles up London data centre biz BIS - Register :: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/six_degrees_buys_bis/

Vodafone decline weighs on FTSE 100 - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/03/uk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKBRE8710BE20130403